Kathmandu — Suryakunda Hydroelectric Limited has officially commenced commercial production from the 11 MW Upper Tadi Khola Hydropower Project constructed in Dupcheshwar Rural Municipality, Nuwakot.
According to the company, the project was completed on July 2, 2025, and successfully carried out a 15-day test operation. After the successful completion of the testing phase, the project began supplying electricity to the national grid on a regular basis from July 28, 2025, thereby commencing its commercial production.
Suryakunda Hydroelectric Limited is a company established with the objective of developing and operating energy projects. The company has a majority share investment from Api Power Company Limited. The project signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Nepal Electricity Authority on March 16, 2012.
The Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) required for the project was approved by the Ministry of Energy on September 24, 2024. The Department of Electricity Development under the Ministry of Energy had granted the generation license on October 9, 2015. The project’s intake is located at an altitude of about 1,500 meters, while the powerhouse is situated at 1,282 meters. The project has been designed to generate a total of 11 MW through two Pelton turbine units (each 5.5 MW) installed at the powerhouse.
The diversion dam and auxiliary structures have been designed considering a flood with a 100-year return period, the magnitude of which has been estimated at 247 cubic meters per second.
The electricity generated from the project, which is connected to the national grid through the switchyard at the Samundratar Substation in Nuwakot, has begun to be supplied via a 6-kilometer-long 33 kV transmission line. The project is estimated to generate 61.319 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually, of which 50.893 gigawatt-hours are expected to be produced during the wet season and 10.425 gigawatt-hours during the dry season.
Source: Kantipur
