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PM to inaugurate Tarbela 4th Extension Hydro Power Project

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TARBELA: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will inaugurate 1410 MW Tarbela 4th extension hydropower project on Saturday.

First unit of 470 MW will be commissioned today, while two more units each with equal power generating capacity will be online before the advent of summer this year.

T-4 project will play pivotal role in balancing energy mix of the country and stabilizing prices of electricity for a long span in future with an attractive economic rate of return of more than 30% and annual cost sale of US$ 300 million to national exchequer.

The project is located within premises of existing Tarbela Dam Project. Tarbela Dam Project, completed in 1976, has provision of 5 tunnels, 4 on Left Bank and 01 on Right Bank. Tunnels 1-3 have installed capacity of 3,478 MW with average annual energy generation of 15-16 billion units.

T-4 project will generate 3.84 billion units annually equivalent of burning of 1 million ton of furnace oil.

 

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