Champawati Hydropower Ltd.
Current Projects
Name : Chepe A Hydropower Project (7 MW)
A. PROGRESS
- Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is signed.
- Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) is approved
- Land acquisition completed
- Detail Design Completed
- Infrastructure development such as access road, camp house under process
- contractor selected for Civil, HM & EM works
- Financial closure with Rastriya Banijya Bank and Nepal Bank Ltd.
B. PROJECT FEATURES
1. Project Details
| Development Region | Western Development Region |
| District | Gorkha and Lamjung District |
| Water Source | Chepe Khola |
| Type of Scheme | RoR |
| Access Road | Dumre-Paluntar (22 km black topped) Earthen - Borangkhola to Kuyele |
| Gross Head | 91 m |
| Design Discharge | 10.0 m3/s |
| Install Capacity | 7 MW |
| Annual Energy | 39.3 GWh (Dry-11.8, Wet–27.5) |
2. Hydrology
| River | Chepe Khola |
| Catchment Area at Intake | 189.64 km2 |
| Design flood at Intake (100 years) | 674 m3/s |
| Environmental Flow | 0.303 m3/s |
3. Headworks
| Diversion structure | Free flow weir |
| Length of weir | 43 m |
4. Connecting Canal
| Canal Type | Rectangular RCC closed conduit |
| Length of Canal | 155 m |
5. Desilting Basin
| Type | RCC Rectangular, 4 bays |
| Dimension (width * height) | 5 m x 5 m |
| Length of effective basin | 45 m |
6. Headrace Pipe
| Conveyance Length | 3250 m |
| Type | E350BR |
| Diameter | 2.3 m internal dia. |
7. Surge Tank
| Type | Simple Circular |
| Construction | Concrete lined |
| Diameter | 10 m |
| Height | 22.5 m |
8. Penstock Pipe
| Type | Welded Surface/Burried Penstock |
| Length | 420 m |
| Diameter | 1.9 m internal dia. |
| Pipe Material | E350BR |
9. Powerhouse
| Type | Surface with out door substation |
| PH dimension (L * W) | 32 m * 9 m |
| Height of PH building | 8 m |
10. Tail race
| Type | Rectangular |
| Material | RCC canal |
| Length | Main 35 m, Feeder 168.7 m |
11. Turbine
| Number of Units | 2 |
| Type | Francis |
12. Generator
| Number of Units | 2 |
| Type | Synchronous, 3-phase |
13. Transmission
| Transmission length | 12 km |
| Capacity | 33 KV |
| Substation | Palungtar Substation |
| Alternate (@5 km) | Chipleti, Siranchowk (most likely-under process) |
14. Financial Analysis (Updated Feasibitrty study)
| Project Cost with IDC (NRs) | 1,320,000,000 |
| Loan Interest Rate | 11% |
| Internal Rate of Return | 15.2% |
| Return on Equity | 21.21% |
| Simple Payback Period | 5.85 yrs |
| Discounted Payback Period | 9.30 yrs |
| B/C ratio | 1.37 |
| Debt. Service coverage ratio | 1.75 |
| Cost per kilowatt (1 $ =NRS 115) | $1623 |