Teesta Low Dam - III | |
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Official name | Teesta Low Dam - III Power Station |
Country | India |
Location | Rambi Bazar, Kalimpong district, West Bengal |
Coordinates | 27°00′07″N 88°26′26″E / 27.0018057°N 88.4404352°E |
Purpose | Power |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 2013 [1] |
Construction cost | 768.92 Crores[2] |
Owner(s) | NHPC |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Teesta River |
Height | 32 m (105 ft)[1] |
Length | 144.5 m (474 ft)[1] |
Power Station | |
Commission date | 2013[1] |
Type | Run-of-the-river hydroelectric |
Hydraulic head | 21.34 m (70 ft) [1] |
Turbines | 4 X 33 MW |
Installed capacity | 132 MW[1] |
Annual generation | 594.07 million units[1] |
Teesta Low Dam - III Hydropower Plant[1] is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric station built on the Teesta River. The Dam is located at Rambi Bazar, Kalimpong district, West Bengal.