Hydropower Generation Performance in Beas River Basin The Beas River Basin is the major part of Indus River Basin. It rises near the Rohtang Pass in Kullu and flows through a gorge from Larji to Talwara and then enters the Punjab plains to meet the Sutlej at Harike. Its total length is 460 km and catchment area is 20,303 sq km. The project wise generation data of large hydro with installed capacity of the basin in the latest year 2012-13. SN Projects State Inst Capacity (MW) Generation (MU) MU/MW 1 Bassi Himachal Pradesh 60 246 4.1 2 Dehar Himachal Pradesh 990 3221 3.25 3 Larji Himachal Pradesh 126 652 5.17 4 Malana Himachal Pradesh 86 333 3.87 5 Mukerian Punjab 207 1420 6.86 6 Pong Himachal Pradesh 396 1824 4.61 7 Shanan Punjab 110 436 3.96 8 Allain Duhangan* Himachal Pradesh 192 681 3.55 9 Malana-II** Himachal Pradesh 100 312 3.12 Total 2267 9125 4.03 * The Generation figure of Allain Duhangan is available for two year as it commissioned in the year 2010. ** The Generation figure of Malana-II is available for one year only as it commissioned in the year 2011. HEP Performance in Beas River Basin: from 1985-86 to 2012-13 5 4.88 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.28 4.27 4.26 4.26 4.23 4.2 4.07 4.05 4.03 3.99 3.93 4 3.89 3.87 3.82 MU/MW 3.81 3.79 3.77 3.75 3.8 3.72 3.64 3.63 3.6 3.45 3.39 3.4 3.32 3.27 3.24 3.18 3.2 3.15 3 Year 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 The above graph shows the trend line of power generation of Big Hydropower projects for last 28 years in the basin, the trend-line shows diminishing generation from existing hydro power projects of Beas River Basin. It shows that the per MW generation in 2012-13 (4.03) has dropped by a huge 17.52% from the highest per MW generation (4.88) achieved in the year 1998-99. All generation figures have been taken from official data of Central Electricity Authority (CEA). List of other projects (up to 25 MW) under operation (for which latest generation figures not available): SN Project Ins Cap (MW) State 1 Binwa 6 Himachal Pradesh 2 Gaj 10.50 Himachal Pradesh 3 Baner 12 Himachal Pradesh 4 Khauli 12 Himachal Pradesh 5 Dehar 5.00 Himachal Pradesh 6 Maujhi 4.50 Himachal Pradesh 7 Raskat 0.80 Himachal Pradesh 8 Baragran 3.00 Himachal Pradesh 9 Aleo 3.00 Himachal Pradesh 10 Marthi 5.00 Himachal Pradesh Total 61.8 -- Source: http://www.hpseb.com/hydro_potential.htm List of proposed and under construction projects in the basin: Project Ins Cap (MW) State Status 1 Uhl-III 100 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 2 Sainj 100 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 3 Khauli-II 6.60 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 4 Parbati-II 800 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 5 Parbati-III 520 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 6 Patikari 16 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 7 Neogal 15 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 8 Lambadug 25 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 9 Baragaon 11 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 10 Fozal 9 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 11 Baner-II 6 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 12 Parbati-I 750 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 13 Kilhi-Balh 7.50 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 14 Dhaula-Sidh 66 Himachal Pradesh Under Construction 15 Thana-Plaun HEP 141 Himachal Pradesh EAC TOR Approved 16 Triveni Mahadev 78 Himachal Pradesh EAC TOR Approved 17 Nakthan HEP 520 Himachal Pradesh EAC TOR Approved 18 Gharopa 99 Himachal Pradesh Proposed Total 3270.1 -- -- EAC: Expert Appraisal Committee of MoEF Source: http://www.hpseb.com/hydro_potential.htm ; http://envfor.nic.in Map of Hydroelectric Projects in Beas River Basin available at: http://sandrp.in/basin_maps/Hydropower_Projects_in_Beas_Basin.pdf South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People (www.sandrp.in) June 2013 [email protected] .