Mai Cascade Hydropower Plant

Mai Cascade Hydropower Project
Official name Sanima Mai Hydropower Project
Country Nepal
Location Ilam district
Purpose Power
Status In operation
Construction began 2010
Opening date 2015
Owner(s) Sanima Mai Hydropower Pvt. Ltd.
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity
Impounds Mai Khola
Power station
Name Mai Hydropower Station
Coordinates 26°45′57″N 87°52′9″E / 26.76583°N 87.86917°E / 26.76583; 87.86917 (Mai Hydropower Station)
Commission date 2015
Type Run-of-the-river
Hydraulic head 30 m (98 ft)
Turbines 3 x 2.33 MW horizontal Francis-type
Installed capacity 7 MW

Mai Cascade Hydropower Station is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station with an installed capacity of 7 MW. This power station is located at Danabari VDC in Ilam district of Nepal. The plant utilizes tail water of Mai Hydropower Station.[1] The construction of power station started on 2013 and completed in 2015.

The power is evacuated through 33 kV transmission line of about 4.0 km length up to switchyard area of Mai hydropower project. The transmission line is further connected to the national grid of Nepal through the 132KV transmission line.

See also

References

  1. "Mai Cascade Hydropower Project" (PDF). Sanima Mai Hydropower Limitied. October 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.


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