Kathmandu, March 20
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and the companies it has been looking after are to produce 800 MW power within the next 18 months. Based on the work plan prepared by the NEA, hydropower companies such as Upper Tamakoshi, Kulekhani III, Upper Trishuli A, Sanjen Rasuwagadhi will produce a major chunk of the power.
Upper Sanjen is to generate 14.8 MW, while the Sanjen 14.5 MW, said Chief of the hydropower company, Kiran Shrestha, adding that both projects have completed 70 percent of the works. Spokesperson at Energy Ministry, Ganesh Neupane, said the Upper Tamakoshi hydropower project would be completed by coming mid-November. The government has provided every sort of assistance for the timely completion of the project.
According to NEA Executive Director Kulman Ghising, projects with installed capacity of around 1,000 MW will come online in the coming three years.
Meanwhile, the private sector too has planned to complete projects with installed capacity of 1500 MW in one-and-half years.
