Kokhajor-1

Kokhajor-1 is a 111.5 MW JICA promising-storage candidate in the Koshi basin. It is pinned in Layer: Storage Shortlist because it has a high dry-energy share for a relatively small project.

Summary

Kokhajor-1 is a 111.5 MW JICA promising-storage candidate in the Koshi basin. The page records its high dry-season share and storage metrics as part of the storage-shortlist portfolio.

Specifications

Storage

Output

Sources

• JICA IPSDP Final Report Annexes (Vol. 2)

Why It Matters

Kokhajor-1 contributes 94.1 GWh of dry-season energy from 278.9 GWh annual energy, a 33.7% dry share. That is the point of the project in the wiki: it is not a top-capacity candidate, but it helps show that smaller storage sites can have strong seasonal value.

Its analytical role is portfolio logic. Nepal's storage deficit will not be solved only by one large dam; distributed storage candidates can matter if they provide dependable dry-season energy near usable grid corridors.

Status And Timing

Kokhajor-1 is a planning candidate from the JICA/NEA storage material. The current wiki evidence set does not carry a confirmed construction start, developer award, or COD target.

The next useful evidence would be an updated feasibility package, project sponsor, environmental review, grid-interconnection plan, and whether it remains in the preferred storage portfolio after newer screening.

Limitations & Controversies

The marker uses a Kokhajor Khola river anchor from Nominatim. It is suitable for orientation, not final engineering geography.

The current record is planning-stage. It does not verify a developer award, active licence conversion, feasibility update, environmental review, grid-interconnection plan, final dam location, or COD target beyond the JICA/NEA storage-screening context.

Registry note

• JICA/NEA storage master plan volume 2

See also

• Koshi Basin
• Storage Deficit
• Firm Power
• Layer: Storage Shortlist