On July 5, 2021, the first unit of the Shangtamaxi Hydropower Station, the largest hydropower station known as Nepal's "Three Gorges Project", undertook to construct by PowerChina, achieved grid-connected power generation.

The Upper Tamaksi Hydropower Station is located on the Tamaksi River in Dolaka County, Janakpur Prefecture, the Central Development Zone of Nepal, at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters in the southern foothills of the Himalayas. With a total installed capacity of 456 MW, it is the largest hydropower project in Nepal. The dam of the project is a concrete gravity dam, with a height of 27 meters, a total length of 100 meters, a maximum effective storage capacity of 2.2 million cubic meters, a length of the diversion tunnel of 8 kilometers, and two pressure shafts of 372 meters and 310 meters, creating the highest in Nepal. Long shaft construction records. The project was led by the Hydropower 11th Bureau of Power Construction, and formed a joint venture with the 6th Hydropower Bureau for construction.

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It is reported that after the completion of the Upper Tamaxi Hydropower Station, it will contribute about 1% of Nepal's GDP, providing an opportunity to meet Nepal's electricity demand and export excess electricity. At the same time, it has laid a good foundation for Nepal to improve the national electrification level and industrial power consumption, and promote the country's green development. Editor/Xing Wentao、Design/Xia Changwang