Rihand is a 300MW hydro power project. It is located on Rihand river/basin in Uttar Pradesh, India. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1962. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is currently owned by Uttar Pradesh Jal Vidyut Nigam.
Rihand is a reservoir based project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 424.75 million cubic meter. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, are 6 in number. The penstock length is 109.728m. The penstock diameter is 4.87m. The project generated 487.17 GWh of electricity.
Development status
The project got commissioned in 1962.
Contractors involved
The English Electric was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 6 units of francis turbines, each with 50MW nameplate capacity.
The English Electric supplied 6 electric generators for the project. The generator capacity is 55.5 MVA.
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