The Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) India Ltd commissioned the first unit of its 400-Mw Koteshwar hydel project in March 2011. The first unit has been synchronised with the northern grid. With the commissioning of the first unit (100 Mw) of Koteshwar Hydro Electric Project (KHEP 4x100Mw) THDC has contributed 100 Mw of additional power in the 11th Plan. Built with a revised cost estimate of Rs 2466.9 crore, Koteshwar Hydro-Electric Project is located 22 Km downstream of Tehri Dam on river Bhagirathi.
The project is expected to generate 1234 MU of energy annually. The reservoir created by Koteshwar Dam has live storage capacity of 35.0 MCM and will also function as lower (balancing) reservoir of Tehri PSP. This project will also regulate water releases from Tehri Reservoir for irrigation purposes.
Koteshwar Hydro-Electric Project is located 22 Km downstream of Tehri Dam on river Bhagirathi in uttarakhand. Koteshwar Project is one of the constituents of Tehri. Other constituents of Tehri Power Complex (2400 MW) include Tehri Dam (1000 MW) and PSP (1000 MW).
THDC is a joint venture between the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government and is currently generating peaking power from the first unit (1,000 Mw) of 2400 Mw Tehri hydel project, commissioned in 2006-07. The Koteshwar dam, which is part of Tehri dam is built 22 km downstream of Bhagirathi river in Tehri district of Uttarakhand.
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