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BBMB reservoirs also supply water for the irrigation of 12.5 million acres (51,000 km 2; 19,500 sq mi) of agricultural land in partner states, enabling the green revolution in the northern India. The International Hydropower Association estimates that the total hydropower potential in India is 660,000 GWh/year, of which 540,000 GWh/year (79% ...
India's first hydroelectric power station with 2 × 65 kW capacity was commissioned on 10 November 1897 by Sir C. C. Stevens, the Acting Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. It is a noteworthy fact that the first power utility run on a commercial basis for the use of the general public in India was developed by the public sector under state patronage ...
Idukki Arch Dam Site prior to construction. The Idukki Dam is a double-curvature arch dam constructed across the Periyar River in a narrow gorge between two granite hills locally known as Kuravan and Kurathi in Idukki district in the state of Kerala, India.
The Chutak Hydroelectric Plant is a run-of-the-river power project on the Suru River (a tributary of Indus) in Kargil district in the Indian union territory of Ladakh.The barrage of the project is at Sarze village and the powerhouse is located on the right bank of the Suru near Chutak village.
India had set a target of 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy (excluding large hydro) capacity by 2022. [47] It included 100 GW capacity from solar energy sources, 60 GW from wind power, 10 GW from biopower, and 5 GW from small hydropower. [48] As of 31 March 2024, India has 190.573 GW (43% of total) installed capacity of renewable energy ...
Tuirial dam is an earthfill and gravity dam on the River Sonai near Kolasib in the state of Mizoram in India.The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the 60 MW Tuirial Hydro Electric Project (THEP) project costing Rs 913 crore in 2010. [1]
India was the first country in the world to set up a ministry of non-conventional energy resources, in the early 1980s. India's cumulative grid interactive, or grid tied, renewable energy capacity (excluding large hydro) has reached about 87.38 GW, as of 2020.
It was a small hydro plant. Its power capacity was 2,000 kW. A brief description of the building, location and date was written on a name-plate fixed high on the front elevation. (Shown in the 3rd photograph from the above). It reads as : "Ganges Canal Hydro-electrical Power Supply Sumera 1931"