# Voith equipment for Tarbela IV hydropower expansion in Pakistan starts grid connection

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated the first of three new units at the Tarbela hydropower plant on 2018-03-10. Voith supplies the electromechanical equipment, valued at around EUR 200 million, for the fourth expansion for WAPDA, which raises output to 4,888 MW.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-03-10
- Where: Tarbela, northern Pakistan, Pakistan
- Value: $246.0M (200.0M EUR)
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 4,888 MW total plant output
- Products: Francis turbines, generators, main inlet butterfly valves, automation systems
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md), [Pumps and Valves](https://endata.com/sectors/pumps-valves.md)

## Companies

- [Voith](https://endata.com/companies/217.md) (supplier)
- [Water and Power Development Authority](https://endata.com/companies/2981.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [powermag.com](https://www.powermag.com/press-releases/increase-of-electricity-in-pakistan-first-unit-of-tarbela-iv-hydro-plant-connects-to-grid/), 2018-03-14: "Voith is a key partner for this project and is supplying, installing and commissioning the entire electromechanical equipment, valued at around 200 million Euro."

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