Silent Features

Salient Feature:

The brief salient features of the project as described in the PPA documents are;

1. Project Name: Kalanga Gad Hydro Electric Project (KGHEP)
2. Project Area: Kedarsyu Rural Municipality, Bajhang
3. Source: Kalanga gad khola
4. Project Type: RoR
5. Project Capacity: 15.33 MW
6. Catchment area at HW: 446.71 Sq. km
7. Design Discharge: 20.70m3/sec
8. Gross Head: 136.50 m
9. Weir: Length – 42m , Height – 4m
10. Desanding Basin: Length – 110m
11. Penstock: 326 meter, diameter 1.55 m and thickness of 22 mm
12. Powerhouse: The powerhouse is of surface type and size 35m x 26m x 20m
13. Turbine: Vertical Axis Francis 2 unit
14. Generating Units: Two units of 3 phase synchronous Generator of 50 Hz of Frequency and Generation Voltage of 11 KV.
15. Head Race Tunnel: 3770.80m of 3.1m dia of inverted D-shape
16. PPA and Energy: Total annual contract energy of 97.962 GWb, 76.696 GWh wet and 21.266 GWb dry
17. Project Cost NRs 4,339 million
18. Commercial Operation Date: Magh 27, 2079