{"id":70373,"date":"2020-09-12T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70373"},"modified":"2020-09-11T16:23:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T11:23:20","slug":"low-cost-hydel-electricity-production-via-tarbela-4th-ext-crosses-10bn-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/low-cost-hydel-electricity-production-via-tarbela-4th-ext-crosses-10bn-units.html","title":{"rendered":"Low-cost hydel electricity production via Tarbela 4th ext crosses 10bn units"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Tarbela 4th Extension Hydel Power Station on Wednesday achieved another significant milestone in terms of its contribution of low-cost hydel electricity to the National Grid by crossing the 10-billion-unit generation mark, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/work-pakistans-cheapest-solar-power-project-hydel-projects-punjab-minister.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Work on low-cost solar power project, other hydel projects underway in Punjab: Minister<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This power generation has earned Water &amp; Power Development Authority (WAPDA) a revenue of about PKR 75 billion. In addition, the low-cost hydel electricity project has also saved the national exchequer from spending PKR 100 billion \u2013 which would have been the cost for equal electricity generation produced through a thermal process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, it is also informed that the Tarbela 4th Extension Hydel Power Station has proven instrumental in meeting with the country\u2019s electricity needs and promoting socio-economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapdas-electricity-generation-capacity-hydel-power-highest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WAPDA\u2019s electricity generation capacity via hydel power at its highest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is located on the Tunnel No 4 of the Tarbela Dam encompassing three generation units \u2013 with a capacity of producing 470 megawatts (MW) each. With the completion of the 4th extension, reportedly, the production capacity of the station has increased to 4,888 MW from 3,478 MW. Meanwhile, the it was also hailed as the flagship project of WAPDA by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-praises-timely-completion-of-tarbela-extension.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Bank<\/a> (WB).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Tarbela 4th Extension Hydel Power Station on Wednesday achieved another significant milestone in terms of its contribution of low-cost hydel electricity to the National Grid by crossing the 10-billion-unit generation mark, according to news sources. Read: Work on low-cost solar power project, other hydel projects underway in Punjab: Minister This power generation has earned Water &amp; Power Development Authority (WAPDA) a revenue of about PKR 75 billion. In addition, the low-cost hydel electricity project has also saved the national exchequer from spending PKR 100 billion \u2013 which would have been the cost for equal electricity generation produced through a thermal process. Furthermore, it is also informed that the Tarbela 4th Extension Hydel Power Station has proven instrumental in meeting with the country\u2019s electricity needs and promoting socio-economic development. Read: WAPDA\u2019s electricity generation capacity via hydel power at its highest The project is located on the Tunnel No 4 of the Tarbela Dam encompassing three generation units \u2013 with a capacity of producing 470 megawatts (MW) each. With the completion of the 4th extension, reportedly, the production capacity of the station has increased to 4,888 MW from 3,478 MW. Meanwhile, the it was also hailed as the flagship project&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":67875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385,15016,15017],"tags":[39223,39224],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"category-new-developments","9":"category-notices-announcements","10":"tag-low-cost-hydel-electricity-production-via-tarbela-4th-ext-crosses-10bn-units","11":"tag-tarbela-4th-extension-hydel-power-station","12":"cat-20385-id","13":"cat-15016-id","14":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Low-cost hydel electricity via Tarbela 4th ext crosses target- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tarbela 4th Extension Hydel Power Station achieved another significant milestone by contributing low-cost hydel electricity to the National Grid\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/low-cost-hydel-electricity-production-via-tarbela-4th-ext-crosses-10bn-units.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Low-cost hydel electricity via Tarbela 4th ext crosses target- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tarbela 4th Extension Hydel Power Station achieved another significant milestone by contributing low-cost hydel electricity to the National Grid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/low-cost-hydel-electricity-production-via-tarbela-4th-ext-crosses-10bn-units.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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