The government of Pakistan and the Chinese state-owned Gezhouba Group have signed an agreement to build the 700 MW Azad Pattan hydropower project on the Jhelum River in Azad Kashmir under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework. The project will require a US$1.5bn investment and is expected to be commissioned in 2026, when it should generate 3.3 TWh/year.
In May 2020, the Pakistani government, through the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), awarded a US$2.8bn contract to a joint venture made of the Chinese state-owned company Power China and subsidiary of Pakistan’s army Frontiers Work to build the 4.5 GW Diamer-Basha hydropower project on the Indus river. In June 2020, the Private Power and Infrastructure Board of Pakistan, the authorities of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and state-owned China’s Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) signed an agreement to build the 1,124 MW Kohala hydropower project on the Jhelum River under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework.
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