HYDRO POWERAND

ENGINEERING MARVELS

Tehri dam (Uttarakhand, India)

• Highest dam in India over river Bhagirathi. Also 4th largest

Rock-fill dam in the world.

• Height : 260.5 meters & Length : 575 meters.

• Total generating capacity : 2000 MW.

Bhakra Dam (Punjab & Himachal Pradesh, India)

• India’s highest Concrete gravity dam at 225.55 m across the Sutlej River.

• Length : 518.25 m.• Total generating capacity : 1325 MW

• World's largest masonry dam built across Krishna River. • Height : 150 m & Length : 1600 m. • One of the earliest projects initiated for Green Revolution in

India by providing clean energy• Total generating capacity : 816 MW

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam (Andhra Pradesh, India)

Sardar Sarovar Dam (Gujarat, India)

• Gravity dam across the Narmada River.• Total generating capacity : 1450 MW.• Height : 163 m & Length : 1,210 m.

Hydro Power Development In India : A Bird’s Eye View

Asia’s first Hydro project : Shimsha Power Plant on Shimsha

river in Karnataka (17.2 MW) commissioned in 1902.

India have built a total 749 dams with total capacity 41000 MW.

Small hydro project (Capacity up to 25 MW) - 604 projects

with capacity 2000 MW.

Large hydro project (Capacity more than 25 MW) - 145

projects with capacity 39000 MW.

India has developed irrigation projects reservoirs,

canals etc, and has created irrigation potential for 42

million hectares (up to 2010-11).

From 1947(independence) Single Unit size of the

hydro generating units in India, have increased from

22 MW to 250 MW now.

Around 72 % of Indian population is dependent on

agriculture and it contributes 21% to country’s GDP.

Growth of Installed Capacity – by 5 Year Plans (MW)

OTHERS

Skilled Manpower & Technical Institutes

Hydro Power Testing Facilities& Engineering

excellance

Government Regulatory Authorities

Government Agencies involved in Hydro Power

Development

Factors Behind Indian Success Story

Technical Institutions Providing Hydro Power Studies Indian Institute of Technology ,Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad.

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Indian Institute of Technology ,Chennai

Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani

Institute Of Hydropower Engineering & Technology, Tehri

National Institute of Technology (Agartala, Bhopal, Kurukshetra,

etc.)

Training Centre and Laboratories of Large Hydro Projects

Irrigation Research Institute, Roorkee – For Hydro Model Testing

Alternate Hydro Energy Center, Roorkee

Water Resources Development Training Centre, Roorkee

University of Roorkee - Earthquake Model Testing of Dams

Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune

National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee

Central Board of Irrigation & Power (CBIP), Delhi

Gujarat Engineering Research Institute(GERI), Vadodara

Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore

National Institute of Rock Mechanics (NIRM), Bangalore

Government Regulatory Authorities In India

Ministries:

Ministry of New & Renewable Energy

Ministry of Power

Ministry of Environment & Forest

Ministry of Water Resources

Central Water Commission (CWC)

Central Electricity Authority Of India (CEA)

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)

State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC)

Government Agencies Involved in Hydro Power Development

• Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corporation Ltd.

• THDC India Ltd.

• Damodar Valley Corporation

• Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS)

• National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC)

• Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. , Himachal Pradesh

• North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd (NEEPCO)

• Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMS)

Conclusion

India has developed prestigious Hydro projects like Tehri, Bhakra,

Indira Sagar, Srisilam etc. India has the skilled manpower, engineering

excellence, training institutes and manufacturing units, thus, it can

share its expertise for the construction and help in development of

Hydro Power Projects in Africa which has high potential in this field.

This will give boost to the development of African economy through

rapid industrialization and agricultural growth thereby also uplift the

social and economical situation to its countrymen.

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