POWER PROJECTS IN KERALA

• The history of Kerala’s electricity production  begins with  the completion  of a  private power  project in  Pallivasal  in  1900 by Kannan  Devan  Company.

• The Pallivasal Hydel Project was commissioned in  1940.  (Periyar  River)

• Travancore  Government  owned  electricity  production  was  started  in  1929.

• Electric supply in  Thiruvananthapuram city   was started  in  1929  march  8.

• Kottayam town was electrified in 1932.

• Kerala State Electricity Board was formed in 1957 October  31

• Sabarigiri Hydel Project was started in 1966.

• Idukki  Project  started  production  in  1976  by Indira Gandhi.

• Now there are 23 Hydro Electric Projects in Kerala.
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• India’s largest  Diesel  Power  Project  is  in  Kerala (Kozhikode)

• Kerala’s first Wind  Farm was commissioned on  7 November 1995  at  Kanjikode in  Palakkad district.

• India’s first Arch Dam is in Idukki.

• Brahmapuram Power Station which uses diesel as fuel is in  Ernakulam district. Its first unit started functioning  in  1994.

• Biggest dam in  Kerala is the Malampuzha Dam in Palakkad  district.  It  was built  in  1956.

• The biggest irrigation  project in  Kerala is Kallada Project in  Kollam  district.

• Neriyamangalam Project is on the river periyar. It  started  functioning  in  1961.

•  Kakkad  Project  is  on  the    Pamba  river  in Pathanamthitta.  It  started  functioning  in  1999.

• Kuttiyadi  Dam  is  in  Kozhikode.  This  project started  functioning  in  1972.

•  Kakkayam,  the  first  Hydro-Electric  Project  in Malabar,  is  in  Kozhikode.

•  The first Thermal Power Station in Kerala  is at Kayamkulam.  It  uses  Naphta  to  generate  electricity.  It  is  under  the  ownership  of The  National Thermal Power  Corporation  (NTPC).

• Idamalayar  Hydro  electric  project  started  functioning in  1987.  This dam is built across Idamalayar a  tributory of Periyar.

• Government launched  several  small  hydro electric  power  units  with  the help  of China.

• The first  Electronic Technopark  was started  at Thiruvananthapuram.

• Chemkulam Hydro-Electric Project  was started in 1954.

• India’s first  Tidal Power  Station is  in Vizhinjam (Thiruvananthapuram)

•  Pooyamkutti Hydro Electric Project is in Idukki.

• Kerala’s (also India)  largest underground Hydroelectric  Project  is  in  Moolamattam (Idukki)