Nepal's Largest Hydropower Station Put into Full Operation

The Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Power Station, the largest power station of its kind in Nepal, recently went into full operation.

A bird's-eye view of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Power Station in Nepal [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

Contracted by Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA), the station has six hydraulic turbine generator units and a total installed capacity of 456 megawatts.

It also has a maximum effective reservoir storage of 2.2 million cubic meters of water and a highest water level of 17 meters.

Its first generator unit went into operation on July 5, 2021.

The station is expected to relieve power shortages in Nepal and to play a role in adjusting the country's energy structure, enhancing its industrialization and agricultural modernization and boosting its economic and social development.

(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)