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Salam,
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Dear MAS, your point about 18000 has a little glicth, it is not GW, it is GWH that is a unit of Energy. bare MW or GW are units of power. Energy is product of power and time. it is a multiple of KWH that is commonly called "Unit" in Pakistan.
I would invite you to go thru full presentation shared at this link:
http://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3x1Nmk1zl5tRDFoLW1hVmJUOGV5NUpmaEhjSmpmUQ/edit It has answers to most of your questions. more questions are welcome.
Soan dam's power potential is much more than 18000 GWH. as it is equivalent of 2.5 kalabagh dams stacked on top of each other, using 64 MAF flow of Indus at Tarbela without any spillway wastage of flood water.
Indus river doesn't contribute to irrigation between Tarbela and attock. during flood season, water can be diverted per request of provinces to be released back in winter. diversion is not permanent and gates can be switched to release water in either direction.
Soan Link Canal is about the size of Ghazi Baroth canal, only with slightly more slope. This canal alone can generate 4500+ MW of power during summer. rest of power will come from releasing water back to Indus. which will be slower, per demand but water involved is smae amount and available head is 1.5x,so Net energy will be 1.5 times more on exit, @ ~2200 MW.
frankly, this Project is too good to ignore, and you may witness this in coming days. I couldn't believe its numbers at first go, but they'r real.
regards
