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The Flood Just Knocked Out 430 MW — Are Nepal's Winter Blackouts Coming Back?

Around 430 MW of capacity was damaged when the 26 August flood tore through the Bhote Koshi–Trishuli corridor. But Nepal already imports power from…

By Laxman Rawal · Aug 26, 2026

📍 Developing story — live updates The 2026 Nepal floods are a developing, nationwide emergency and figures are rising. For the latest verified death toll, missing and rescued numbers, and trek status, follow our continuously-updated Nepal Floods 2026: Live…

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Which plants were hit — and how much power

The NEA named six hydropower facilities along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers. The headline casualty is the 111 MW Rasuwagadhi project, on the Nepal—China frontier, whose powerhouse and substation were reportedly completely destroyed. The others sit…

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Why so many plants sit in one river

The reason one flood could take out so much capacity is geography. The Bhote Koshi drops steeply out of Tibet, gathers into the Trishuli, and falls fast through Rasuwa and Nuwakot. Steep, reliable, glacier-fed flow is exactly what run-of-river hydropower…

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What it means for Nepal's electricity supply

How big a hit is 430 MW? Sources differ on Nepal's total installed capacity. Specialist trade press framed the loss as more than a tenth of a hydropower base put at about 3.2 GW; recent Nepali reporting puts it higher — near 3,878 MW after 631 MW was added in…

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Will the power cuts return this autumn and winter?

This is the question the corridor's loss really raises, and the answer runs through Nepal's dry-season arithmetic. Recent system peak demand has reached about 3,248 MW (Spotlight Nepal, July 2026), and against a total installed base near 3,878 MW that looks…

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Run-of-river hydropower and a warming Himalaya

This is where the power story meets the climate one. The same Bhote Koshi—Lhende system flooded in July 2025 too — twice in about fourteen months — and both events point to a growing hazard off unstable, warming ice, a pace ICIMOD scientists have called…

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For travellers to Langtang

The same corridor is the gateway to Langtang: Syabrubesi, the road-head where most Langtang treks begin, sits in the worst-hit stretch, so road and bridge access may be disrupted for some time. With the main October—November season several weeks off there is…

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