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Bara Dam — 6 MW Hydroelectric

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Bara Dam is a 6 MW hydro power plant located in Pakistan. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
6 MW

Installed

Commissioned
—

Year online

Owner
Water & Power Development Authority

Operator

Location
33.97, 71.02

Coordinates

Insights

#161
largest in %s
#6,313
largest %s worldwide
#27,800
largest worldwide
29
operated by %s
6
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
6 MW
Commissioned
—
Status
Operational
Owner
Water & Power Development Authority
Country
Pakistan
Coordinates
33.967, 71.017
Wikipedia
Link

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
488 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
39,021 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

106
cars / year
65
homes / year
22,171
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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Kalabagh Dam

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3,600MW · 1993

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Ghazi Barotha

Pakistan · Hydroelectric

1,450MW · 2003

Mohmand Dam

Pakistan · Hydroelectric

800MW · 2016

Akhori Dam

Pakistan · Hydroelectric

600MW · 2015

Warsak

Pakistan · Hydroelectric

243MW · 1976

About this plant

Bara Dam is a 5.8 MW hydroelectric power plant in Pakistan, operated by the Water & Power Development Authority.

Ranked #48 of 63 hydro plants in Pakistan, Bara Dam accounts for 0.01% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 43,855 MW. The largest hydro plant in Pakistan is Bunji Dam at 7,100 MW, making Bara Dam 1,225 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Warsak (243 MW, Hydro) and Warsak Hydropower Station (242.96 MW, Hydro). The plant is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, approximately 30 km from Peshawar.

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