Hydropower Projects
Bhairabkund Small Hydropower Project
Sindhupalchok
The Bhairab Kund Khola Small Hydropower Project is a 3 MW run-of-river facility located in Tatopani VDC, Sindhupalchowk District, within the Central Development Region of Nepal. Utilizing the flow of the Bhairabkund Khola, a tributary of the Bhotekoshi River, the project harnesses a gross head of approximately 226.77 meters and a net head of 222.73 meters to generate clean electricity. The project’s infrastructure includes an RCC gravity diversion weir, Tyrolean and side intakes, gravel traps, settling basins, and a 680-meter rectangular tunnel feeding water to a surface powerhouse. It employs two horizontal axis Pelton turbines delivering a combined capacity of 3 MW with an annual net energy production of around 18.67 GWh. Power is evacuated through a 31 km, 33 kV transmission line connecting the powerhouse to Sunkoshi via the proposed Chaku substation. The project supports rural electrification and local economic development, with an estimated financial internal rate of return (IRR) of 14.29% and a benefit-cost ratio of 1.25.
- Commercial Operation Date : 2014-05-16
- Installed Capacity : 3MW
- Phase : Live
- Type : Run-of-River
Super Hewa Hydropower Project
Jaljala,Siddhapokhari (Sankhuwasabha)
The Super Hewa Hydropower Project is a 6 MW run-of-river hydropower facility located on the Hewa Khola River in Sankhuwasabha District, Koshi Province, Nepal. Developed by Super Hewa Power Company Limited, the project lies between Chainpur and Panchkhapan municipalities and harnesses the river’s flow through a high-head system with Pelton turbines to generate electricity for the national grid.
The project obtained its generation license in March 2019 (Chaitra 2075 BS) and signed a Power Purchase Agreement with the Nepal Electricity Authority earlier in 2018 for the sale of electricity generated from the plant. The facility transmits power through a 33 kV transmission line to the Baneshwar substation, located about 13 km from the project switchyard.
Super Hewa began electricity generation in March 2025, initially supplying free electricity to the grid during the trial period before entering commercial operation. The plant is expected to produce around 6.17 GWh of electricity annually. Together with the nearby Upper Piluwa Khola-2 project, it contributes roughly 11 MW of additional generation capacity to strengthen Nepal’s electricity supply, particularly during the dry season.
- Issue Date: 2010-08-29
- Installed Capacity : 6MW
- Phase : Live
Upper Rahughat Hydropower Project
Chimkhola, Myagdi
The Upper Rahughat Hydropower Project is a 48.5 MW run-of-river hydropower facility located on the Rahughat River in Raghuganga Rural Municipality of Myagdi District, Gandaki Province, Nepal. Developed by the Tundi Power Company Limited, the project utilizes the natural flow of the Rahughat River to generate electricity for Nepal’s national grid and forms part of a cascade hydropower development system in the Rahughat basin.
Construction of the project included a dam at Chimkhola and a powerhouse at Dagnam, connected by a tunnel system of nearly five kilometers. Major civil structures, hydromechanical components, and transmission infrastructure were developed over several years as part of the project’s implementation.
Trial generation began in 2025 after the completion of dam, tunnel, powerhouse, and transmission facilities, and the project subsequently entered commercial electricity production. The Upper Rahughat project operates in coordination with the nearby Chimkhola–Rahughat–Mangale Hydropower Project, with both projects supplying electricity to the national grid and strengthening regional hydropower generation in the Rahughat River basin.
- Issue Date: 2013-06-17
- Installed Capacity : 48.5MW
- Phase : Live
Upper Trishuli-2 Hydropower Project
Haku, Rasuwa
The proposed Upper Trishuli-2 Hydroelectric project of 102 MW capacity is situated 127 km north of Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, on the Trishuli River about 950 m downstream of Chilime Powerhouse (22 MW) in the Rasuwa District of Bagmati zone in the Central Development Region of Nepal. Proposed project is a Run-of-River (RoR) scheme aimed at utilizing the design discharge of 110 m3/s to generate average annual hydro-based electric energy of 593 GWh. The catchment area at the proposed intake site is 4064 km2 and the rated head is 99.6 m.
- Issue Date: 2018-09-20
- Installed Capacity : 102.0MW
- Phase : Under Construction