Chilime Hydropower Plant

Chilime
Location of Chilime in Nepal
Official name Chilime Hydroelectric Plant
Country Nepal
Location Chilime
Coordinates 28°11′11.47″N 85°17′59.83″E / 28.1865194°N 85.2999528°E / 28.1865194; 85.2999528Coordinates: 28°11′11.47″N 85°17′59.83″E / 28.1865194°N 85.2999528°E / 28.1865194; 85.2999528
Purpose Power
Opening date 2003
Construction cost Rs. 248 crore (approx)
Owner(s) Chilime Hydropower Company Limited
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity, weir
Impounds Chilime River
Height 3.25 m (10.7 ft)
Length 13 m (43 ft)
Reservoir
Creates Chilime Peaking Pond
Total capacity 53,032 m3 (42.994 acre⋅ft)
Chilime Hydropower Plant
Coordinates 28°9′26.45″N 85°19′55.22″E / 28.1573472°N 85.3320056°E / 28.1573472; 85.3320056
Operator(s) Chilime Hydropower Company Limited
Commission date 2003
Type Run-of-the-river
Hydraulic head 351.5 m (1,153 ft) (gross)
Turbines 2 x 11.28 MW Pelton-type
Installed capacity 22.1 MW
Annual generation 132.918 GWh
Website
http://www.chilime.com.np

Chilime Hydropower Plant is a run-of-the-river type plant situated in Chilime of Rasuwa district in Nepal, which is 133 km north of Kathmandu. Its headworks are located near Chilime, whereas the underground power plant is located about 4.5 km (2.8 mi) to the southwest in Syafrubesi on the banks of the local Bhotekoshi river. Water from a weir is diverted into a reservoir before it can be used at the power plant. The difference in elevation between the reservoir and power station affords a gross hydraulic head (water drop) of 351.5 m (1,153 ft). The plant has an installed capacity of 22.1 MW. The generated electricity is fed into the national grid via a 38 km 66 kV single circuit transmission line. Most of the power house facilities are underground, with the switchyard the only feature that remains on the surface.The plant employs two horizontal axis Pelton turbines each of 11.28 MW.[1]

The plant is operated by Chilime Hydropower Company Limited which is a subsidiary of Nepal Electricity Authority. The plant started its commercial generation from August 2003.[2] Chilime is the brainchild of Dr. Damber Bahadur Nepali, a prominent hydropower expert in Nepal, who founded the company and worked as its first Managing Director[3]. The success story of this indigenously-designed, locally-built and Nepali-financed powerplant, largely the result of Dr. Nepali, has become a living proof that the paradigm shift in Nepali hydropower planning has brought real change[4][5].

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References

  1. ↑ "Chilime Hydropower Plant". Chilime Hydropower Company Limited. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Chilime Annual Report (Report). Chilime Hydropower Company Limited.
  3. ↑ admin (2016-08-27). "Energy minister to tap state-owned firms, employee-benefit funds". Nepal Energy Forum. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  4. ↑ "Yes, the Nepali can- Nepali Times". nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  5. ↑ "People power- Nepali Times". nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  • Chilime Hydropower Company Limited (Annual Report). Kathmandu: Chilime Hydropower Company Limited. 2010.
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