KALI-GANDAKI-A HYDROPOWER PROJECT:

Kali Gandaki 'A' Hydropower Station is a PROR type with an installed capacity of 144 MW. The powerhouse was commissioned in the year 2002. The average (designed) annual generation of this powerhouse is 182 KWh. This powerhouse has generated 556.61 GWh of energy in fiscal year 2061/62 with an increase of 5.49 percent compared to the last years' generation. The generation from this power station has contributed 23 percent of the total energy in the INPS.

Salient Features
Type : P-ROR
Designed Head : 115 m
Installed Capacity : 144 MW
Design Discharge : 142cumecs
Turbine Generator Set : 3 Nos

Powerhouse:
1. Type : Surface
2. Dimensions(L/W/H) : 90.5m/21.1m/43.2m

Turbine:
1. Number and type : 3 Nos, Francis
2. Output/Unit : 48 MW
3. Rated Flow/Unit : 44.6 m3/s
4. Rated Speed : 300rpm
5. Shaft Configuration : Vertical

Generators:
1. Number and Type : 3 Nos, 3- phase Synchronous
2. Rated Output/Unit : 56.5MVA
3. Rated Voltage : 13.8 KV
4. Rated Current :
5. Rated Frequency : 50Hz
6. Rated Speed : 300 rpm
7. Rated Power Factor : 0.85

Transmission Line
1. TL System : 132 KV
2. Conductor Type and Size:
3. Total Length : up to Grid connecting Point : 104.6 km (Single circuit 65.5 km to Pokhara Substation and double circuit 39.1 km to Butwal Substation)

Project Inception Date : 1991 Project Placed in Service
Commercial operation Date : August 16, 2002
Project Financed By : ADB, FINNIDA and UNDP