Neelum Jhelum power generation capacity increases

Author: Staff Report

The contribution of Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project to the National Grid has increased to 484 Megawatts (MW), as two units of the project are now generating power to their maximum capacity.

After successfully completing the reliability period, the Unit #3 has been formally taken over by WAPDA for its operation whereas the Unit #2 is generating electricity on its 72-hour reliability run and the Unit #4 is getting ready for one-month reliability test period.

While, the Unit #1 is undergoing various tests in accordance with the contractual obligations and expected to go on trial generation during next month. The 969 MW-Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project is thus expected to generate power up to its maximum generation capacity by September. So far, it has provided over 311 million units of electricity to the National Grid.

Neelum Jhelum is a state-of-the art hydropower project with 90 percent being underground and beneath the high mountainous areas.

Published in Daily Times, July 8th 2018.

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