Pakistan
Tarbela dam tops installed capability, produces 4,993 MW of electricity
Tarbela: The power generation of the Tarbela dam Monday exceeded its installed capability of 4,888 and produced 4,993 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
According to the Tarbela dam spokesperson, 105 MW of extra electricity was produced by the 17 power generations units of the dam where the installed capacity was only 4,888.
Owing to the huge increase in water inflow in the Tarbaila Dam reservoir which was 314,500 cusec feet and outflow was 234,500 cusecs feet which increased the water level of the dams to 1,524 feet.
During the last two weeks, water storage level and power production of the dam also increased while during last week after reaching the dangerous level the auxiliary spillways were opened to discharge extra water into river Indus.
All 17 power generation units were working with full capacity and were producing 4,993 megawatts of electricity.
The maximum water storage capacity of the Tarbela dam is 1550 feet at present water level has reached 1524 feet, it is expected that in the coming few days the dam would reach its maximum storage capacity as it has crossed its installed capacity of production.
Tarbela Dam is an earth-filled dam along the Indus River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is the largest earth-filled dam in the world.
The dam is 143 metres (470 ft) high above the riverbed and its reservoir, Tarbela Lake, has a surface area of approximately 250 square kilometres (97 sq mi).