104.6Gwh/yr

Energy Generation

32MW

Installed Capacity

About

Kulekhani-II Hydropower Station, located at Nibuwatar, Makwanpur, is a cascade of Kulekhani-I with the installed capacity of 32 MW and annual design generation of 104.6 GWh. It was commissioned in 1986 AD and developed in assistance from OCEF Japan and Government of Nepal at a cost of NRs. 124 million. The Plant has faithfully cascaded the generation of Kulekhani-I while also boosted with water intake from Mandu and Rapti pumping. Every year Mandu intake is cleaned after the wet season to allow the filtered water to the intake pond. A survey was carried out to explore the possibility of the addition of Mandu and Rapti in an extensive scale such that one unit could run while Kulekhani-I is not operated for storage of water.

Salient Features

Hydrology ( Intake )

Maximum Net Head 284.1m
Maximum Gross Head 310m

Waterways

Penstock- Length 843 m
Penstock-Diameter 2.1-1.5 m
Total Length of Tunnel 5847.8m

Turbine

Type Vertical Francis
Number of Units 2
Rated Capacity 16500 kW

Generators

Rated Capacity 18.8 MVA
Power Factor 0.85

Transformers

Number of Units 3 (12.6 MVA , 132/6.6 kV, Single Phase)
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Application for Survey License

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Survey License Approved

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Application for Generation License

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Under Construction

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