Storage Dam Hydro Power Plant
General Information:
- Project Name: Karkheh Storage Dam Hydro Power Plant
- Client: Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company
- Location: Andimeshk, Khuzestan Province, Iran
- Consultant: Mahab Ghodss Consulting Engineering Company
- Commencement Date: 1996
- Project Status: Completed
- Recognition: President of I.R. Iran
Technical Information:
The Hydro Power Plant is designed to produce 400 mega watts of electrical power. The scope of work consists of:
- Excavation volume of over 2,300,000 cubic meters
- Under water excavation volume of over 1,000,000 cubic meters up to 20 meters below the water level
- Consolidation of embankments
- Water drainage up to 800 liters per second
- Construction of main power plant 344,000 cubic meters of concrete
- Tail water culvert
- 400 meters of drainage system tunnels