Butwal Power Co

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_x000C_Butwal Power Company Ltd (the “Company” or “BPC”) is a Nepalese hydro-power generation company that operates the 5.1MW Andhi Khola hydro project and the 12MW Jhimruk hydropower projects in western Nepal and the 4MW Khudi (through its subsidiary, Khudi Hydropower Company). In addition to hydro-power generation, BPC is involved in rural electricity distribution and engineering and consulting services to hydropower and other infrastructure projects in Nepal. The Andhi Khola Hydroelectric Project is a run-of-river installation located in Syangja District in western Nepal constructed by a development agency – the United Mission to Nepal – with second-hand equipment provided by the Norwegian government and commissioned in 1991. The project was originally conceived, and continues to operate, as a developmental anchor for rural electrification, irrigation and small enterprise development initiatives in Syangja District. BPC proposes to upgrade the installed capacity of the existing project (“the Project”) from 5.1 MW to 9.4 MW by: installing new generation and electro-mechanical equipment in the underground powerhouse; increasing the volume of water diverted to the powerhouse by increasing the height of a diversion structure in the Andhi Khola stream up river of the powerhouse by 2.3 meters and improving other headwork structures, including the expansion of the desilting basin; and enlarging the tailrace that discharges water from the powerhouse to the Kali Gandaki River.