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VUCL Mugu Karnali Storage HEP Project Page

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Updated
2026-07-10

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Summary

VUCL's official project page for the proposed 1,902 MW Mugu Karnali Storage HEP. It publishes the current salient design parameters and identifies NEA Engineering Company as design consultant.

Key Findings

  • Project type: storage; installed capacity: 1,902 MW.
  • Catchment area: 16,098.3 km²; design discharge: 793.45 m³/s.
  • Dam height: 283 m.
  • Reservoir storage: 4,843.2 MCM total and 2,238.95 MCM live.
  • Generation configuration: eight Francis units at 242.67 MW each.
  • Annual design energy: 6,291.8 GWh, comprising 2,415 GWh dry-season and 3,876.8 GWh wet-season energy.
  • Evacuation concept: approximately 40 km of 400 kV double-circuit line.
  • Published implementation duration: ten years; debt/equity assumption: 75:25.

Relevance

This is the primary design source for Mugu Karnali Storage HEP. It corrects earlier wiki values of ten units, 5,883 GWh and an unsupported pumped-storage classification.

Limitations

The parameters remain feasibility-stage values, not final construction quantities. The page's cost entry is written as “46,000 Crore” without enough currency and cost-basis context for safe conversion. It does not establish financing close, selected PPP ownership or construction start.