KATHMANDU: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has been awarded a contract to provide electro-mechanical (EM) works by Raghuganga Hydropower (RGHPL) for the 40MW Rahughat hydroelectric project in Nepal.
RGHPL is completed owned by Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the sole public power utility in Nepal and owned by the government of the country.
EXIM Bank of India has provided a majority of the funding for the project in the form of a soft loan. NEA and the Nepal government have also provided funding for the project.
The New Delhi- headquartered infrastructure company, WAPCOS is serving as the consultant for the hydroelectric project.
Under the terms of the contract, BHEL will be responsible for the design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, erection, and commissioning of the whole electro-mechanical package.
The package included a supply of two Vertical Pelton Turbines with 20MW of each capacity along with the associated equipment, matching generators, governors, controls, and instrumentation, protection system, transformers, 220KV switchyard and balance of plant (BoP) packages.
BHEL’s plants at Bhopal, Jhansi, Rudrapur, and Bengaluru will manufacture and supply the major equipment for the project located in the Raghuganga municipality of Myagdi district of Nepal.
The company’s Power Sector -Northern Region division, Noida will be responsible for the on-site installation activities.
BHEL said that the project is the second consecutive success for the company in the hydropower sector of Nepal.
The firm was awarded a contract for 900MW Arun-3 HEP last year that is claimed to be the largest Hydropower project in Nepal.
The company stated: “BHEL has been contributing to Nepal’s hydro sector with the commissioning of 2×30 MW hydro generating sets at Kulekhani-I HEP in 1980, followed by the 3×5 MW Devighat Hydro Power Project in 1983, which was successfully renovated, modernized and uprated by BHEL in 2011.”
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