Three Nepalese projects get power generation licenses

• 11 years ago (2013-02-19)
• David Flin

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The Nepalese Government has awarded power generation licenses to three hydropower projects with a combined capacity of 36.36 MW. The promoters of the projects have been asked to complete their financial closures for project development within a year.

According to the Department of Electricity Development (DoED), the 30 MW Nyadi Hydropower Project, the 4.36 MW Tungun Thosne Khola Hydropower Project, and the 2 MW Khani Khola Hydropower Project have been granted licenses. Gokarna Raj Pantha, Senior Divisional Engineer at the DoED, said: “The developers will have to show their financial closures within a year from now.”

According to Pantha, Nyadi Hydropower, a subsidiary of Butwal Power Company, has received a generation license to develop Nyadi Khola Hydropower Project. The run-of-river project is based in Bahundanda, Lamjung, and is scheduled to be completed within four years from the start of construction. Pantha said: “The developers have submitted the letters of intent from the banks as their financial sources.” The developer will have to construct a 7 km, 132 kV transmission line to connect the project with the national grid. The power generated from the Nyadi Khola will be connected to the substation at Khudi.

Pashupati Energy Development Company has acquired the generation licenses for the Tungun Thosne Khola and the Khani Khola hydropower projects. Pantha said that Pashupati Energy has agreed to develop both the projects in two years. Pashupati has already started construction of the two projects that are based in Bhattedanda, Lalitpur. Pashupati will have to lay a 4 km transmission line to connect the project with the national grid at Malta substation.

Meanwhile, the Nepalese government has scrapped the survey license for the 675 MW Upper Panpu Khola that was awarded to Diwas Bahadur Basnet in 2007. The DoED said: “The survey license was cancelled after the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment report was not approved because the project was located inside the Annapurna Conservation Area in Mustang district.”