Karot Hydropower Project

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The Karot Hydropower Project is a major run-of-river hydroelectric power plant on the Jhelum River in Pakistan, developed under the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor to boost the country’s electricity generation capacity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power plant
run-of-river power station
aimsTo increase Pakistan’s electricity generation capacity
annualGeneration about 3.2 TWh
beneficiaryCountry Pakistan
capacityPerTurbine 180 MW
commercialOperationDate 2022
constructionStartDate 2016
contributesTo reduction of power shortages in Pakistan
country Pakistan
damHeight about 95 meters
damType concrete gravity dam
developedUnderInitiative China Belt and Road Initiative
surface form: Belt and Road Initiative
developer China Three Gorges Corporation
surface form: China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Ltd
engineeringProcurementConstructionContractor China Three Gorges Corporation
environmentalCategory large hydropower project
financedBy China Development Bank
Export-Import Bank of China
surface form: China Exim Bank

Silk Road Fund
generationType run-of-river
gridConnection Pakistan national grid
gridVoltageLevel 500 kV transmission line
hasComponent headrace tunnel
powerhouse
spillway
tailrace tunnel
installedCapacity 720 MW
locatedBetween Rawalpindi District
surface form: Rawalpindi District and Kotli District
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Punjab, Pakistan
locatedNear Karot village
locatedOnRiver Jhelum River
numberOfTurbines 4
operator Karot Power Company Limited
owner Karot Power Company Limited
partOf China–Pakistan Economic Corridor
PPAOfftaker Central Power Purchasing Agency (Guarantee) Limited
PPAType take-or-pay power purchase agreement
primaryFuel hydropower
projectCost approximately US$1.7 billion
projectType independent power producer
purpose electricity generation
support Pakistan’s power supply
region South Asia
regulator National Electric Power Regulatory Authority
reservoirType run-of-river reservoir
status operational
technology high-head hydropower
turbineType Francis turbine

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China–Pakistan Economic Corridor includes Karot Hydropower Project
China–Pakistan relations majorProject Karot Hydropower Project