NTPC Koldam

Can you please provide me the details of Koldam Dam Hydropower Project of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)? When this project was started? Tell me the link of the website from which I can get the details of the Koldam Dam Hydropower Project?

Can you provide me the details of the Koldam Dam Hydropower Project of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)?

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The Koldam Dam Hydropower Project is an embankment dam on the Satluj River upstream of the Dehar Power House. It is 18 km from Bilaspur off the Chandigarh-Manali Highway (NH-21) near Barmana, Himachal Pradesh.

The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it will support an 800 MW power station. The dam was constructed by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).

Koldam Dam

Address P.O. Barmana, Distirct Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh-174013
Telephone (STD Code 01978) 245061
Fax 245063
Approved Capacity 800 MW
Installed Capacity 800 MW
Location Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh
Water Source Satluj River
Beneficiary States Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, J & K , Chandigarh
Approved Investment Rs. 4527.15 Crore
Unit Sizes 4X200 MW
Units Commissioned All Four Units Commissioned


Dam and Spillways
Type of Dam Embankment, rock-fill with clay core
Height (Foundation) 167 m (548 ft)
Height (Thalweg) 153 m (502 ft)
Length 474 m (1,555 ft)
Elevation at Crest 648 m (2,126 ft)
Width (Crest) 14 m (46 ft)
Dam Volume 12,000,000 m3(15,695,407 cu yd)
Spillway Type Chute, six radial gates
Spillway Capacity 16,500 m3/s (582,692 cu ft/s)


Reservoir
Total Capacity 560,000,000 m3(453,999 acre⋅ft)
Maximum Length 40 km (25 mi)
Normal Elevation 642 m (2,106 ft)

Power Generation Capacity
Its installed capacity is of 800 MW (4x200 MW). The first 200 MW Francis turbine-generator was commissioned on 30 March 2015 and the third on 10 April 2015.

Unit Number Capacity (MW) Date of Commissioning Status
1 200 31st March 2015 Commissioned
2 200 30th March 2015 Commissioned
3 200 10th April 2015 Commissioned
4 200 12th June 2015 Commissioned
TOTAL 800