{"title":"Evaluation of Powerhouse Cavern for the SachKhas Hydroelectric Project in Himachal, India","authors":"A. Rathore, K. K. Panthi","doi":"10.3126/HN.V20I0.16485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/HN.V20I0.16485","url":null,"abstract":"Evaluation of an underground powerhouse cavern’s stability is a challenging task and needs to be carried out carefully by taking care of its location, orientation and dimensioning. This article deals with the stability evaluation of a large underground powerhouse cavern, which is located at the toe of the valley side slope where the depth varies between 59m (minimum) and 70m (maximum). The planned powerhouse cavern has a dimension consisting 130m length, 23m wide and 48 m high. The manuscript evaluates the extent of pre-construction phase engineering geological investigations of the project, discusses on the selection of input parameters and carries out assessment on the displacement conditions at the cavern and also assesses the extent of yielded zone at the toe slope. Finally, recommendations are suggested on the location and orientation of the powerhouse cavern, uncertainties involved in numerical analysis and boundary conditions for 2D and 3D models under gravitational field stress. HYDRO Nepal Journal Journal of Water Energy and Environment Issue: 20 Page: 23-30","PeriodicalId":117617,"journal":{"name":"Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126749654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hydropower Policy – A Critique","authors":"R. Shrestha","doi":"10.3126/HN.V20I0.16482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/HN.V20I0.16482","url":null,"abstract":"Not Available. HYDRO Nepal Journal Journal of Water Energy and Environment Issue: 20 Page: 11-16","PeriodicalId":117617,"journal":{"name":"Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130776979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Facts and Figures about Hydropower Development in Nepal","authors":"H. Shrestha","doi":"10.3126/HN.V20I0.16480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/HN.V20I0.16480","url":null,"abstract":"The author in this paper makes efforts to present facts and figures about hydropower development in Nepal. The paper also highlights that interest groups play differently at different times, but the decision makers must be fair and be bold enough to decide correctly in a way favorable to the need of the country. The paper also states that the country’s hydropower requirement should be the priority focus for its development by way of attracting its nationals in capacity building through self-study, self-finance, self-construction and self-consumption. It is, however, disgusting to note that even the most attractive simple type of moderate size projects needed to be kept for such purpose has been handed over to the outsiders for use outside the country, e.g. the Upper Karnali and Arun-3 projects. Such approach is leading to a situation that Nepal in the future will have to buy her own resources at higher prices from the outsiders. HYDRO Nepal Journal Journal of Water Energy and Environment Issue: 20 Page: 1-5","PeriodicalId":117617,"journal":{"name":"Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134543260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Storage Projects in Nepal’s Electricity Development Decade 2016/2026 For Whom Nepal’s Storage Projects Toll?","authors":"S. Pun","doi":"10.3126/HN.V20I0.16479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/HN.V20I0.16479","url":null,"abstract":"The Nepal government’s Electricity Development Decade 2016/2026 to develop 10,000 MW in 10 years has 11 storage projects totaling over 5,000 MW. Nine of these eleven projects would store 11 billion cubic meters of freshwater submerging vast tracts of fertile valleys, villages, farms and forests in Nepal. Brushing aside these social and environmental costs lightly, the government has launched the holy ‘jihad/crusade’ to develop hydroelectricity. Nepal’s policy framers of 10,000 MW in 10 years crusade have totally failed to see the larger picture in the Ganges basin. This failure to see the larger Ganges picture is, to a large extent, attributed to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s 2009 decision to unbundle Water Resources Ministry into Energy and Irrigation. Electricity attained the upper class status with Water downgraded to Dalit class! India’s greatest burning problem in the Ganges basin, that supports nearly fifty per cent of her 1,200 million people, is WATER . India, therefore, is in desperate need of storages in Nepal to realize her master plan, the Interlinking of Rivers. With Nepal in desperate pursuit of hydroelectricity, India sees this as an opportune moment to avail GRATIS stored WATER through Nepal’s default . According to Bhim Subba, a Bhutanese of Nepalese origin, this is the fundamental flaw in all past Indo-Nepal deals. Subba believes India must concede that success of her Ganges water strategy hinges entirely on Nepal. He argues that water stored in Nepal has monetary value and this must be factored in all storage projects. Such a policy would be mutually beneficial for both the countries. Unfortunately, this would be a bitter pill to swallow for our policy framers of 10,000 MW in 10 years crusade. This article dwells on these issues. HYDRO Nepal Journal Journal of Water Energy and Environment Issue: 20 Page: 6-10","PeriodicalId":117617,"journal":{"name":"Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122968236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Start of Something New","authors":"Christopher Butler","doi":"10.3126/hn.v20i0.16483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/hn.v20i0.16483","url":null,"abstract":"Not Available. HYDRO Nepal Journal Journal of Water Energy and Environment Issue: 20 Page: 17-17","PeriodicalId":117617,"journal":{"name":"Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127364995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Interview with Mr. Kul Man Ghising","authors":"Kul Man Ghising","doi":"10.3126/HN.V20I0.16494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/HN.V20I0.16494","url":null,"abstract":"In light of ongoing discourses, at present, on prevailing energy crisis and its management as well as the hydropower development in Nepal, HYDRO Nepal Journal felt this timely to review and assess the present energy scenario of Nepal. HYDRO Nepal takes pleasure in presenting an interview with Mr. Kul Man Ghising, Managing Director, Nepal Electricity Authority, with Mr. Upendra Dev Bhatta, Editor-in-Chief of HYDRO Nepal Journal. HYDRO Nepal Journal Journal of Water Energy and Environment Issue: 20 Page: 60-64","PeriodicalId":117617,"journal":{"name":"Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117095921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Upper Trishuli-2 Hydroelectric Project","authors":"S. Dhungana","doi":"10.3126/HN.V19I0.15358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/HN.V19I0.15358","url":null,"abstract":"Not Available. HYDRO Nepal Journal Journal of Water, Energy and Environment Issue: 19 Page: 70","PeriodicalId":117617,"journal":{"name":"Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130441369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contract Breach and Payment for Environmental Services: A Case from the Kulekhani III Hydroelectric Project in Nepal","authors":"K. Dahal, Nabin Rai","doi":"10.3126/HN.V19I0.15350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/HN.V19I0.15350","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted in 2014. The main objective of this study was to find out the cause of contract breach and Payment for Environmental Services (PES) of Kulekhani III Hydroelectric Project (Kulekhani III HEP). PES is a relatively new concept but it is important as it forces employers, contractors, and local residents of a hydropower project to take a fresh look to support a successful construction effort without causing unnecessary environmental damage. Research findings from responses of local people regarding PES programs, in their respective areas of Kulekhani III Hydroelectric Project have been presented. Hydropower construction is extremely complex works, reliant on a host of individual parties and processes to come together to bring a project to fruition. In every context of Nepal, there are additional challenges in terms of adhering to contractual terms and negotiating governmental and donor agencies requirements for proper construction of hydropower project. In the first half of this paper, it has been explored as a case study in the form of Kulekhani III HEP to provide a record of many overruns the contractor experienced. The project became delayed. There were many causes behind the project delay of Kulekhani III HEP. However, permit for tree clearance for access road and untimely payment for contractors are the major ones. HYDRO Nepal Journal Journal of Water, Energy and Environment Issue: 19 Page: 38-44","PeriodicalId":117617,"journal":{"name":"Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130834592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy Crisis- Learning from experience and the way forward","authors":"Upendra Dev Bhatta","doi":"10.3126/HN.V19I0.15339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/HN.V19I0.15339","url":null,"abstract":"Not available. HYDRO Nepal Journal Journal of Water, Energy and Environment Issue: 19 Page: I","PeriodicalId":117617,"journal":{"name":"Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133246405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of Hydropower Tunnels to Prevent Collapse and Remedial Measures","authors":"Sein Win Tun, S. K. Singal","doi":"10.3126/HN.V19I0.15349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/HN.V19I0.15349","url":null,"abstract":"Tunnels are important structures in hydropower projects as they reduce the length of the water conductor system. However, tunnels also pose the possibility of collapse during construction which may cause significant time and cost overruns. Moreover, collapsing tunnels pose threats to workers and machinery. Systematic control and understanding of tunnel physics is key to preventing these dangers. In this paper, we explore the most effective means for constructing tunnels for hydropower projects. HYDRO Nepal Journal Journal of Water, Energy and Environment Issue: 19 Page: 31-37","PeriodicalId":117617,"journal":{"name":"Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133723355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}