Karot Hydropower Project

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The Karot Hydropower Project is a major run-of-river hydroelectric power plant on the Jhelum River in Pakistan, developed under the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor to boost the country’s electricity generation capacity.

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Karot Hydropower Project canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
run-of-river power station ⓘ
aimsTo increase Pakistan’s electricity generation capacity ⓘ
annualGeneration about 3.2 TWh ⓘ
beneficiaryCountry Pakistan ⓘ
capacityPerTurbine 180 MW ⓘ
commercialOperationDate 2022 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 2016 ⓘ
contributesTo reduction of power shortages in Pakistan ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
damHeight about 95 meters ⓘ
damType concrete gravity dam ⓘ
developedUnderInitiative Belt and Road Initiative ⓘ
developer China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Ltd ⓘ
engineeringProcurementConstructionContractor China Three Gorges Corporation ⓘ
environmentalCategory large hydropower project ⓘ
financedBy China Development Bank ⓘ
China Exim Bank ⓘ
Silk Road Fund ⓘ
generationType run-of-river ⓘ
gridConnection Pakistan national grid ⓘ
gridVoltageLevel 500 kV transmission line ⓘ
hasComponent headrace tunnel ⓘ
powerhouse ⓘ
spillway ⓘ
tailrace tunnel ⓘ
installedCapacity 720 MW ⓘ
locatedBetween Rawalpindi District and Kotli District ⓘ
linked to: Rawalpindi District
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Azad Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
locatedNear Karot village ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Jhelum River ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 4 ⓘ
operator Karot Power Company Limited ⓘ
owner Karot Power Company Limited ⓘ
partOf China–Pakistan Economic Corridor ⓘ
PPAOfftaker Central Power Purchasing Agency (Guarantee) Limited ⓘ
PPAType take-or-pay power purchase agreement ⓘ
primaryFuel hydropower ⓘ
projectCost approximately US$1.7 billion ⓘ
projectType independent power producer ⓘ
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
support Pakistan’s power supply ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
regulator National Electric Power Regulatory Authority ⓘ
reservoirType run-of-river reservoir ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
technology high-head hydropower ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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China–Pakistan Economic Corridor → includes → Karot Hydropower Project ⓘ
China–Pakistan relations → majorProject → Karot Hydropower Project ⓘ