Kundah is a 306.6MW hydro power project. It is located on Cauvery river/basin in Tamil Nadu, India. The project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1960.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Hydropower 306.6 306.6 Active Tamil Nadu, India

Description

The project is currently owned by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution.

Kundah is a run-of-river with pondage project. The project generated 4,201 GWh of electricity.

Development Status

The project got commissioned in 1960.

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Contractors Involved

Kundah (Kundah I) is equipped with Andritz Hydro pelton turbines. The phase consists of 3 turbines with 20MW nameplate capacity.

Kundah (Kundah II) is equipped with Andritz Hydro pelton turbines. The phase consists of 5 turbines with 35MW nameplate capacity.

Kundah (Kundah V) is equipped with Andritz Hydro francis turbine. The phase consists of 1 turbine with 20MW nameplate capacity.

Kundah (Kundah V) is equipped with Bharat Heavy Electricals francis turbine. The phase consists of 1 turbine with 21.6MW nameplate capacity.

Kundah (Kundah VI) is equipped with Litostroj Engineering francis turbine. The phase consists of 1 turbine with 30MW nameplate capacity.

Voith Hydro Holding supplied 3 electric generators for the Kundah (Kundah I).

Andritz Hydro supplied 5 electric generators for the Kundah (Kundah II).

Bharat Heavy Electricals supplied 1 electric generator for the Kundah (Kundah V).

Voith Hydro Holding supplied 1 electric generator for the Kundah (Kundah V).

Brush SEM supplied 1 electric generator for the Kundah (Kundah VI).

Methodology

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