Chhandi Khola Small Hydropower Project (2mW)
Chhandi Khola Small Hydropower Project is a run-of-river type hydropower scheme aimed with utilizing water discharge from Chhandi & Ghatte Khola, a tributary of Dordi River for power generation. The Project has an installed capacity of 2.0 MW. The project utilizes gross head of about 186.0 m and design discharge of 1.30 m3/s (1.03 m3/s from Chhandi Khola and 0.297 m3/s from Ghatte Khola) to generate an annual average energy of 11.204 GWh.
Project Salient Features
Type of Project | Run-of-River |
Village Development Committee (VDCs) | Phaleni & Bansar |
District | Lamjung |
Zone | Gandaki |
Development Region | Western Development Region |
Headworks Area | Bansar/Phaleni VDC |
Powerhouse Area | Phaleni VDC |
Nearest Town | Besi Sahar |
Geographical Co-ordinates | |
Latitude | 28° 15’ 12” N to 28° 16’ 48” N |
Longitude | 84° 28’ 08” E to 84° 29’ 20” E |
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Chhandi Khola | |
Catchment area | 21.70 Km2 |
Design flow (Q40.72) at Chhandi Khola | 1.055 m3/s |
Flood 1 in 100 years | 115 m3/s |
Ghatte Khola | |
Catchment area | 10.4 km2 |
Design flow (Q40.72) | 0.326 m3/s |
Flood 1 in 100 years | 87 m3/s |
Design flow of the power plant | 1.31 m3/s |
Transmission Line | |
Length | 9.8 km from Powerhouse to Udipur S/S |
Power and Energy | |
Gross Head | 186.35 m |
Net Head | 172.47 m |
Installed Capacity | 2000 KW |
Total Energy | 11.247 GWh |
Outage 5% | 0.56 Gwh |
Net after outage Wet Energy | 8.823 GWh |
Net after outage Dry Energy | 1.862 GWh |
Commercial Operation Date | 2072/12/13 |