Friday, August 14, 2026 Search My Trip EnglishChinese
World news · travel · culture
Taiwan The Taiwan Times
Taiwan's window to the world

Dwari Khola Small Hydropower Station

Nepal

Dwari Khola Small Hydropower Station (Nepali) is a run-of-river hydro-electric plant located in Naumule, Dailekh District of Nepal. The flow from Dwari River is used to generate 3.75 MW electricity. The gross head is 450.40 m and design flow is 1.58 m3/s. The intake is located 3 km upstream of the confluence of the Dwari Khola and Lohore Khola and the powerhouse 300 meters downstream from the confluence. The plant is owned and developed by Bhugol Energy Development Company Pvt Ltd, an IPP of Nepal. The plant started generating electricity from 2074-01-23BS. The generation licence will expire in 2106-02-25 BS, after which the plant will be handed over to the government. The power station is connected to the national grid at Narayan Nagarpalika and the electricity is sold to Nepal Electricity Authority. The construction cost of the project was NPR 74 Crore.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More power stations in Nepal

  1. Arun III900 MW
  2. Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project456 MW
  3. Kaligandaki A Hydroelectric Power Station144 MW
  4. Madkyu Khola Hydropower Station13 MW
  5. Upper Mardi Khola Hydropower Station7 MW

Other large power stations worldwide

  1. Bui Dam · Ghana1,440 GW
  2. Western Green Energy Hub · Australia50 GW
  3. Gujarat Hybrid Renewable Energy Park · India30 GW
  4. Three Gorges Dam · China22.5 GW
  5. Baihetan Dam · China16 GW
  6. Itaipu Dam · Paraguay14 GW
  7. Xiluodu Dam · China13.86 GW
  8. Belo Monte Dam · Brazil11 GW