LAHORE: The fourth and last unit of the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP) was synchronised with national grid on Monday after it started generating over 200 megawatts on a trial basis.

During the project’s trial run, the unit will be tested on various loads ranging up to 242MW.

“With successful commissioning of its all four units, the NJHP is expected to attain its installed generation capacity of 969MW in a couple of days,” said a spokesperson for the Water and Power Development Authority.

Three units at the project have already been generating 726MW of electricity on trial basis; thus far, they have contributed around 900 million electricity units to the national grid.

It may be recalled that commercial operation of fourth unit at NJHP was delayed in May after experts identified some technical issues in the machine during various tests and sought replacement for some parts.

This unit had actually started trial generation in April and later went through various tests required for commercial operation. The unit injected more than 1.3m units of electricity during test run.

However, while testing the unit, the ‘run-outs’ exceeded specifications. Therefore, project consultants concluded that in order to smoothly operate the unit for its designated life, its parts — ‘labyrinth’ and ‘lower sleeve’ — should be replaced with new ones.

Published in Dawn, August 14th, 2018

Follow Dawn Business on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook for insights on business, finance and tech from Pakistan and across the world.

Opinion

Editorial

‘Source of terror’
Updated 29 Mar, 2024

‘Source of terror’

It is clear that going after militant groups inside Afghanistan unilaterally presents its own set of difficulties.
Chipping in
29 Mar, 2024

Chipping in

FEDERAL infrastructure development schemes are located in the provinces. Most such projects — for instance,...
Toxic emitters
29 Mar, 2024

Toxic emitters

IT is concerning to note that dozens of industries have been violating environmental laws in and around Islamabad....
Judiciary’s SOS
Updated 28 Mar, 2024

Judiciary’s SOS

The ball is now in CJP Isa’s court, and he will feel pressure to take action.
Data protection
28 Mar, 2024

Data protection

WHAT do we want? Data protection laws. When do we want them? Immediately. Without delay, if we are to prevent ...
Selling humans
28 Mar, 2024

Selling humans

HUMAN traders feed off economic distress; they peddle promises of a better life to the impoverished who, mired in...