Draft:Sankhuwa Khola Hydropower project

Sankhuwa Khola Hydropower Project

The Sankhuwa Khola Hydropower Project is a 41.06 MW run-of-river hydroelectric project under construction in the Sankhuwasabha and Bhopur districts of Nepal. It is being developed by Guras Hydro Pvt. Ltd., a private limited company established in 2020.

Project Details Location: Silichong Rural Municipality (Ward No- I), Sankhuwasabha District and Salpachilichho Rural Municipality (Ward No- 1), Bhojpur District River Sankhuwa Khola, a tributary of the Arun River Catchment Area: 334.808 sq- km Design Discharge: 15250 cubic meters per second Gross Head: 315.92 meters Installed Capacity: 4106 MW Annual Energy Generation: 244.745 GWh Dry Season Energy: 79B44 GWh (32.42%) Wet Season Energy: 165 a (679%) Headworks: 42-meter-long boulder-filled concrete weir, intake, gravel trap, and settling basins Waterway: 5,710-meter headrace tunnel, surge shaft, 725-meter penstock Powerhouse: Open-type powerhouse with Francis vertical turbine units Tailrace: 73-meter-long box culvert discharging into the Arun River Transmission Line: 4 km, 132 kV single circuit line to Sitalpati 220 kV substation

Project Cost and Financing Total Project Cost: NPR 7975R9 million (approximately USD 627 million) Cost per kW: NPR 194935 (USD 1 ,528) Debt: 75% (NPR 508101 million) Equity: (NPR 1,993 07 million) Promoters' Equity: 70% (NPR 1,395 7 million) Public Equity: 30% (NPR 598.1 million)