Thapa khola hydropower

Commercial Operation Date : 2017-12-08

Source: https://nwrmap.info/hydropower/thapa-khola-hydropower-project
Features Description

Location Mustang

Type ROR

Catchment Area 41 km 2

Design Discharge 4.2 m3/sec

Maximum Net Head 375.9 m

Installed capacity 11.2MW

Annual energy output 69.33 Gwh

Headrace Tunnel-Length 1830 m

Penstock- Length 750 m

Penstock-Diameter 1.25-1.1 m

Penstock – Length 38 m

Tailrace Canal Length 38 m

Turbine type Pelton Turbine (horizontal axis)

No of turbine 2

Generator Rated Capacity 7.3 MVA

Generator Type Three phase, Synchronous

Northwest Regional Management and Advisory Programme. (n.d.). Thapa Khola Hydropower
Project. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from https://nwrmap.info/hydropower/thapa-khola-
hydropower-project
Modi khola Hydropower Station

Commercial Operation Date : 2000-12-01

Source: https://nwrmap.info/hydropower/modikhola-hydropower-station
Feature Description

Location Parbat, Dimuwa

Type ROR

Catchment Area 510 km2

Maximum Net Head 66.96m

Average Annual Flow 25 m3/s

Installed capacity 14.8MW

Annual energy output 92.5 Gwh

Total Length of Waterways 61.0 m (canal), 2071 m (tunnel)

Turbine Type Francis

Turbine Number of Units 2

Turbine Rated Discharge 12.5 m3/s

Turbine Rated Output 7.6 MW

Generator Rated Capacity 8260 kVA

Northwest Regional Management and Advisory Programme. (n.d.). Modikhola Hydropower

Station. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from https://nwrmap.info/hydropower/modikhola-
hydropower-station
Northwest Regional Management and Advisory Programme. (n.d.). Marsyangdi Hydropower
Station. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from https://nwrmap.info/hydropower/marsyangdi-
hydropower-station

Northwest Regional Management and Advisory Programme. (n.d.). Sunkoshi Hydropower

Station. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from https://nwrmap.info/hydropower/sunkoshi-
hydropower-station-1