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Kurram Tangi Dam — 83 MW Hydroelectric

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Kurram Tangi Dam is a 83 MW hydro power plant located in Pakistan. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
83 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2019

Year online

Owner
Water & Power Development Authority

Operator

Location
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Coordinates

Insights

#130
largest in %s
#2,534
largest %s worldwide
#10,996
largest worldwide
2019
%d yrs newer than avg
29
operated by %s
296
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
83 MW
Commissioned
2019
Status
Operational
Owner
Water & Power Development Authority
Country
Pakistan
Wikipedia
Link

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
7,014 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
561,089 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,525
cars / year
935
homes / year
318,800
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Kurram Tangi Dam is an 83.4 MW hydro power plant in Pakistan, operated by the Water & Power Development Authority.

Ranked #36 of 63 hydro plants in Pakistan. Its 83.4 MW represents 0.19% of Pakistan’s total hydro capacity of 43,855 MW. The largest hydro plant in Pakistan is Bunji Dam at 7,100 MW, making Kurram Tangi Dam 85.2 times smaller.

Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Bunji Dam (7100 MW, Hydro) and Ashihama Nuclear Power Plant (2700 MW, Nuclear). The facility is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, approximately 200 km from Peshawar.

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