Bishnu Priya Solar Farm (Surya Power, ~1 MWp)
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- 2026-05-13
Small demonstration-scale IPP solar plant developed by Surya Power Company Pvt. Ltd., commissioned ~2018 in Nawalparasi district, Lumbini Province. The earliest Phase I IPP plant to reach COD and historically significant as Nepal's first grid-tied commercial IPP solar plant.
Summary
Bishnu Priya is a roughly 1 MWp operating IPP solar plant in Nawalparasi. The page tracks it as an early Phase I proof-of-concept for Nepal's grid-tied commercial IPP solar programme.
Specifications
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Capacity | ~0.96 MWp |
| Location | Nawalparasi District, Lumbini Province |
| Owner / Developer | Surya Power Company Pvt. Ltd. |
| Zone (Solar Resource Geography of Nepal) | B1 — Central Terai |
| Interconnection | Nawalparasi 11 kV |
| Commissioning | ~2018 |
| Site elevation | ~130 m |
| Expected annual generation | ~1.5 GWh/yr |
| Status | Operating |
Why it matters
Bishnu Priya is the proof-of-concept scale — <1 MWp, nominally demonstration but commissioned on commercial terms via a PPA with NEA. It pre-dated the larger Phase I plants (Butwal Solar (Ridi Hydropower Development, 8.5 MWp), Mithila Solar PV Electric Project (Eco Power, 10 MWp)) and was the first grid-tied IPP PV plant Nepal's interconnection and PPA machinery processed end-to-end.
Its specific contribution to the learning curve:
- Validated the 11 kV interconnection template for sub-MW IPP solar.
- First PPA processed through NEA for IPP solar — the document formed part of the baseline for later rounds.
- Demonstrated the Central Terai GHI numbers at operational scale, confirming satellite estimates from Global Solar Atlas (Nepal coverage).
Bishnu Priya's <1 MWp scale limits its current significance operationally — it contributes <0.1% of the solar fleet — but its place in the institutional timeline is the reason it appears in the NEA FY 2024/25 annual report inventory tables.
Limitations & Controversies
The page is strongest on programme-timeline context and NEA inventory presence. Detailed plant-level performance, exact COD documentation, land records, PPA terms, and operational availability are not independently built out here.