Electricity generation capacity to Tarbela to jump to 6, 418 MW in 2025.

ISLAMABAD -- The total electricity generation capacity of Tarbela Power House will jump to 6,418 megawatts (MW) from the existing 4,888 MW after the commissioning of the Tarbela 5th Extension Project scheduled to be completed in 2025.

Official sources told reporter here that the cumulative generation capacity of the project stood at 1530 MW with three generating units of 510 MW each. On completion, the project would provide 1.347 billion units of environment-friendly and low-cost hydel electricity to the...