Gwh/yr

Energy Generation

4MW

Installed Capacity

About

The 4-MW Puwa Khola 1 small hydropower plant on the Puwa Khola River located near the towns of Shanti Danda and Barbote in the Eastern Development Region of Nepal. The US$11 million project financed in part by Sidhhartha Bank and Citizen Bank, and licensed by Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), was developed by Puwa Khola 1 Hydropower Private Ltd.

Salient Features

Hydrology ( Intake )

Design Discharge 4.5 m3/s
Maximum Gross Head 117 m

Waterways

Penstock – Length 403 m
Penstock -Diameter 1.6 m
Surge Tank 5m X5m X 15.4m
Headrace-Canal Length 3255 m
Tailrace Canal Length 100m

Turbine

Type Horizontal axis francis
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