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Mugu Karnali Storage hydroelectric plant
Largest grid storage in Nepal of 4 · top 8% worldwide (#69 of 965)
- Owner
- Vidhyut Utpadan CO LTD (VUCL)
- Status
- construction
- Capacity
- 1,902 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Commissioned
- 2034
- Also listed as
- A power plant — this site generates as well as stores
Comparable grid storages · Nepal · 4 ranked
- #1Mugu Karnali Storage hydroelectric plant1.9 GW
- #2Sunkoshi 3 hydroelectric plant683 MW
- #3Bharbung hydroelectric plant512 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Mugu Karnali Storage hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 1.9 GW · hydro
- Humla Karnali 1 hydroelectric plant21 km · Power Plant · 235 MW · hydro
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Watercourse: Karnali River
SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)