Power Summit 2023

The Importance of Nepal’s Cross-Border Trade of Hydropower is decreasing due to Poor Diplomacy

Bhim Gautam
April 15, 2023

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

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Private sector’s investment is at high risk due to the 3 decades old Electricity Act

Bhim Gautam
April 15, 2023

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

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Private sector is ready for electricity trade

Jiban Basnet
April 15, 2023

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

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“The door should be opened to the private sector to build transmission lines and trade in electricity”

Nepal Infrastructure
April 12, 2023

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

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Hydropower project changing the face of the country

Bhim Gautam
April 11, 2023

Until 10 years ago, women suffering from labor pains in Dolakha's Vigu rural municipality area had to be carried on their shoulders for two days and taken to Charikot Hospital. There was no option to

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The government is not serious about the construction of the reservoir hydropower project

Bhim Gautam
April 9, 2023

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

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‘During monsoon in India’s central grid system an environment has been created for exporting 1200 megawatts of electricity’

Nepal Infrastructure
April 9, 2023

Dinesh Kumar Ghimire, who has a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) from the National Institute of Technology (former Malviya Regional Engineering College) in India and a Master's Degree (M.Tech) in Hydro Electric System Engineering and Management

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Need for private players in power trade

Ashish Garg
March 31, 2023

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