Pakistan

Bunji Dam — 7,100 MW Hydroelectric

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Bunji Dam is a 7,100 MW hydro power plant located in Pakistan. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
7,100 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2016

Year online

Owner
Water & Power Development Authority

Operator

Location

Coordinates

Insights

#1
largest in Pakistan
#13
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#21
largest worldwide
2016
32 yrs newer than avg
29
operated by Water & Power…
296
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
7,100 MW
Commissioned
2016
Status
Operational
Owner
Water & Power Development Authority
Country
Pakistan
Wikipedia
Link

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
597,082 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
47,766,528 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

129,800
cars / year
79,611
homes / year
27,140,073
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

About this plant

The Bunji Dam is a proposed hydropower project on the Indus River near Bunji in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, with a planned generating capacity of roughly 7,100 MW. The scheme has been studied for many years but has not entered construction; the capacity shown is the announced design capacity, not operating capacity.

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