Kundah Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant

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Other names: Kundah Pumped Storage

Kundah Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant is a hydroelectric power plant under construction in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Project Details

Table 1: Project details for Kundah Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant

Status Commissioning year Nameplate capacity Turbines Technology type Owner
Construction[1] 2025[2] 500 MW[3][4] 4 x 125 MW[3][4] Pumped storage[3][4] TANGEDCO [100%][3][4]

Location

Table 2: Location details for Kundah Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant

Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India[5][6] 11.3257, 76.6473 (approximate)[5][6]

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References

  1. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240423075303/http://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/hpi/2023/05/Status_of_Pumped_storage_development_in_country-2.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-04-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/hpi/2024/08/All_India_State_Profile_as_on_31.08.2024.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221202192207/https://www.tangedco.gov.in/linkpdf/Kundahpump.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-12-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20221002192355/https://www.tangedco.gov.in/powerprojects.html. Archived from the original on 2022-10-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221202202950/https://www.tangedco.gov.in/linkpdf/ECkundahpump.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-12-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://india.mongabay.com/2020/11/is-the-sillahalla-hydroelectric-project-an-environmental-disaster-in-the-making-in-the-nilgiris/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)