Ujh is a 196MW hydro power project. It is planned on Ujh river/basin in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The project is currently in permitting stage. It will be developed in multiple phases. The project construction is likely to commence in 2023 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2025.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Hydropower | 196 | – | 196 | Permitting | Jammu and Kashmir, India | Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development |
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Description
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The project is being developed and currently owned by Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development.
The gross head and net head of the project will be 150m and 100m respectively. 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, is expected to be 3 in number. The penstock diameter will be 4m. The project is expected to generate 295.38 GWh of electricity. The project cost is expected to be around $842.411m.
Ujh (Main Power house) consists of 3 units of francis turbines with 62MW nameplate capacity.
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By GlobalDataThe project construction is expected to commence from 2023. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 2025.
About Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development
Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Ltd (JKSPDCL) is a power supplying corporation that generates, supplies, and transmits electric power. The company operates, executes, and maintains all power stations and power projects of the state. It operates gas turbines based on HSD with installed capacity of 175 MW at Pampore near Srinagar. The Corporation presently has twenty hydroelectric projects with installed capacity of 758.70MW located in various districts of Jammu & Kashmir including 450MW BHEP. JKSPDCL also constructs transmission lines and performs ancillary works for suitable and co-coordinated supply of power and electrical energy. The corporation projects are located on Jhelum river basin, Chenab basin, Ravi basin and Indus basin, among others. JKSPDCL is headquartered in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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