| Panauti Hydropower Station | |
| Name Official: | Panauti Hydropower Station |
| Location Map: | Nepal |
| Coordinates: | 27.5631°N 85.536°W |
| Country: | Nepal |
| Location: | Kavre District |
| Purpose: | Power |
| Status: | o |
| Owner: | Nepal Electricity Authority |
| Plant Type: | R |
| Plant Capacity: | 2.4 MW |
Panauti Hydropower Station (also called Khopasi Hydropower Station) is the third hydropower station which was constructed in Nepal, in 1965.[1] It is the first megawatt (MW) capacity hydropower station in Nepal.
It is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant on the Roshi Khola river. This power station is located at Khopasi, Kavre district, 35 km east of Kathmandu and 7 km south-east from Panauti Bazar.
It was built in 1965 with the assistance from then SovietUnion 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 Projectwas designed for operation of only two units at atime with third unit as a standby. Open canal of3,721 m long with discharge of 3.2 cu. m/s fromheadwork to reservoir has seven (7) outlet gatesfor irrigation in the vicinity of Khopasi.
After the major improvement activities accomplished in2018/019 (Rehabilitation and Modernizationof Switchyards of Panauti Hydropower Stationlocated at Khopasi and Bhakatpur), Panauti Hydropower Station isgenerating maximum annual energy (in 2018/19) which thepower plant had not been able to do since the last11 years.[2]
| Hydropower name | Panauti Hydropower Station | |
|---|---|---|
| Commissioned year | 1965 | |
| Type | Run of River | |
| Location | Panauti Municipality–12, Khopasi | |
| Installed capacity | 2.4 MW | |
| Annual average energy | 6.97 GWh | |
| Maximum Net head Catchment area | 66m /60m | |
| Average annual flow | 3.2m^3/s | |
| Live storage volume Dam | 50,000 m3 | |
| Total length of the waterways | 3.721 km | |
| Penstock turbine | 1 No., 370m long, 1.4m | |
| Numbers of Turbine /type | 3/ Horizontal Francis | |
| Rated discharge/ Turbine | 1.61m3/s | |
| Rated output / Turbine | 0.85MW | |
| Rated speed | 1000 rpm | |
| Generator Rated output | 1000 kVA | |
| Rated voltage | 6.3 kV | |
| Rated frequency | 50 Hz | |
| Power factor | 0.8 | |
| Power transformer | 1550 kVA, 6.3 kV/33 kV, 3 phase, 2 Nos. | |
| Transmission line | 33kV, 20 km, single circuit |