Chilla is a 144MW hydro power project. It is located on Ganga river/basin in Uttarakhand, India. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1981. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is currently owned by Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam.
Chilla is a run-of-river project. The gross head of the project is 32.5m. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, are 4 in number. The penstock length is 55m. The penstock diameter is 6m. The project generated 671.29 GWh of electricity.
Development status
The project got commissioned in 1981.
Contractors involved
Bharat Heavy Electricals was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 4 units of kaplan turbines, each with 36MW nameplate capacity.
Bharat Heavy Electricals supplied 4 electric generators for the project. The generator capacity is 40 MVA.
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