KATHMANDU: A book titled ‘Nepal’s Electricity and Public Concerns’ has hit the market after it was released on Thursday. Authored by Mohan Krishna Upreti, former Deputy Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), has covered
KATHMANDU: The Investment Board Nepal (IBN), the apex investment promotion body of the Nepal government, approved an investment worth Rs 167.59 billion for five hydropower projects to be implemented in Nepal. The 53rd meeting of
KATHMANDU: In winter, it usually rains an average of 65 mm, but this year only 12 mm of rain fell. Not only in winter, but it also rained heavily all at once in monsoon. According
KATHMANDU: The Nepal Electricity Authority, which exported electricity worth 11 billion rupees in a monsoon last year, has projected to sell electricity worth 20 billion rupees in the coming monsoon and 2 trillion rupees in
KATHMANDU: When the government brought the Electricity Act in 2049 after multi-party democracy, Nepal's hydroelectric capacity was only 236 MW. However, after 3 decades of the Act, the hydropower production capacity has increased to over
KATHMANDU: Nepali society, which has experienced 1 decade long (2063-73) painful experience of load shedding not only in winter, but also in rainy season, has now come to a state of frustration even when electricity
Nepal Electricity Authority is now faced with the challenge of expanding the internal and external markets as the electricity connection capacity of the national transmission system increases. Although the management of the electricity authority is
During the dry season of the current financial year (2079/80), up to 500 megawatts were wasted every day due to the fact that all the electricity produced by the indigenous hydropower plants could not be
The future of Nepal's hydropower development is connected to the export of electricity to markets abroad, such as India and Bangladesh. As the demand for electricity used within the country is low, the number of
KATHMANDU: The 19.8 MW Upper Solu hydropower project constructed in the Solu River in Solukhumbu is starting generating electricity on Friday. Ganesh Karki, promotor of Beni Hydropower Company, the developer company, all the civil, hydromechanical,
