Khimti Hydroelectric Power Plant Nepal is a 60 MW hydro power plant in Central Region, Nepal. It is operated by Butwal Power Co Ltd [16%]; SN Power [57%]; Bergenshalvoens Kommunale Kraftselska. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 60k homes (estimated). It ranks #4 of 14 Nepal power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 98.8% of Nepal's electricity; the national grid averages 24 gCO₂/kWh (100.0% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0040485.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000602639); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 60 MW, Khimti Hydroelectric Power Plant Nepal is well above the median hydro plant in Nepal (45 MW). Technically it is described as run-of-river. Its current lifecycle status is “construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Butwal Power Co Ltd [16%]; SN Power [57%]; Bergenshalvoens Kommunale Kraftselska.
This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 27.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 60% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.
Climate heat-demand index: 26/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #4 largest hydro power plant of 12 in Nepal by capacity.
Nepal has 12 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 558 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 27.55, 86.169 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Khimti Hydroelectric Power Plant Nepal is a 60 MW source-record hydro power plant in Central Region, Nepal, planned/announced for 2000.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 60,068 homes (estimated).
Khimti Hydroelectric Power Plant Nepal is operated by Butwal Power Co Ltd [16%]; SN Power [57%]; Bergenshalvoens Kommunale Kraftselska.
