Purchasing power : India’s new policy affects Nepal’s aspiration to boost...
Dec 16, 2016- Potential power exporters in Nepal have received a jolt from the new Guidelines on Cross-Border Trade of Electricity released last week by the Indian government. The policy […]
View ArticleIs Nepal the second richest country in water resources?
“Nepal is the second richest country in the world after Brazil”. When I was in school, I heard this statement as a myth. However, my grandmother spent one hour of […]
View ArticleBIMSTEC needs a ‘power tool’; here’s why it is time for a green energy...
BIMSTEC needs create a “power pool” and an SPV for grid interconnections, to increase reliance on renewable energy The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation...
View ArticleHow Nepal got the electricity flowing
Hours-long daily blackouts ended suddenly last October after an engineer approached the problem differently – and got the government’s backing to solve it. KATHMANDU, NEPAL: For years, Hemkumari...
View ArticleChameliya Project Real Breakthrough
As promised, Minister for Energy Janardan Sharma and his team made its possible to complete the tunnel work of the 30-MW Chameliya project Nothing seems impossible if top leaders of concerned...
View ArticleOroville Dam disaster in USA – Kulekhani and Budhi-Gandaki Dams Safety
The proposed Budhi-Gandaki dam will be in one of the most seismically active areas of the world. The dam site is very close to the epicenter of very recent Gorkha earthquake measured 7.9 in Richter...
View ArticleElectrifying story
Regional power trade is desirable, but it will not happen until India takes the lead – Apar Neupane Mar 19, 2017- Nepal is traditionally known as being rich in hydropower. The steep gradient of the...
View ArticleAlternative current
Kulman Ghising needs Ram Prasad Dhital, Executive Director of Alternative Energy Promotion Center, to end load-shedding forever These days I can’t go out without everyone feeling sorry for me. You see,...
View Articleएलइडी बल्ब कहानी
किन एलइडी ? दिनमा १६ घन्टासम्म लोडसेडिङ भोग्नुपर्ने अप्रिय अनुभव देशका लागि धेरै पुरानो भएको छैन । १३ वर्षको यो कहालिलाग्दो अवस्थाबाट उम्किएर हामी भर्खर उठ्न खोजेका छौं । अहिले राजधानी लगायतका देशका...
View ArticlePowering India-Nepal Ties – Analysis
At the recent Energy Secretary-level talks of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) in Kathmandu (February 13-14, 2017), an important step in promoting electricity trade between India and Nepal took place...
View ArticleHydro dams on Indus cascade may prove to be a blunder for Pakistan
The five dams to be build on Indus river will not only stop the flow of silt, a lifeline to agriculture, but will also make the water flow along the river more erratic. The five dams forming the North...
View ArticleNOC making huge profit by overcharging consumers
KATHMANDU, May 23: The article of association of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) says that the sole objective of the corporation is to distribute petroleum products by adding administrative costs on import...
View Articleप्रसारण लाइनमा साझेदारीको आवश्यकता
जेठ ९, काठमाडौं । एकै नदी बेसिनका आयोजनाबाट सबस्टेशनसम्मको प्रसारण लाइन निर्माणमा साझेदारीको आवश्यकता रहेको देखिएको छ । सम्बन्धित आयोजनाहरूले छुट्टाछुट्टै प्रसारण लाइन तानेर सबस्टेशनमा ल्याउन जग्गा...
View Articleएलईडी : केही तथ्य र केही कठिनाइ
विद्युत् प्राधिकरणले एलईडी चिम किन्ने प्रसङ्गले बजार तताइरहेको छ। प्रायजसो मनिस हरु आआफ्नै तर्क बेचिरहेका छन् — कोही २०० मेगावाट बचत हुन्छ भन्दैछन् भने कोही ५० अर्ब बचत हुन्छ किनिहाल्नु पर्छ...
View Articleम्याग्दीमा ११ लजविद्युत् आयोजना निर्माणाधीन
जेठ १८, म्याग्दी । म्याग्दीमा ३ सय ८ मेगावाट क्षमताका ११ जलविद्युत् आयोजना निर्माणको चरणमा छन् । विद्युत् विकास विभागका अनुसार १ सय ४४ मेगावाट क्षमताका सातओटा आयोजनाले पूर्वाधार निर्माणको अनुमति पाएका...
View Articleपैसा तिरेर पनि वन क्षेत्र प्रयोग गर्न पाइने
काठमाडौं – सरकारले राष्ट्रिय प्राथमिकता प्राप्त विकास आयोजनाका लागि वन क्षेत्रको जग्गा प्रयोगमा खुकुलो व्यवस्था गरेको छ । अनुमतिपत्र वा सम्झौता अवधि समाप्त भएपछि बिना सर्त सरकारलाई निशुल्क हस्तान्तरण...
View ArticleThank You Janardan Sharma
Energy Minister Janardan Sharma Parbhakar deserves to be honored for his 10 months’ dedication for the development of energy sector of the country. We are grateful for all of his efforts that have...
View ArticleChina-Pakistan’s dam projects in Gilgit-Baltistan should worry India
One of the solutions is to renegotiate the Indus Waters Treaty On the occasion of the opening of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) forum in Beijing, President Xi Jinping urged countries across the globe to...
View Articleविद्युत् पहुँच बढाऊ
विश्व डिजिटल युगमा प्रवेश गरेको अहिलेको अवस्थामा समेत झन्डै पौने करोड नेपालीले अझै पनि टुकीको उज्यालोमा जीवन बिताउनुपर्ने अवस्था डिम्बनापूर्ण हो। हालै सरकारले सार्वजनिक गरेको तथ्यांकअनुसार ७४ लाख १०...
View ArticleTime to branch out
Nepal must aspire for energy sovereignty and depart from the current commercial energy situation Jun 13, 2017- Energy is central to nearly every major opportunity and challenge the world faces today....
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