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Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant

Himachal Pradesh, India

The 870th largest power station in the world

1.05 GW · Capacity

The Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant is a 1,091 megawatts (1, 463, 000 hp) run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station on the Sutlej River in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh state of India.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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