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Baspa Hydro
Run-of-river hydro power plant on the Baspa River in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India. The project generates electricity using renewable hydro energy.




The Baspa Hydroelectric Project is a 300 MW run-of-river hydro power plant on the Baspa River in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India, commissioned in 2003 and operated by JSW Energy. It generates renewable electricity exported to the regional grid, displacing fossil-fuel-based generation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions; estimates from similar project documentation suggest over 1 million tCO₂e saved per year relative to coal-dominant alternatives.
Beyond carbon benefits, the project supports clean energy supply, increases local energy reliability, and has been linked to economic development, including employment during construction and operation phases and some local infrastructure improvements

Certified under the Verra Carbon Standard (VCS), the world’s most widely used carbon crediting program, endorsed by ICROA.
The project is a renewable energy project which supplies power to the NEWNE Grid. In the absence of the project activity the electricity delivered to the grid would have been generated by the operation of grid-connected power plants which are mainly thermal based power stations.
- Project Description: VCS Version 3, prepared by EKI Energy Services Limited
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