About

Upper Arun Hydro-electric Limited (UAHEL) is a subsidiary company of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) established in 2017. There are three members in the Board of Directors (BoD) at present. The majority share (68%) of the Company is hold by Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), and 32% by Public Share. The upper Arun Hydroelectric project is the national priority project and when it is completed, it will be the largest hydroelectric plant in Nepal.

  • The following hydropower projects are in the study phase under this company:
  • 1063.36 MW-Upper Arun Hydroelectric Project (UAHEP).
  • 40 MW-Ikhuwa Khola Hydro power Project (IKHEP).

Upper Arun Hydroelectric 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.

Ikhuwa Khola Hydropower Project:

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. 

The project's feasibility study was conducted by the consultant CSPDR-Sinotech JV, concluding an optimum installed capacity of 40 MW. A national Consultant Chilime Engineering and Services Company Limited (ChesCo) entrusted with the responsibility of preparation of Detailed Project Report which includes both the technical studies and environmental and social studies for the project, has submitted the Detailed Project Report (DPR). 

Objective of UAHEL:
  1. To plan, study, construct, generate, operate and Manage hydropower projects including Upper Arun hydroelectric project and Ikhuwa Khola Hydropower Project.
  2. To carry out all the activities related to generation, transmission, and distribution of Electricity.
  3. To construct substations and transmission lines as required for distribution of uninterrupted electricity.
  4. To import / export electricity generated electricity to the Domestic and International market.