Daram Khola-A Hydropower Station
Daram Khola-A Hydropower Station is a run-of-the-river hydroelectricity plant located in Baglung District of Nepal. The flow from Daram River is used to generate 2.5 MW electricity.
Location and hydrology
The Daram Khola-A Hydropower Station is on the Daram Khola.The catchment area of the intake is.
The design discharge is with a maximum net head of.
Two other projects on the river were under construction in 2020, the 3 MW mid-Daram A and 4.5 MW mid-Daram B.
The weir of the hydroelectric project is in the Hila and Argal village development committees of the Baglung District.
The powerhouse is in Argal VDC on the left bank of the Daram Khola.
It can be reached from Baglung Bazar by a road, of which is gravel and the rest dirt.
Technical
Headworks structures include a weir across the river, intake, desander, gravel trap, surge tank/forebay and spill-way.From the headworks a penstock pipe with diameter carries water to the powerhouse.
The surface powerhouse has two horizontal Francis turbines with rated discharge of feeding synchronous 3-phase generators with rated output of 1350 KW each.
Construction
Design of the project was undertaken by Innovative Engineering Services of Nepal under contract to Dhaulagiri Civil Electrical Mechanical Engineering.The Initial Environmental Examination report for the project was submitted for approval to the Department of Electricity Development on 23 February 2012.
In December 2012 it was reported that construction had begun and was expected to cost Rs. 460 million and to take two years.
Commercial production of electricity began on 26 May 2016.