Karnataka Power Corporation


Karnataka Power Corporation Limited is a company owned by the government of Karnataka, and is engaged in the Service of generating electrical power in the state of Karnataka in India. The modes for generation of electric power are hydroelectric, thermal, diesel, gas, wind and solar. The company was started on 20.07.1970 due to a vision of the Karnataka government for separate entities for generation and distribution of electric power. This was done, long before world bank dictated power sector reforms were initiated in early 21st century in India.
Karnataka Power Corporation Limited began its journey with a humble beginning in 1970. With an installed capacity of 746 MW, it has expanded its capacity to 8738.305 MW. A revenue of Rs.77442 Million in 2019 as compared, to Rs.1.30 Million in 1971, speaks volumes about KPCL's progress.

Power projects in Karnataka

KPCL has 34 dams and 24 power stations across the state with power production capabilities ranging from 0.35 MW to 1035 MW. The total installed capacity of KPCL is 8846.305 MW. The corporation has its thermal power station at Raichur And two more thermal project at Bellary of 500 MW station. The installed capacity of the thermal power station is 1720 MW at Raichur and 1700MW at Bellary. The total gross power generation per annum is in the order of 10,362 GW·h at a plant load factor 80% and 11,589 GW·h at a plant load factor of 90%.
The corporation, in order to increase generation, has planned one moreadditional units in Bellary of 1x700MW, The corporation has Yermarus Thermal Power Station under construction at Yermarus, Raichur of capacity, with two units of 800MW each.

Installed capacity

The power stations of Karnataka are:
Power StationTypeNumber of UnitsCapacity Total
Raichur Thermal Power stationThermal7 + 17x210 + 1x2501720
Bellary Thermal Power stationThermal2 + 12x500 + 1x7001700
Yermarus Thermal Power StationThermal22x8001600
SharavathiHydel10103.51035
NagjhariHydel6150900
Varahi RiverHydel4115460
Almatti DamHydel5 + 15x55 + 1x15290
GerusoppaHydel460240
Kadra DamHydel350150
Kodasalli DamHydel340120
Supa DamHydel250100
MGHE-2Hydel421.686.4
Linganamakki DamHydel227.555
MGHE-1Hydel413.252.8
Bhadra right bank-1Hydel17.27.2
Bhadra right bank-2Hydel166
Bhadra left bank-1Hydel21224
Bhadra left bank-2Hydel122
ManiHydel24.59
GhataprabhaHydel21632
Shivanasamudra-1Hydel4624
Shivanasamudra-2Hydel6318
ShimshapuraHydel28.617.2
Munirabad-1Hydel2918
Munirabad-2Hydel11010
MallapuraMini24.59
SirwarMini111
KalmalaMini10.40.4
GanekalMini10.350.35
Kappatagudda-1Wind90.2252.025
Kappatagudda-2Wind110.2302.53
Yalesandra Solar PV Plant, Kolar DistSolar Project133
Yapaldinni Solar PV Plant, Raichur DistSolar Project133
Simsha Solar PV Plant, Shimshapur Mandya DistSolar Project155
Itnal Solar PV Plant, Belgaum DistSolar Project133
Total------8846.305