Gulpur Hydropower Plant
| Gulpur Hydropower Plant | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Gulpur Hydropower Plant |
| Location | Gulpur, Kotli District, Kotli Town of AJK, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 33°27′19″N 73°51′45″E / 33.45528°N 73.86250°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | January 2014 |
| Opening date | February 2020 |
| Owner(s) | Mira Power Private Limited |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Gravity, roller-compacted concrete |
| Impounds | Poonch River, a tributary of Jhelum River |
| Height | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Length | 238 m (781 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 21,893,000 m3 (17,749 acre⋅ft) |
| Catchment area | 3,625 km2 (1,400 sq mi) |
| Gulpur Hydroelectric Plant | |
| Operator(s) | Korea South-East Power Company (KOSEP) |
| Commission date | February 2020 |
| Turbines | 2 x 51 MW Kaplan-type |
| Installed capacity | 102 MW gross |
| Annual generation | 465 GWh |
Gulpur Hydropower Plant (GHPP) is an operational run-of-the-river hydroelectric generation project located on Poonch River, a major tributary of Jhelum River near Gulpur in Kotli District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. The site is about 167 km from Federal Capital Islamabad and 285 kilometres (177 mi) from Punjab's Provincial Capital Lahore and is approachable directly from Islamabad and Lahore by a two-lane, all-weather, paved, partly mountainous road. The location of the project is about 28 km upstream of Mangla Dam Reservoir.
Gulpur Hydropower Project is a run-of-the-river project designed for the generation of 100 megawatts (130,000 hp) consisting of two Kaplan-type turbine units with an average energy output of 436 Gwh. Gulpur Hydropower Project is a part of least-cost energy generation plan, being executed by WAPDA to harness the indigenous hydropower resources of the country. WAPDA awarded the contract to MIRA Power Limited, a subsidiary of Korean company KOSEP, an independent power producer (IPP) being developed in the private sector on a BOOT basis (Build, Own, Operate and Transfer) under Government of Pakistan Policy for Power Generation Projects 2002 as adopted in Azad Jammu & Kashmir. The project has the capability of generating an average annual energy of 465 GWh.