TANAHUN, March 16: The 69-megawatt Marsyangdi Hydropower Center, located in Aabu Khaireni Rural Municipality-4, has been generating only half of its capacity due to the low water flow in the river.
Sher Mohammad Hussain, Assistant Manager and Mechanical Engineer at Marsyangdi Hydropower Center, stated that the plant is currently generating an average of 34 megawatts of electricity. He said, "The snow has not yet melted, and the water flow in Marsyangdi is low. Power generation has been declining since Poush (mid-December to mid-January). Once the snow starts melting, the flow will gradually increase."
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The project operates three turbines, each with a capacity of 23 megawatts. The center generates 69 megawatts at full capacity during the morning and evening peak hours.
"Since electricity demand is high in the morning and evening, we store river water in a reserve tank during the day and release it as needed," said Assistant Manager Hussain.
Authorities completed the Marsyangdi Hydropower Project in 1989. The plant supplies electricity to the national transmission grid through Bharatpur in Chitwan and the Syuchatar station in Kathmandu.
