LAHORE – As the water flows increase with the onset of summer season,Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP) on Friday attained its maximumgeneration capacity of 969-MW again with all four generating units runningon full load i.e. 242.25-MW each.
The NJHP went into operation with commissioning of its first unit on April13, 2018, a WAPDA spokesman said and added that all four units of theproject were commissioned successfully in a phased manner by August 14,2018, when the project generated electricity to its maximum capacity.
However, generation from the project decreased with low water flows duringwinter. Since its commissioning in April 2018, the project has so farinjected over 2.1 billion units (kWh) to the national grid, he added.
He said that the NJHP is a state-of-the-art hydropower project with 90%being underground under high mountain overburden.
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The project, constructed on River Neelum in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, has adam at Nauseri, an underground waterway system consisting of 52-km-longtunnels and an underground powerhouse at Chattar Kalas with four powergenerating units.
The project provides about 4.6 billion units of electricity to thenational grid every year and significantly contributes to meet theelectricity requirements of the country.
