Super Mai-A Hydropower Station (Nepali: सुपर माई A जलविद्युत आयोजना) is a run-of-the-river hydro-electric plant located in

Ilam District Ilam district () is one of Districts of Province No. 1, 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. It is a Geography of Nepal#The Hill Region, Hill districts of Nepal, district and covers . The 2011 Nepal census, 2011 census counted 290,25 ...

of Nepal. The flow from

Mai River The Mai Khola is a river in eastern Nepal, the headwater of the Kankai River. Its water is used for irrigation and also powers several hydroelectric plants. Location The Mai Khola is the main tributary of the Kankai. It is a perennial river that ...

is used to generate 9.6 MW electricity. The design head is 199.3 m. The plant is owned and developed by Sagarmatha Jalbidhyut Company Pvt. 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. The plant started generating electricity from 2077-02-32BS. The generation licence will expire in 2109-11-17 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 ...

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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 Ilam District {{Hydroelectric-power-plant-stub

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