Building on our experience of developing hydro in Nepal through our Nepalese partner – Sanima Hydro and Engineering Private Ltd (SHEPL) – Hydroplan co-authored a report on hydro opportunities for UK businesses in the country and presented this to City of London financiers in at a Mansion House event in London.

The work involved organising a Lord Mayor’s visit to Nepal, including a helicopter trip to visit a number of remote sites and the production of a 37-page report.

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Alongside Sanima Hydro and Engineering Ltd. in Nepal, Hydroplan was asked to assist with the feasibility studies and preparation of tender documents for 10 mini Hydropower projects in Western Uganda together with associated rural electrification and grid connection.

The hydropower projects range in size from 300kW to 4MW and the rural electrification component will enable a total of 26,000 new connections.

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Kamburu and Gitaru are government-owned hydro schemes in Kenya with 90MW and 225MW installed capacity respectively. Hydroplan was employed by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen Ltd) as a subcontractor to Mowlem International during the repair and refurbishment of the tailraces in 1999-2000.

Hydroplan’s role was to carry out the design and on-site supervision of the water pumping system and stop logs for tunnel de-watering during a critical outage.

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