Upper Trishuli-1
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- 2026-05-13
Summary
Upper Trishuli-1 is a 216 MW under-construction Trishuli River project in Rasuwa, included in the priority-watchlist layer for corridor and grid-buildout relevance.
Upper Trishuli-1 is a 216 MW generation-licence / under-construction-stage project on the Trishuli in Rasuwa. It is pinned in the Layer: Priority Watchlist because it sits in the central-north Trishuli corridor, where hydropower value depends directly on evacuation capacity into the Kathmandu and wider national grid.
Specifications
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 216 MW |
| Status | Under construction |
| Registry licence | Generation |
| River | Trishuli (Gandaki Basin) |
| District | Rasuwa |
| Province | Bagmati Pradesh |
Why It Matters
Upper Trishuli-1 is not a top-10 capacity project, but it is strategically important because of location. Trishuli projects sit close to the country's central load geography and to transmission corridors that matter immediately for domestic reliability. A 216 MW project in this corridor can be more system-relevant than a larger but remote survey marker if it reaches commissioning and evacuates cleanly.
The project also helps explain why the priority watchlist is not just a biggest-MW layer. Upper Trishuli-1 is included for corridor and buildout relevance.
Status And Timing
The generated spec classifies the project as under construction / generation licence. The IPSDP milestone ladder places Upper Trishuli-1 in the ~2025 project bucket, alongside other near-term projects such as Rasuwagadhi, Sanjen, Upper Trishuli 3B, Madhya Bhotekoshi, and Arun 3.
The practical watch items are physical progress, commissioning schedule, grid-connection readiness, and whether output is constrained by the central transmission network.
Map Interpretation
The marker is a river-aligned project reference derived from the registry point. It is suitable for corridor reading, but not a final engineering coordinate.
Limitations & Controversies
The page uses registry and IPSDP timing context and does not independently verify latest physical progress, final commissioning schedule, financing status, offtake terms, or grid-connection readiness.
Registry note
- Naxa / DoED-linked public hydropower project dataset