Super Mai-A Hydropower Station | |
Name Official: | Super Mai-A HPP Hydropower Project |
Location Map: | Nepal |
Coordinates: | 26.9689°N 87.9739°W |
Country: | Nepal |
Location: | Ilam District |
Purpose: | Power |
Dam Crosses: | Mai River |
Dam Type: | Gravity |
Status: | o |
Owner: | Sagarmatha Jalbidhyut Company P.Ltd. |
Plant Type: | R |
Plant Commission: | 2077-02-32 BS |
Plant Capacity: | 9.6 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 3 Francis Type |
Super Mai-A Hydropower Station (Nepali: सुपर माई A जलविद्युत आयोजना) is a run-of-the-river hydro-electric plant located in Ilam District of Nepal.[1] The flow from Mai River is used to generate 9.6 MW electricity. The design head is 199.3 m.[2]
The plant is owned and developed by Sagarmatha Jalbidhyut Company Pvt. Ltd., an IPP of Nepal. The plant started generating electricity from 2077-02-32BS. The generation licence will expire in 2109-11-17 BS, after which the plant will be handed over to the government. [3] The power station is connected to the national grid and the electricity is sold to Nepal Electricity Authority.[4]