type public industry electricity generation founded 1970 headquarters bengaluru india key people g kumar naik managing director products electricity revenue inr 6592.00 crores 2014 net income inr 254.00 crores 2014 website http www.karnatakapower.com karnataka power corporation limited or kpcl 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 and diesel . 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 . contents 1 power projects in karnataka 2 installed capacity 3 see also 4 notes 5 external links power projects in karnataka edit kpcl has 34 dams including the main pickup and saddle 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 5975.91 mw . 1 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 210 mw 7units 1x250mw at raichur and 1000mw 2x500mw at bellary . . the total gross power generation per annum is in the order of 10 362 gw h at a plant load factor plf 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 . the corporation has stated that they hope the first unit of this plant will be synchronised in march 2015 . 2 installed capacity edit the power stations of karnataka are 1 power station type number of units capacity mw total raichur thermal power station thermal 7 1 210x7 250x1 1720 bellary thermal power station thermal 2 500 1000 sharavathi hydel 10 103.5 1035 nagjhari 2 hydel 5 150 750 varahi river hydel 4 115 460 almatti dam hydel 5 1 5x55 1x15 290 nagjhari 1 hydel 1 135 135 gerusoppa hydel 4 60 240 kadra dam hydel 3 50 150 kodasalli dam hydel 3 40 120 supa dam hydel 2 50 100 mghe 2 hydel 4 21.6 86.4 linganamakki dam hydel 2 27.5 55 mghe 1 hydel 4 13.2 52.8 bhadra right bank 1 hydel 1 7.2 7.2 bhadra right bank 2 hydel 1 6 6 bhadra left bank 1 hydel 2 12 24 bhadra left bank 2 hydel 1 2 2 mani hydel 2 4.5 9 ghataprabha hydel 2 16 32 almatti 1 hydel 1 15 15 shivanasamudra 1 hydel 4 6 24 shivanasamudra 2 hydel 6 3 18 shimshapura hydel 2 8.6 17.2 munirabad 1 hydel 2 9 18 munirabad 2 hydel 1 10 10 mallapura mini 2 4.5 9 sirwar mini 1 1 1 kalmala mini 1 0.4 0.4 ganekal mini 1 0.35 0.35 kappadagudda 1 wind 9 0.225 2.025 kappadagudda 2 wind 11 0.230 2.53 yalesandra solar pv plant kolar dist solar project 1 3 3 itnal solar pv plant belgaum dist solar project 1 3 3 yelahanka dg station diesel 6 21.32 127.92 total 5990.91 see also edit kptcl notes edit a b projects of kpcl . retrieved 2011 04 09 . karnataka power corporation ltd. gears up to tackle power crisis in summer the hindu 22 january 2015 external links edit official site kpcl admit card v t e power stations and organizations of karnataka power stations bellary thermal power station kaiga atomic power station kudgi super thermal power station udupi power plant raichur thermal power station yermarus thermal power station organizations karnataka power corporation limited karnataka power transmission corporation limited mangalore electricity supply company limited chamundeshwari electricity supply corporation limited nuclear power corporation of india powergrid corporation of india power system operation corporation limited related topics electricity sector in india states of india by installed power capacity indian 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