ISLAMABAD – Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project is bracing up for fullgeneration during the next high flow season that will start from Aprilonwards.
The project, after its commissioning, has been in operation for almost 8months, said a statement issued on Saturday.The project is now due for a thorough inspection of the electro-mechanicalequipments in accordance with the contractual obligations. The saidinspection will be carried out by the consultants and the contractor of theproject. The low water flow season has been chosen for carrying out thethorough inspection.
Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project went into operation with commissioning ofits first unit on April 13, 2018. Its all four units went into operationsuccessfully in a phased manner by August 14, 2018. Since itscommissioning, Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project has so far injected over1.8 billion units (kWh) to the National Grid.
It is worth mentioning that the low flow period of Neelum River lasts fromSeptember to March, after which it provides required 280 cubic meter persecond of water to run all four units of Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project.The least flow in Neelum River occurs during January.
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That is why, this month has been chosen for conducting thorough inspectionof the draft tubes, flap gates, 3.5-kilometer underground tailrace, thesurge shaft, the generating units and its auxiliary equipment entailingdewatering of tailrace.
The Neelum Jhelum Power House will thus remain shutdown from January 5 toFebruary 2, 2019 for 29 days, after which, it will again go into operation.Since Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project is complete in all respects, theannual energy production from the project is expected to achieve planned4.6 billion units during the year 2019.
