UAH-EL

Introduction

Introduction

Upper Arun Hydro-electric Limited (UAHEL) is a subsidiary company of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), established on January 25, 2017 (2073/10/12 B.S.) as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to promote and develop hydropower projects. The shareholding structure of the company shall comprise of 68% holding by the parent organization NEA and the remaining 32% shall be owned by the public.

At present, UAHEL is developing the following two Projects:

·   Upper Arun Hydroelectric Project (UAHEP) – 1063.36 MW

·   Ikhuwa Khola Hydro Power Project (IKHPP) – 40 MW

License

UAHEL has been granted the survey licenses of Upper Arun Hydropower Project (UAHEP) and Ikhuwa Khola Hydropower Project (IKHPP). UAHEL has also acquired the survey licenses for two transmission lines to evacuate power from of UAHEP (400 KV DC) and IKHPP (132 KV).

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Mr. Fanendra Raj Joshi

Managing Director

Project Updates

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Upper Arun Hydro Electric Project

UAHEP, with an installed capacity of 1063.36 MW (including 2.36 MW eco-flow plant) is a peaking run-of-river (PROR) project located in Bhotkhola Rural Municipality, Sankhuawasabha District, Koshi Province. It lies approximately 15 km south from Kimathanka near Nepal-China Boarder, and 200 km east of Kathmandu. UAHEP is one of five cascade HEPs planned on the Arun River, a tributary of the Saptakoshi River, which originates in Tibet, China and enters Nepal from Kimathanka at the Nepal-China border.

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Ikhuwa khola Hydropower project

INTRODUCTION Ikhuwa Khola Hydropower Project (IKHPP) is a run-of-river hydropower project with an installed capacity of 40 MW, located on the Ikhuwa Khola River, a tributary of the Arun River in the Makalu Barun Rural Municipality of Sankhuwasabha District in the Koshi Province of Nepal.

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Ms. Pratibha Gyawali

Spokesperson

Phone: +977-9851201287

Email: [email protected]

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