Bowala Nand Prayag is a 300MW hydro power project. It is planned on Alaknanda river/basin in Uttarakhand, India. The project is currently in permitting stage. It will be developed in single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2022 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2025.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Hydropower 300 300 Permitting Uttarakhand, India Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam

Description

The project is being developed and currently owned by Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam.

Bowala Nand Prayag is a run-of-river project. The gross head and net head of the project will be 154.5m and 138.9m respectively. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, is expected to be 4 in number. The penstock length will be 226m. The penstock diameter will be 3m. The project is expected to generate 1,343.1 GWh of electricity. The project cost is expected to be around $359.01m.

The hydro power project consists of 4 turbines, each with 75MW nameplate capacity.

The project will have 4 electric generators installed at the project site. The generator capacity is likely to be 83.33 MVA.

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Development Status

The project construction is expected to commence from 2022. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 2025.

About Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam

Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (UJVNL) is an energy company that develops and promotes hydro power energy. The company operates small hydro plants, operational plants, power generation plants, and M & U of old hydro plants. Its hydro power projects include ESMF documents for drip scheme in UJVNL, Green Site Project Allocated to UJVNL and Hydro power project in Uttarakhand. The company offers services such as IT department, insurance cell, finance, commercial, human resource, departmental info, nigam orders, tenders and recruitment, among others. It generates 1284.85 megawatt power from hydro power plants. UJVNL is headquartered in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Methodology

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