Jabban (Malakand-I) Hydropower Plant (MHPP-I) is a small, low-head,

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power generation station of 22 megawatt generation capacity (four units of 5.5 MW each), located at Jabban,

Malakand District Malakand District ( ps, ملاکنډ ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The District was formed in 1970 as a Provincially Administered Tribal Area, It had previously been a tri ...

, KPK province of

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on the flows of

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and about 210 km from

's Capital

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, 45 km from the city of

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and 7 km upstream of 20 MW

Dargai Hydropower Plant Dargai (Malakand-II) Hydropower Plant (MHPP-II) is a small, low-head, run-of-the-river hydroelectric power generation station of about 20 megawatt generation capacity (four units of 5.0 MW each), located at Dargai, Malakand District, KPK prov ...

(Malakand-II). It is a small hydel power generating plant constructed and put in commercial operation in July 1938 generating Average Annual yield of 122 million units (GWh) of least expensive electricity.Development Portfolio
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Old Jabban Power Station

Since its commissioning in 1937 with an initial installed capacity of 9.6 MW (3 units of 3.2 MW each), and addition of 10 MW (2 units of 5.0 MW each), Jabban Hydro electric Power Station generated 5783.314 Gwh of cheap electricity till last day of its operation of Nov 12, 2011.

Fire incident

The 70-year-old power house was badly damaged due to a fire incident on 12-11-2006. The extent of damage was such that it was not possible to restore operation of the existing units. Moreover, the plant equipment had already outlived its life. The situation necessitated to carry out Rehabilitation of Jabban Hydroelectric Power Station on "Fast Track Basis" by installation of new machines of higher efficiency at the same site. The Rehabilitation of the hydropower station was completed in 2013 with a total cost of Rs3.8 billion by the contractor HRL-CCPG JV (Habib Rafique Ltd. (Pakistan) & Central China Power Group China).

Salient technical features

* Installed capacity: 22 MW (4 Units of 5.5 MW each) * Annual net electrical output: 122 GWh * Design discharge: 34 m³/s (8.5 m³/s per unit) * Rated net: head 76.8 m * Generation voltage: 11 kV * Transmission voltage: 132 kV

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Old Jabban Power Station

Fire incident

Salient technical features

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