Phukot Karnali Hydro Electric Project

About Phukot Karnali Hydro Electric Project:

• It is located in Kalikot district, Karnali Province of Nepal.
• The project will use the flow from the Karnali River for power generation and the generated power will be fed into integrated power system of Nepal.
• Key features of the project:
  • The installed capacity of the project shall be 480 MW with average annual generation of about 2448 GWh.
  • 109 metre high RCC dam and an underground power house where the 06 turbines of 79 MW each shall be housed.
  • To utilize minimum environmental release one Surface Power House of 6 MW capacity is also planned.
• This project is conceived as a Peaking Run-of-River (PRoR) type scheme.

Other Hydropower project betwwen India and Nepal:

• Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project: on Mahakali River.
• Lower Arun Hydroelectric Project : on Arun River (tributary of Koshi River)

About National Hydro Electric Power Corporation Private Limited (NHPC)

• NHPC Limited, a Schedule ‘A’ Enterprise of the Government of India with ‘MINI RATNA’ status, is a premier PSU in India for development of hydropower.
• It was incorporated in 1975 under Companies Act, 1956.
• The company is mandated to plan, promote and organize an integrated and efficient development of power in all its aspects through Conventional and Non-Conventional Sources in India and abroad.

 

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Source: India's NHPC inks MoU with Nepal for development of Phukot Karnali Hydro-Electric Project.