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Mohammadpur Power Plant (3x3.1 MW)

The power station is located on the Upper Ganga Irrigation canal that takes off from the Bhim goda Barrage near Haridwar at a distance of 49.5 km downstream of Pathri. The power plant was commissioned in the year 1952. The surface Power House comprising 3 units of 3.1 MW each with Kaplan turbines is located on the unlined irrigation canal and the water is utilized for the irrigation purpose in the command area of the canal. The Power Station's Design Energy is 26 MU with a design head of 5.79 m.

The Mohammadpur power station is a low head plant with a design discharge of 253 cum. The discharge in the canal is regulated by UP Irrigation Department depending upon the irrigation requirement in the command area of the Irrigation canal. 
 
The generation from the plant is steady hovering around 30 MU to 35 MU in the period.
  
The generation has been steady although the plant is 53 years old. The plant requires major M&U initiative estimated to cost Rs. 20 crore and to that extent UJVNL has approached Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines for financing the same. The major M&U works proposed are:- 

i) Provision of Micro-processor based Governors, Static excitation equipments, On-line monitoring equipment and replacement of Generator windings with F Class insulation.

ii) Modernization of Communication, Test & Control, Protection & Instrumentation, switchyard equipment, hydro mechanical equipment, Trash Rack cleaning equipment etc.

iii) Repair of existing civil structures.

iv) Improvements in the efficiency of generators and Turbines.

The generation post completion of M&U works would increase to 55.5 MU and the M&U works are expected to be completed by 2010.