From first survey
to decades of operation.

Our own teams handle site assessment, permitting, financing, construction and operation.

  1. 01Originate
  2. 02Permit
  3. 03Finance
  4. 04Build
  5. 05Operate
The KHA dam site on the Budhi Gandaki River, Nepal
KHA dam site, Budhi Gandaki, Nepal
/01

Invest & Develop

We identify sites, secure permits and arrange financing.

We coordinate site assessment, licensing, power purchase agreements and financing to prepare each project for construction.

  • Nepal: licenses, EIA and take-or-pay PPAs secured for 329.4 MW
  • Long-term project loans on every plant we own, with every repayment made on time
  • Strategic partner of leading Chinese financial leasing companies
/02

Build

In-house crews for complex civil works.

Our construction teams are experienced in dams, tunnels, forebays and powerhouses in steep, remote terrain, and work with dozens of design institutes and electromechanical suppliers we have partnered with for years.

  • 80 in-house construction staff
  • 200+ contract workers available at short notice
  • 20+ senior and mid-level managers, 10+ with professional engineering titles
  • Dozens of long-term design and E&M partners
Tangmanhe II powerhouse, penstock and switchyard on a steep valley side
Tangmanhe II · Shangri-La, Diqing, Yunnan
Generator floor at the Dongguaping hydropower station
Generator floor · Dongguaping
/03

Operate

Permanent teams on site, year-round.

Permanent on-site teams run and maintain our fleet, from snowmelt-fed reservoirs in the Altai to high-head impulse plants in the Hengduan Mountains.

  • 160+ permanent on-site O&M staff
  • Grade II Work Safety Standardization
  • Green Small Hydropower demonstration plant (Tangmanhe II)
Dongguaping powerhouse, switchyard and staff buildings, seen from above
/04

Upgrade & Rehabilitation

We keep older plants productive and bring damaged ones back into service.

The same in-house teams that build our new plants upgrade equipment, extend plant life and rebuild after natural disasters.

Talk to our engineers
  • Dam rehabilitation

    Repairing dam and tunnel seepage

    Kesaiyi: within eight months of joining our fleet, the dam and tunnel seepage was repaired, the plant passed its periodic dam safety inspection, the operating level was raised and annual generation rose by about 20%.

  • Waterway upgrade

    Rebuilding intake and conveyance

    Shiwanghe: after acquisition in 2021, we replaced a leaking open canal with a pressure tunnel and surge shaft, raising efficiency and ending seepage that affected nearby villages.

  • Completing construction

    Taking unfinished projects through to operation

    Mujiajia I: taken over in 2011 with about 1 km of tunnel excavated and the powerhouse site untouched; generating since 2015.

  • Disaster recovery

    Rebuilding after natural disasters

    Dongguaping: destroyed by a debris flow in 2011, acquired in 2020 and rebuilt on its original site in 18 months; back online in October 2022.

Dongguaping · Shangri-La, Diqing, Yunnan

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