Api Power Company to Acquire 50 MW Marsyangdi Besi Hydropower Project
August 13, 2025 | Investopaper
Api Power Company Limited (API) is planning to acquire Divyajyoti Hydropower Private Limited. The board meeting of the company held on Shrawan 27, 2082 BS has decided to purchase 100 percent stake in Divyajyoti Hydropower.
Divyajyoti Hydropower owns the license to construct and operate Marsyangdi Besi Hydropower Project. The project is a run-of-river project with an installed capacity of 50 MW.
The project is estimated to generate 321.15 gigawatt-hours of energy annually. It will generate 65.50 gigawatt-hours in the dry season and 258.65 gigawatt-hours in the rainy season.
Electricity will be generated by constructing a 6.65 meter tunnel and a dam near Bensisahar Municipality-6, Belautibisauna, placing a penstock pipe of 315 meters and constructing a semi-underground house under Besisahar Municipality-10 Saldanda. The project will have two 25/25 MW Francis turbines. The generated power will be connected to Udipur substation to be constructed at a distance of 5 kilometers from the power house.
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