In this 21st century, we cannot imagine life without electricity. We all know that electricity is like basic needs in our daily life nowadays. In this article, you will get to know about the top-rated hydropower projects in Nepal.
First of all, as we all know electricity is one of the basic needs nowadays. We use electricity everywhere. Directly or indirectly, electricity also plays an important role in the economic development of a country. As well as that, electricity is one of the main infrastructures of development which plays a significant role in developing countries.
Being a Nepalese, we all may have gone through hours and hours of load shedding before. Definitely, electricity cut-off for 8-10 hours continuosly per day is a severe problem. Fortunately, things have changed now. There is no more load shedding today except than some system failure during rainy reason. Thanks goes to our geography and all the responsibe people who did their best to eradicate load shedding.
As a matter of fact, Nepal is the second richest country in the source of fresh water. Definitely, we are rich in rivers and lakes. That is the reason, the major source of electricity in Nepal is hydroelectricity.
We all know that Nepal is rich in water resources. So many upcoming hydropower Projects are running in Nepal. The government of Nepal is adding these hydropower projects to help the national supply of electricity. Here, we have listed some of the upcoming projects below:
Budi Gandaki Hydropower Plant
Location
Gorkha
Capacity (MegaWatt)
1200 mW
Company
Nepal Electricity Association
Arun III Hydropower Project
Location
Sankhuwasabha
Capacity (MegaWatt)
900 mW
Completion Date
2022 AD
Company
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam
Upper Tamakoshi Project
Location
Dolakha
Capacity (MegaWatt)
456 mW
Completion Date
2020 AD
Company
Nepal Electricity Association
Rasuwagadi Hydropower Project
Location
Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project
Capacity (MegaWatt)
111 mW
Completion Date
2020 AD
Company
Chilime Hydropower Company Limited
Middle Bhotekoshi Hydroelectric Project
Location
Sindhupalchowk
Capacity (MegaWatt)
102 mW
Completion Order
2021 AD
Company
Madhya Bhotekoshi Jalbidhyut Company Ltd.
Lower Solu Hydropower Project
Location
Solukhumbu
Capacity (MegaWatt)
82 mW
Company
Essel Clean Solu Pvt. Ltd.
Middle Tamor Hydropower Project
Location
Taplalung
Capacity (MegaWatt)
73 mW
Company
Sanima Hydropower Limited
Upper Marshyangdi A Hydroelectric Station
Location
Lamjung
Capacity (MegaWatt)
50 mW
Company
Sinohydro-Sagarmatha Power Company Pvt. Ltd.
Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project
Location
Surkhet
Capacity (MegaWatt)
46 mW
Company
Government of Nepal Department of Irrigation
Lower Sanjen Hydroelectric Project
Location
Rasuwa
Capacity (MegaWatt)
43 mW
Company
Sanjen Jalbidyut Company Limited
Mistri Khola Hydroelectric Project
Location
Myagdi
Capacity (MegaWatt)
42 mW
Company
Robust Energy Pvt. Limited
Khani Khola (Dolakha) Hydropower Project
Location
Dolakha
Capacity (MegaWatt)
30 mW
Company
Sasa Engineering Hydropower Pvt. Limited
So this was the list of the Hydropower Projects in Nepal. Moreover, it is really good to see this many new projects as well.
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