Tarbela 5th Extension Hydel Power Station Project to start generation by July 2025.

ISLAMABAD -- Tarbela 5th Extension Hydel Power Station Project (T5) will start electricity generation by July 2025.

This was told to Chairman WAPDA Engineer Lt Gen (r) Sajjad Ghani who visited Tarbela 4th and 5th Extension Hydel Power Station (T4 and T5) on Friday.

Chairman WAPDA inspected operation and maintenance (O and M) activities of the power station of T4 project, commissioned in 2018, said a statement issued here.

Sajjad Ghani also visited under-construction Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project (T5) to review construction activities on the sites.

The General Manager Tarbela Dam briefed the chairman about progress on the T5 project. Consequent upon the permission accorded by IRSA for closure of Tunnel No.5, construction activities are being carried out simultaneously at five sites of T5 including intake, power house and switch yard. Electricity generation from the project is scheduled for July 2025 with completion of its first unit. Unit No.2 and 3 are likely to be completed in August and September 2025 respectively, it was further briefed.

T5 is being constructed on Tunnel No. 5 of Tarbela Dam with approved PC-I of $807 million. World Bank is providing $390 million, while Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is providing $300 million for construction of the project. Cumulative generation capacity of the project stands at 1530MW with three generating units of 510MW each. The project will provide 1.347 billion units of green, clean and low-cost hydel electricity to the national grid on the average...