The document discusses hydel power in Pakistan. It states that while Pakistan faces deficiencies in oil and gas, it has abundant water resources and potential for hydel power generation. Hydel power currently provides 34% of Pakistan's renewable energy. It then outlines some benefits of hydel power, including being renewable and emitting no pollution. The document provides statistics on existing hydel power projects and their contributions. It also briefly describes how hydel power plants work and highlights some major projects like Tarbela and Mangla dams.

2.  Energy in the form of electricity is now
one of the basic necessities of life.
 Though deficiency in oil and
gas, Pakistan has abundant water and
other energy sources like Hydel
power, coal and solar power.
 Hydel power provides about 34 percent
of the renewable energy in Pakistan.

3.  Hydroelectric power plants do not use
up resources to create electricity nor do
 they pollute the air
 Land
 water
 as other power plants may.

4.  No Fuel is required to run the plant
 No air-pollution is created
 Has a longer life
 No change in efficiency with the age
 Hydraulic turbines can be started
speedily
 Cost of power per unit is very less

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6. Sr. No. Power Station Installed Energy Commercial
Capacity Generation Operation
(MW) (GWh) Date
1 Tarbela 3,478 15,801 1977-93
2 Ghazi Barotha 1,450 7,037 2003-04
3 Mangla 1,000 5,443 1967-94
4 Warsak 243 1,009 1960-81
5 Dargai 20 162 1952
6 Nandipur 14 32 1963
7 Chichoki 13.2 23 1959
8 Shadiwal 13.5 38 1961
9 Khan Khwar 72 306 2011
10 Other Small Hydel 6 38 1925,1975
11 Rasul 22 63 1952
Total 6,516 30,900

7. Sr # Power Station Hydropower Progress/
(MW) Completion
1 Golen Gol – Khyber 106 Feb 2015
Pakhtunkhwa
2 DUBER KHWAR 130 84.5%
Kohistan, KPK Dec 2012
3 NEELUM JHELUM 969 34%
Neelum, AJK Oct 2015
4 Mangla Dam Raising 644 Substantially
Mirpur, AJK completed
5 Satpara Dam 17.36 99.8%
Skardu Feb 2013

8. How Hydel power
plants work?

9.  Water, when it is falling by the force of
gravity, can be used to turn turbines and
generators that produce electricity.
 When the electricity is generated from
the power plant it is transmitted by
power lines or cables to the homes.

10.  Reservoir-this is where water is stored for
use as needed.
 Water Turbine-used to convert hydraulic
energy of flowing water into rotational
mechanical energy.
 Penstock-is a conduit which carries
water into the turbines.
 Generator-it is used to convert rotational
mechanical energy into electrical
energy

13. Some of the major and known Hydel
power projects are as follows:

15.  It’s build on Indus at Bara near village
Tarbela.
 It’s the world largest earth filled dam.
 The dam was completed in 1976 at a
cost of Rs.18.5 billion.
 It’s 143 km high and a reservoir area of
243 square km.
 With a storage capacity of 119 billion
cubic meters of water.

17.  It’s located on the River Jhelum.
 It’s one of the longest earth filled dam in
the world.
 The main structures of the dam include
4 embankment, 2 spillways, 5 power
irrigation tunnels and a 1,000 MW power
station.
 It’s a multipurpose project to control
flood water and generate HEP.

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