Project will earn Rs1.2billion from the project every year. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN
A small hydropower project, with an installed capacity of 36.6 megawatts, was completed and connected to the national grid on Tuesday, Radio Pakistan.
The Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation spokesperson said the project was completed at a cost of Rs8 billion.
The spokesperson added the provincial government is expected to earn Rs1.2 billion from the project per annum.
Hydropower project cuts Muzaffarabad water
Earlier in August, the strategically crucial Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project achieved a historic landmark, as the project attained its maximum generation capacity of 969 megawatts (MW). All units of the project are generating power to their maximum capacity.
The hydropower project has four generating units, each of them with a generation capacity of 242.25 MW. The first unit was commissioned in April this year, followed by the remaining three units coming into operation, each after one month’s interval.
The project, constructed on river Neelum in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, has a dam at Nauseri, an underground waterway system, consisting of 52-kilometre (KM) long tunnels and an underground powerhouse at Chattar Kalas with four power generating units.
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