ISLAMABAD: The Tarbela Hydel Power Station will become largest poweringgeneration facility in the country having accumulative capacity of 6298 MWwith addition of 5th Extension project.
Official sources told APP here that the existing installed capacity ofTarbela Hydel Power Station stood at 3478 while 1410 MW was being addedwith 4th Extension project.
The first unit of 4th Extension project having 470 MW capacity has alreadybeen started generation and remaining two units would shortly be added.
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has alreadyapproved the PC 1 of the project while the World Bank and AsianInfrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have partnered to provide US$690million for the completion of the project.
The World Bank and AIIB are providing $390 million and $ 300 millionrespectively.
The project is estimated to cost $823.5 million and remaining would becontributed by WAPDA the National Transmission and Dispatch Company.
As per details of the project, the existing Tunnel No. 5 of the Tarbela Damwill be converted into power tunnel without affecting the irrigationrelease capabilities.
As many as three units with generation capacity of 470 MW each will beinstalled to generate 1410 MW electricity during summer season.
It is a low-risk and high-reward project aimed at providing more than 1.8billion units of the lost-cost hydel electricity to the national grid perannum.
The project’s Financial Internal Rate of Return (FIRR) has been estimatedat 13.5 percent. – APP