The 720-megawatt Karot Hydropower Project, a major pilot project under CPEC, successfully closed the gates of the diversion tunnels recently, starting reservoir impoundment. The forthcoming commercial operation of the project will further address the electricity shortage in Pakistan with cheap and clean energy and improve the energy structure of the country. It is expected to generate some 3.2 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity and reduce 3.5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year.