{"id":474,"date":"2026-06-03T11:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designhatke.com\/aps\/?post_type=project&#038;p=474"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:46:03","slug":"wangchhu-hydro-electric-project-phuentsholing-bhutan","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/designhatke.com\/aps\/projects\/wangchhu-hydro-electric-project-phuentsholing-bhutan\/","title":{"rendered":"Wangchhu Hydro Electric Project \u2013 Phuentsholing, Bhutan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wangchhu Hydro Electric Project, located near Phuentsholing in the western foothills of Bhutan, is a significant bilateral hydropower initiative developed under the framework of India\u2013Bhutan energy cooperation, designed to harness the hydropower potential of the Wangchhu River flowing from the Bhutanese highlands toward the Indo-Bhutan border. The civil construction scope included diversion and dam structures, water conveyance systems, underground and surface powerhouse works, switchyard civil structures, and approach roads, all executed within a densely forested sub-Himalayan terrain requiring careful environmental management alongside intensive construction activity.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The completion of the Wangchhu HEP strengthens Bhutan&#8217;s status as a hydropower-driven economy while simultaneously contributing to India&#8217;s clean energy import program from its northern neighbour, reinforcing the long-standing energy partnership between the two countries. The project demanded a highly coordinated workforce operating under international construction standards and bilateral project governance frameworks, delivering a facility that will generate reliable renewable electricity for decades. This achievement further demonstrates the technical and managerial capabilities deployed in cross-border hydropower construction and the commitment to delivering clean energy infrastructure in the ecologically sensitive eastern Himalayan landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wangchhu Hydro Electric Project, located near Phuentsholing in the western foothills of Bhutan, is a significant bilateral hydropower initiative developed under the framework of India\u2013Bhutan energy cooperation, designed to harness the hydropower potential of the Wangchhu River flowing from the Bhutanese highlands toward the Indo-Bhutan border. The civil construction scope included diversion and dam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":141,"template":"","meta":[],"project_category":[10],"class_list":["post-474","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-completed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/designhatke.com\/aps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/designhatke.com\/aps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/designhatke.com\/aps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/designhatke.com\/aps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475,"href":"https:\/\/designhatke.com\/aps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/474\/revisions\/475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designhatke.com\/aps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/designhatke.com\/aps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designhatke.com\/aps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}