Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project is a 720MW run-of-river power plant on the Mangdechhu River in Trongsa Dzongkhag District of central Bhutan.
It is being developed by Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project Authority (MHPA) constituted jointly by Governments of India and Bhutan.
Initiated in 2010, it is one of the major projects under Bhutan’s initiative to generate 10,000MW hydropower by 2020 with Indian support.
National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) acted as the design and engineering consultant for the project that is estimated to generate 2,923 GWh of electricity and offset 2.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxidea year from the atmosphere.
