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Rukum Gad Hydropower Project (5 MW)

Rukum Gad Hydropower Project is being developed by Rapti Hydro & General Construction Ltd (RHGCL). The project is a Run-of-River type Hydropower project with generating capacity of 5 MW. According to the prevailing rules and regulations, the proponent has acquired Electricity Generation License from Ministry of Energy and concluded Power purchase agreement with Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for 5 MW. The rate of energy as agreed in PPA is Rs 8.40 for dry season (Poush to Chaitra) & Rs 4.80 for remaining month (Baisakh to Marg) which is considered as wet season. The PPA rate increase by 3% each year upto 5 year. According to interconnection agreement concluded with Nepal Electricity Authority the project has to evacuate the generated power to the proposed 33/11 kV substation at Musikot, Rukum District.

Salient Features of the Project

River	Rukum Gad
Location	Sisne and Bhume Gaunpalika of Rukum East District
Catchment Area	259.5 sq km
Design Discharge	8.5 m³/sec
Gross Head	75 meter
Installed Capacity	5 MW
Length of Weir	20 meter
Size of Settling Basin	2 Chamber each of 55m x 9m x 3.9m
Particle Size to be Settled	0.20mm
Length of Headrace	1685 Meter
Penstock Pipe	MS- Pipe surface & buried, Length 666 m
Power House Type	Surface, RCC
Type of Turbine	Francis 2
Generator Type	Synchronous brush less, 3 phase AC
Total Energy	28.579 GWh
Annual Wet Energy	23.495 GWh
Annual Dry Energy	5.084 GWh
Transmission Line & Interconnection Point	33/11 kV, Musikot Substation, Rukum West district
Required Commercial Operation Date	2076/09/01

Key Achievements

Date	Key Achievement
2065/10/29	The company acquired Electricity Generation Survey License from Department of Electricity Development/Ministry of Energy.
2070/07/20	Initial Environment Examination approved from Ministry of Energy.
2071/07/14	Grid agreement was signed with NEA.
2072/03/09	The Company acquired Electricity Generation License from Department of Electricity Development/Ministry of Energy.
2072/03/24	The company acquired Electricity Transmission Survey License form Department of Electricity Development/Ministry of Energy.
2073/03/07	The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) was concluded with Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).
2073/04/09	Syndicated loan agreement was signed with Prime Commercial Bank as lead Bank and Century Commercial Bank and Kasthamandap Development Bank as member banks.
2073/04/11	Professional Network for Engineering Services Private Limited (PNET) has been awarded for Detailed Engineering Design.
2073/05/20	Pre-qualification notice has been published for Hydro-Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical, Civil works and Transmission Line.
-	100% of required private land is already acquired for project till the date.
2074/10/28	Updated IEE approved.
2075/10/13	Approved for Explosives from Home Ministry.
2075/02/7	Civil Contract Awarded.

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2078

Contract Agreement Signed

Contract Agreement has been signed between Technical Consulting Services during projects construction between Prime Commercial Bank (Lead Bank) and Rapti Hydro and General Construction Limited and TAC Hydro Engineers Private Limited on September 12, 2017 (Bhadra 27, 2074).

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2078

Contract Agreement Signed

Contract Agreement Between Prime Commercial Bank (Lead Bank) and Ra Rapti Hydro and General Construction Limited and P.L. Shrestha and Company for Financial Consulting Services during projects construction of Rukum Gad Hdropower Projects on September 11, 2017 (Bhadra 26, 2074).

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2078

33KV Transmission Line Construction License

33KV Transmission Line Construction License of Rukum Gad Hydropower Projects obtained on dated Falgun 03, 2073 upto Falgun 02, 2100.

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2078

Consulting Agreement Signed

Consulting Agreement has been signed between Rapti Hydro and General Construction Limited and Professional Network for Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd (Pnet) in association with Gandaki Energy Limited, Tripureshwor Kathmandu for conducting Detail Engineering Design and Tender Document preparation of 5MW Rukum Gad Hydropower Projects on dated July 26, 2016 (Shrawan11, 2073).

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2078

Contract Agreement Signed

Contract Agreement has been signed between Rapti Hydro and General Construction Limited and Professional Network for Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd (Pnet) For conducting Survey and Design of 33KV Transmission Lines of 5MW Rukum Gad Hydropower Projects on dated February 05, 2016 (Magh 22, 2072).

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2078

Contract Agreement Signed

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2078

Generation License

Generation License of Rapti Hydro and General Construction Limited has been obtained on dated Ashar 09, 2072 upto Ashar 08, 2107.

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2078

Consulting Agreement Signed

Consulting Agreement has been signed between Rapti Hydro and General Construction Limited and Geophysical Research & Consultancy Service (P.) Limited for Conducting Seismic Refraction Tomography (SRT) Survey and Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) study of Rukum Gad Hydropower Project (5MW) on dated December 11, 2012 (Mangsir 26, 2069).

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Rukum Gad Hydropower Project (5 MW)

Salient Features of the Project

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Contract Agreement Signed

Contract Agreement Signed

33KV Transmission Line Construction License

Consulting Agreement Signed

Contract Agreement Signed

Contract Agreement Signed

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