Neelum Jhelum hydropower project to give Pakistan Rs 50 billion profit annually

[Devil Soul]

Neelum Jhelum hydropower project to give Pakistan Rs 50 billion profit annually
12 Feb, 2018

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ISLAMABAD:As many as overall 97.5 per cent work has already been completed on the strategically important 969 MW Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project and its wet testing will be carried out in March.
This was stated by Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project Chief Executive Officer Brig (R) Muhammad Zareen while taking to APP.

He said 100 per cent concrete work of the project had already been completed, besides 98 per cent dry test of the equipment.

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The CEO said that National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) would hand over 500 kV transmission line shortly after which feedback of switch-yard would be assessed.

Muhammad Zareen said water filling (pressurization) of its waterway system, comprising 51.5-kilometer long tunnels,
has also been commenced in January.

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He said the project was fast heading towards completion and most of the works – critical in nature – had been

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successfully completed.


Construction of the weir (dam) of the project, waterway system, installation of electrical and mechanical equipment
including turbines, generators and transformers in the power house and the switch-yard and dry-testing of these
equipment had already been completed, he said.

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Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project is being constructed on river Neelum in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The project is an engineering marvel with 90 percent of the project being underground in the high mountain areas.

It is worth mentioning that Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project is a component of least-cost energy generation
plan, being implemented by WAPDA on priority.

It has four generating units, each of them having a capacity of 242.25 MW. The first unit will start electricity

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generation in March this year, followed by the second third and fourth units at one month interval respectively.
The project will provide about five billion of low-cost and environment-friendly electricity to the national grid
every year. Annual benefits of the project have been estimated at Rs 50 billion.APP

 

[Hyde]

The news is... 97.5% work is done

Thats great news... even though the project cost rose sharply but we need hydropower projects to contain oil imports

 

[My-Analogous]

Neelum Jhelum hydropower project to give Pakistan Rs 50 billion profit annually
12 Feb, 2018

SHARES

• 

ISLAMABAD:As many as overall 97.5 per cent work has already been completed on the strategically important 969 MW Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project and its wet testing will be carried out in March.
This was stated by Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project Chief Executive Officer Brig (R) Muhammad Zareen while taking to APP.

He said 100 per cent concrete work of the project had already been completed, besides 98 per cent dry test of the equipment.

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The CEO said that National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) would hand over 500 kV transmission line shortly after which feedback of switch-yard would be assessed.

Muhammad Zareen said water filling (pressurization) of its waterway system, comprising 51.5-kilometer long tunnels,
has also been commenced in January.

READ MORE: Shooting down of Israeli fighter jet reveals Syrian Army Power
He said the project was fast heading towards completion and most of the works – critical in nature – had been

READ MORE: Pakistani IT industry wins recognition at international forums
successfully completed.


Construction of the weir (dam) of the project, waterway system, installation of electrical and mechanical equipment
including turbines, generators and transformers in the power house and the switch-yard and dry-testing of these
equipment had already been completed, he said.

READ MORE: Pakistani athletes welcomed at Winter Olympics in Seoul
Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project is being constructed on river Neelum in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The project is an engineering marvel with 90 percent of the project being underground in the high mountain areas.

It is worth mentioning that Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project is a component of least-cost energy generation
plan, being implemented by WAPDA on priority.

It has four generating units, each of them having a capacity of 242.25 MW. The first unit will start electricity

READ MORE: Shooting down of Israeli fighter jet reveals Syrian Army Power
generation in March this year, followed by the second third and fourth units at one month interval respectively.
The project will provide about five billion of low-cost and environment-friendly electricity to the national grid
every year. Annual benefits of the project have been estimated at Rs 50 billion.APP

It give Pakistan a cheap electricity, in 2018 Pakistan will add 5770MW in national grid and this is big we are adding more then 25% of our current production.

Pakistan is aiming to add 5,770 megawatts of electricity to its national grid by 2018 as the country is struggles to overcome chronical energy shortages which has hampered growth and forced many factories to close.

The South Asia’s second biggest economy after India currently produces about 15,886 MW against the demand of 19,500 MW, leaving the gap of over 3,500 MW. But, shortages rise to nearly 6,000 MW during peak summers, forcing the government to cut power between 8 to 12 hours a day to manage the demand.

International donors estimate energy shortage, including gas shortages, eats away between 1 to 2 percent of GDP every year. Pakistan’s textile sector takes the most hit which accounts for over 50 percent of the country’s exports.

The United States is also helping Pakistan to address its energy problem and energy forms the largest portfolio of U.S. civilian assistance to Pakistan. The U.S.-Pakistan Clean Energy Partnership is building on the country’s existing energy resources, including hydro, natural gas, wind, solar, geothermal and biomass.

Pakistan’s ongoing projects in the energy sector include Sahiwal Coal Power Plant (1350MW), Port Qasim Power Plant (1320 MW), two nuclear Power Plants (650 MW), Neelum Jhelum (950 MW) and Tarbella 4 Extension (1500 MW). Besides, the government is also working on conversion of Guddu Power and Nadipur Power plants on gas and three LNG-fired power plants in Punjab.

All these projects are projected to complete by mid-2018, when the country will have its general election to elect the next government. The present government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assumed power in June, 2013 after a landslide victory. This is Sharif’s third term as the Prime Minister.

https://pabausa.org/1121/pakistan-to-add-5770-mw-electricity-by-march-2018/

 

[BATMAN]

Thankyou Pervez Musharraf.

 

[Pakistansdefender]

Please make basha dam too. It is for their our survival. It would increase the life of tarbela dam too which we are expanding.
Dasu , thakot, Suki kinari are already in progress Mashallah.