Activities

Highlight of NMHDA activities

NMHDA in TRC

NMHDA General Secretary has been playing important role in the Technical Review Committee under AEPC. TRC is responsible to approve the viability of various micro hydropower projects, mainly, through the technical point of view before other procedure to carry on.   

Training Programs:

The Association’s training centre is actively conducting various micro hydro skills building trainings. The in house training centre was established with NMHDA’s own resource is equipped with all basic training instruments and materials; however the efforts are being made to improve the training centre.

NMHDA so far has conducted 71 training programmes (April 1996 – April 2013) and successful to produce around 1100 mhp operators only.

Following are the training programmes NMHDA frequently conducts

• Basic Training for Micro Hydropower Operators
  • Advanced Training for Micro Hydropower Operators and
  • Refresh Training for Micro Hydro Operators
  • Training on Micro Hydro Survey and Design
  • Training on Power Output Verification
  • Training on Installation of Micro Hydropower Project
  • Some according to requirement or demand of the sector

Model Micro Hydropower Project and Technical Centre, at Pharping, Kathmandu:

NMHDA has moved ahead with the establishment of Model Micro Hydropower Project at Pharping, 12km south-west from Kathmandu. Two different sources of water is to use a Pelton and a Crossflow turbine in a single power house.

Publication of Jalashakti (the Micro Hydro):

NMHDA is regularly bringing out Jalashakti, a quarterly magazine for catering micro hydropower related information for the different category of MH readers. The readers of Jalashakti are varied types like MH Companies, MH Developers, NGO/INGO of MH sector, Local Authorities and other government offices, Educational Institutes and individual sector professionals etc. Number of issues of Jalashakti has been published with various interesting and useful information. Jalashakti editorial board pays due attentions to make this magazine more effective.

Organizing and Participation in various MHP related seminars/workshops

Keeping in view to generate meaningful thoughts and ideas for the development of micro hydropower for the benefit of end users, the implementing government or nongovernment agencies and the NMHDA members the Association organizes seminars and workshops.

NMHDA, jointly with Mr. Pushpa Chitrakar is going to bring out the Updated MH Design Aids which was firstly published by GTZ Nepal in 2006. Two workshops for this purpose had been carried out recently to receive feedbacks and opinions from engineers and technicians who widely use the MHP Design Aids.

Participation in various renewable energy related exhibitions

In order to build public opinion and create public awareness on micro hydropower technology and its usefulness in Nepal’s context NMHDA has participated in various relevant exhibitions organized by Nepal Electrical Association/Federation of Electrical Entrepreneurs’ Association Nepal, Himal Media, NAST in association with SEMAN as stated below. Materials exhibited in the events were mainly the MH landscape model, real size turbines and Peltric set and photos. The persons assigned for the exhibition were successful to draw attentions of the visitors and explain them the usefulness. The visitors usually appreciate the stall and its purpose. Magazines, brochures and other reading materials were also distributed to the visitors to make micro hydro matter more impressive to the people of all walks of life.