Panauti Hydropower Station (also called Khopasi Hydropower Station) is the third
hydropower
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station which was constructed in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. It is the first megawatt(MW) capacity hydropower station in Nepal. It is a
run-of-the-river
Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all or a limited amou ...
hydroelectric plant
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...
on the Roshi Khola river. This
power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid.
Many p ...
is located at
Khopasi
Khopasi is a village development committee in Kabhrepalanchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of St ...
,
Kavre
Kavrepalanchok District ( ne, काभ्रेपलाञ्चोक जिल्ला; ) is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhulikhel as its district headquarters, covers an area of . It is a part of Bagmati Province ...
district
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, 35
km east of
Kathmandu
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and 7 km south-east from
Panauti
Panauti ( ne, पनौती) is a municipality in Kavrepalanchok District in Bagmati Province of Nepal located 32 km Southeast of the capital Kathmandu. The town is currently listed as a UNESCO tentative site since 1996.
Origin
Panauti i ...
Bazar.
It was built in 1965 with the assistance from then Soviet
Union at a cost of NRs 27 million. It has a capacity of 2.4
MW, from 3 units of 0.8 MW each and annual design generation of 6.97 GWh. The Project
was designed for operation of only two units at a
time with third unit as a standby. Open canal of
3,721 m long with discharge of 3.2 cu. m/s from
headwork to reservoir has seven (7) outlet gates
for irrigation in the vicinity of Khopasi.
After the major improvement activities accomplished in
2018/019 ( Rehabilitation and Modernization
of Switchyards of Panauti Hydropower Station
located at Khopasi and Bhakatpur ), Panauti Hydropower Station is
generating maximum annual energy (in 2018/19) which the
power plant had not been able to do since the last
11 years.
References
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Hydroelectric power stations in Nepal
Soviet foreign aid
1965 establishments in Nepal
Buildings and structures in Kavrepalanchok District