Sipring Khola Hydropower Station (Nepali: सिप्रिन खोला जलविद्युत आयोजना) is a run-of-river hydro-electric plant located in
Dolakha District
Dolakha, often known as Dolkha or Dholkha (Nepal Bhasa:दोलखा जिल्ला)), a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the List of districts of Nepal, seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Charikot as its district headqu ...
of
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
. The flow from Sipring River, a tributary of
Tamakoshi River
The Tamakoshi River () is part of the Koshi or Sapta Koshi river system in Nepalese Himalayas. It originates from the (or Rongshar Tsangpo) and Lapchi Gang rivers close to the Nepal-Tibet border. It flows in a southern direction through Bagm ...
, is used to generate 10 MW electricity. The design head is 443.7 m and the design flow is 2.61m3/s.
The plant is owned and developed by Synergy Power Development P Ltd, an
IPP
IPP may refer to:
Organisations
* Independent power producer
* India Pride Project, recovering stolen Indian artefacts
* Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante (Institute of Plant Protection), Italy
* Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, a ...
of Nepal. It started generating electricity from 2069-10-03 BS. The generation licence will expire in 2101-01-29 BS, after which the plant will be handed over to the government.
The power station is connected to the national grid and the electricity is sold to
Nepal Electricity Authority
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), founded on 16 August 1985, is the parent generator, transmittor and retail distributor of electric power under the supervision of the government of Nepal.
NEA has its own power plants. In addition it also buys ...
.
See also
*
Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project (456 MW station nearby)
*
List of power stations in Nepal
As of 4 March 2025, Nepal's total installed electricity capacity is 3421.956 megawatts (MW). This includes 3255.806 MW from hydropower, 106.74 MW from solar, 53.41 MW from thermal, and 6 MW from Co-generation.https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.c ...
References
External links
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Hydroelectric power stations in Nepal
Gravity dams
Run-of-the-river power stations
Dams in Nepal
Irrigation in Nepal
Buildings and structures in Dolakha District
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