NEA
receives permission to sell electricity in India's
real-time market (rep 30/09/2023)
Upgradation
of New Khimti Substation boosts power transmission
capacity (ht 28/09/2023)
Building
Nepal-China power line will take time : Two countries
have agreed to build the 220kV
Kerung-Rasuwagadhi-Chilime line during Dahal’s China
visit, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/09/2023)
MCC-funded
power line uncertain as bidders quote high prices :
Minimum bids 66 percent higher than the estimated cost,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/09/2023)
Chilime-Trishuli
transmission line construction deadline set for
mid-January 2024 (rep 24/09/2023)
Rahughat
Hydel Project Sees 60 Percent Construction Progress in
14 Years (rep 24/09/2023)
Exporting
electricity using Bihar’s grid to take more time : In
late June, Nepal Electricity Authority and PTC India
agreed for Nepal to sell 300MW power in the southern
market using Bihar transmission infrastructure (kp
24/09/2023)
Govt
sets a target of 1,500 units of energy consumption
per capita within 12 years, by Himal Lamsal (rep
22/09/2023)
Govt
sees need to invest USD 46 billion in energy sector in
12 years, by Ramesh Lamsal (rn 22/09/2023)
Dugar
Power and Tata Power Renewable Energy join hand to boost
renewable energy use in Nepal (rep 21/09/2023)
NEA
exports power worth over Rs 5.43 billion to India in the
first two months of current FY (rep 21/09/2023)
Construction
of Arun III hydropower project’s powerhouse halts
(kh 20/09/2023)
Nepal
waits for Indian approval to participate in real-time
power trade : NEA says it has already applied for
approval through NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/09/2023), Nepal,
India reach deal on boosting cross-border power
transmission : The two sides agree to the optimum
utilisation of high-capacity transmission while
completing under-construction low-voltage lines, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/09/2023)
Power
producers seek level playing field in energy sector
(ht 18/09/2023)
IPPAN
calls for amendments to ‘Electricity Bill’ to protect
private sector's role in power generation (rep
17/09/2023)
Nepal
exporting electricity worth Rs 110 million daily to
India (rep 17/09/2023)
Tanahun
Hydropower Prtoject : Delay in the construction of
transmission line (rn 17/09/2023)
Kaligandaki
River is becoming a hydropower hub : IME group and a
Chinese company among several parties building on the
river, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 17/09/2023)
9.84
megawatt hydropower project set to be developed in
Daraundi river (rep 16/09/2023)
Private
sector power developers unhappy with new Electricity
Bill (rep 15/09/2023)
Three-day
power outage to impact parts of Kathmandu and Lalitpur
(kh 14/09/2023)
Nepal
plans to generate 30,000MW of power by 2035 : Foundation
stone for Korean-funded 216 MW Upper Trishuli-1 was laid
remotely on Tuesday, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
13/09/2023)
141
MW solar projects seek study permit as appeal of solar
power generation grows (rep 13/09/2023)
Groundbreaking
of 216 megawatt Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project
(kh 12/09/2023)
Mugu
district connected with national grid of electricity
(kh 11/09/2023)
Power
vs rights of indigenous people : Respecting the rights
of indigenous people in the hydro power sector in Nepal
is not just about compliance but power relations, by
Simone Galimberti (nlt 11/09/2023)
Nepal's
energy transition : Gaps In The Pathway, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 08/09/2023)
Tanahun
locals protest over MCC land acquisition process (kh
08/09/2023)
Hydropower
projects seek green light to generate over 2,500
megawatts of electricity (rep 07/09/2023)
Stakeholders
stress prioritising infra investment : "Domestic
consumption should take precedence over export of
surplus power" (ht 07/09/2023)
Indian
govt approves purchase of 10,000 MW electricity from
Nepal over 10 years (kh 05/09/2023), A
Milestone in Nepal-India Power Trade (rep
07/09/2023)
India
purchasing additional 180 MW of electricity produced in
Nepal from Thursday (rep 05/09/2023)
Bill
proposes competitive bidding mandatory for electricity
purchases : NEA has a fixed PPA regime as it offers
Rs4.40 per unit in wet season and Rs8.40 for
run-of-the-river-type projects, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 04/09/2023)
NEA
installs 11,500 smart street lights in collaboration
with local authorities (rep 04/09/2023)
Hydropower
and South Asian integration : Nepal’s hydropower
potential ranks among the highest globally in terms of
per capita and unit of GDP, by Nischal Dhungel and
Sisir Bhandari (kp 03/09/2023)
NEA
asks customers of dedicated lines to settle outstanding
dues within 15 days (kh 03/09/2023)
Will
the Electricity Bill be passed?, by Himal Lamsal
(rep 03/09/2023)
Chukeni
hydropower project nearing completion (kh
03/09/2023)
Plan
to export 40MW power to Bangladesh this season uncertain
amid delay in agreement : Nepal electricity body awaits
response from the Bangladeshi side for tariff
negotiation before a deal involving India is signed,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/09/2023)
Some
areas in Kathmandu, Lalitpur to face power outage
tomorrow (kh 01/09/2023)
Nepal
continues to be net importer of electricity : Rs19.44
billion was spent on buying electricity from India while
exports stood at Rs10.10 billion in 2022-23, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/08/2023)
Karnali
Chisapani Project back in news (ae 28/08/2023)
Chepe
Khola hydro project accused of encroaching forest land :
The 8.63-megawatt project encroached 2.62 hectares to
build the pipeline and 6.8 hectares to build the
transmission line, preliminary investigation shows,
by Aash Gurung (kp 28/08/2023)
Nepal
got additional 3,118 circuit km transmission lines in
past nine years (rep 27/08/2023)
IPPAN
calls for putting more emphasis on electricity
infrastructure development for the next decade (rep
26/08/2023)
Balance
of Power : The 'hydro' in hydropower is strategically
more important than electricity for Nepal, by Sonia
Awale (nt 25/08/2023)
Resilient,
reliable electricity : Nepal must adopt distributed
renewable energy solutions to enhance grid capabilities,
by Bishal Thapa (kp 25/08/2023)
Land
acquisition underway in Dhading for US-Funded MCC
Project (rep 24/08/2023)
132-kV
transmission line project to complete within deadline
(kh 23/08/2023)
NEA
records significant progress in electricity generation
and consumption, by Himal Lamsal (rep 20/08/2023)
PM
says Nepal will develop 10,800MW Chisapani project :
Ministry says talks on for conducting a new study to
update the feasibility report, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 19/08/2023)
Kul
Man's two years : A Long March, by Keshab Poudel (sp
18/08/2023), NEA
Has Made Significant Progress In The Last Two Years: MD
Kul Man Ghising (sp 18/08/2023)
Bharatpur-Bardaghat
transmission : After 13 Years (sp 18/08/2023)
Some
areas of Kathmandu to face power outage tomorrow (kh
18/08/2023)
Rasuwagadhi
hydropower project to start production by October
(rep 17/08/2023)
Road
obstruction affects hydropower projects in Myagdi
(rep 17/08/2023)
Bharatpur-Bardaghat
transmission line completed : Many other transmission
line projects are facing obstruction from local
residents (kp 17/08/2023)
Task
force for relaxing provisions on optimisation of hydro
generation capacity : Private sector says it would be a
right step amid growing market for Nepal’s clean energy
in India and Bangladesh (kp 16/08/2023)
Review
PPA plan : PPA must be done on 'first come, first
served' basis to provide a level playing field to all
(ht 16/08/2023)
No
electricity for past 16 days in Kailali (rep
16/08/2023)
Construction
of Bharatpur-Bardaghat transmission line completed
(rep 15/08/2023)
Govt.
focusing on construction of reservoir-based hydropower
projects and transmission lines, by Ramesh Lamsal
(rn 15/08/2023)
Govt
panel recommends authorities to be harsh on hydropower
projects that fail to conclude financial closure for
three years : IPPAN demands for extending deadline by
additional one year (rep 14/08/2023), Hydel
projects face risk of PPA cancellation (ae
14/08/2023)
Production
of 90 micro hydropower projects smooth after maintenance
(kh 14/08/2023)
Construction
of new cross-border power line may start in two months :
Groundbreaking for the 400kV New Butwal-Gorakhpur
transmission line was done during Dahal’s India visit,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/08/2023)
Draft
bill on granting power trading licence to private sector
reaches Cabinet : Government had withdrawn the previous
bill before polls last year after it remained pending at
upper House for two years, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 09/08/2023)
Nepal
linked to India’s real-time energy trade : Bar to
hydropower projects with Chinese or Pakistani
involvement remains in place, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 07/08/2023)
Nepal
awaits India’s decision on several hydropower
procurement deals : Despite initialling a 25-year-long
inter-governmental framework agreement on selling
Nepal’s electricity to the southern neighbour, the
agreement is yet to be signed, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 06/08/2023)
Kul
Man Ghising's mission : Transmission Line Completion,
by Keshab Poudel (sp 04/08/2023)
Embracing
Nepal's Electricity Revolution: A Decline in Fossil Fuel
Imports, by Keshab Poudel (sp 04/08/2023)
Frequent
power outage frustrates citizens no end : State power
utility dismisses load shedding rumors and says the lack
of high-capacity transmission lines is to blame, by
Pratik Ghimire (ae 02/08/2023)
Nepal:
The next regional green powerhouse, by Susan M Lund
(ht 02/08/2023)
Nepal
to export 370 MW extra power using low capacity
transmission lines : Proposal sent to India for
exporting 70 MW via Mahendranagar-Tanakpur line, which
is currently used only for imports, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 31/07/2023)
Nepal
to change projects whose power will be sold to
Bangladesh : Nepal Electricity Authority will send the
list of hydropower projects to India for approval once
the issue of electricity tariff is settled, officials
say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/07/2023)
Give
money for change : With poor policies in place, donors’
grants to support solar rooftops undermine the case for
policy reform, by Bishal Thapa (kp 28/07/2023)
Stakeholders
say Forest Act amendment bill will create difficulties
in hydropower project development : Developers complain
of prolonged procedure to get approval for environmental
and forest clearance for infrastructure projects, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/07/2023)
Around
492 MW added to the national grid last year (ae
26/07/2023)
5,000
households under darkness in Mugu (kh 23/07/2023)
95%
households in Baitadi still depend on firewood to cook,
by Gokarna Dayal (rn 23/07/2023)
Testing
of 40 MW Upper Chameliya Hydroelectric Project commences
(rep 23/07/2023)
Chamelia
Hydropower: Transforming Sudur Paschim, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 24/07/2023)
Hetauda-Bharatpur
transmission lime : Strategically Important (sp
21/07/2023)
Budhigandaki
Project: Water for food security, by Y.B. Thapa (ht
21/07/2023)
Some
areas of Kathmandu and Lalitpur to face power outage
today for maintenance work (kh 22/07/2023)
Funding
Budhi Gandaki harder than opening project office : The
government has diverted the funds collected for the
hydropower project in the form of fuel taxes elsewhere,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/07/2023)
India
puts up new hurdle to importing electricity from Nepal :
New Delhi has asked for financial closure details of
projects whose approval process has remained pending for
months, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/07/2023)
Invitation
for contract to build 42 MW Upper Modi-A
Hydroelectric Project (rep 16/07/2023)
Govt.
ready to work with private sector for energy
development: Minister Basnet (kh 15/07/2023)
Country
to add 900 MW power in its system next year:
Minister Basnet (kh 14/07/2023)
Second
circuit of 132 KV Chameliya-Attariya
transmission line comes into operation (rep
17/07/2023)
Landslide
causes damage to micro hydel project (rep
14/07/2023)
Six
firms to be chosen to supply solar power to grid
: This is the first time the NEA is selecting
solar companies through competitive bidding. The
companies will supply a combined solar power of
90 MW, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
13/07/2023)
New
deal opens door for export of another 300MW
electricity to India via Bihar : Nepal will be
able to sell 1,100 megawatts subject to approval
from Indian authorities, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha kp 13/07/2023)
700
households in Humla and Mugu without power for
eight months : The 65 kW Nerakhola Micro
Hydropower Project broke down in December last
year, but repair work has yet to start, by
Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 11/07/2023)
Hetauda-Bharatpur
transmission line comes into operation (rn
10/07/2023), Hetauda-Bharatpur
power line comes into operation : The
Bharatpur-Bardaghat section of the project is
also nearing completion, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 11/07/2023)
Nepal,
Bangladesh agree to sign 25-year power sale deal
: Despite the fixed period, they are yet to
decide the tariff, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 09/07/2023)
Nepal
sees partial spillage of power as output grows along
with rainfall : Nepal awaits approval from Indian
authorities to sell over 1,000MW generated from 18
projects, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/07/2023)
New
33 kV transmission line to connect Upper Ingwa River
Hydropower Project to national grid (rep 06/07/2023)
Climate
change adds risk to investments in hydropower : At least
30 projects in east suffered damage worth Rs8.5 billion
due to floods and landslides in season’s first rains,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 05/07/2023)
European
bank withholds funds for power and transmission line
projects : Cites NEA’s delay in conducting cumulative
impact assessment of Marsyangdi corridor, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 03/07/2023)
Land
acquisition process initiated for Arun III Hydroelectric
Project's transmission line towers (rep 03/07/2023)
BEEN:
For Energy Efficient Building Policy, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 30/07/2023)
Kul
Man Ghising : Fight Alone for the Light, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 30/07/2023)
Kulman
fails to manage electricity flow (ae 29/06/2023)
Dordi
Corridor supplies 126 MW of electricity to national grid
(rep 29/06/2023)
NEA
moves ahead to select solar power supplier to its grid :
Six companies are in the race to supply solar power as
they passed technical qualification criteria, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/06/2023)
Power
export from Nepal to Bangladesh could start from third
week of July (ae 29/06/2023)
Unannounced
power cuts affect life in Tarai (ht 29/06/2023)
IPPs
forced to reduce power generation by NEA: IPPAN (ae
28/06/2023)
00
megawatts of electricity from 30 projects wasted due to
NEA, says IPPAN (ht 27/06/2023), IPPAN
dissatisfied after NEA asks them to reduce electricity
production (rep 27/06/2023)
Budhigandaki
Hydropower Project: PM Dahal announces laying of the
foundation stone within Ashad (ae 27/06/2023)
Nepal
to sell 200MW under 5-year deal : This is outside the
existing sales quota of 452.6MW that India has set,
officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
26/06/2023)
Nepal
worries about spillages as India delays power export
approvals : Nepal is waiting for approvals for 18
projects that were proposed to India over the last two
years, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/06/2023)
30
hydropower projects of 463 MW sustain damage worth Rs
8.5 billion in last week’s floods (rep 25/06/2023)
Nepal’s
curse of the white gold : Rasuwa villagers say they are
yet to see promised economic bonanza from hydropower
projects on their river, by Ramesh Kumar (nt
23/06/2023)
How
government backtracked on its plan to provide additional
free electricity : Managing Director of Nepal
Electricity Authority Kul Man Ghising says the utility
sought guaranteed compensation for the cost it would
have to bear, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
22/06/2023)
Frequent
power cuts at present is not due to electricity export
to India: Ghising, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
19/06/2023), No
power export by cutting domestic supply, says NEA
(ht 19/06/2023)
Kul
Man Ghising blames bureaucracy for slow progress in
power line projects : Nepal Electricity Authority
accuses forest authorities of hindering the New
Butwal-Bardaghat Transmission project, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 19/06/2023)
New
Khimti substation expected to smoothen electricity
supply in Ramechhap and Dolakha districts (rep
17/06/2023)
Private
sector urges government to grant permission for
electricity trading (rep 17/06/2023)
Nepal
starts exporting 300 MW of electricity daily to India,
thanks to onset of monsoon (rep 16/06/2023)
Consumer
rights matter : If the bread is stale, consumers can
switch to another baker. Why not for electricity?,
by Bishal Thapa (kp 16/06/2023)
Nearly
Rs11 billion allocated to implement MCC projects :
Government expects to spend most of the money on
transmission lines and acquiring land for pylons, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/06/2023)
Stalled
Bharatpur-Bardaghat transmission line work finally
resumes : The Nepal Electricity Authority moved ahead to
construct the remaining two pylons, but some locals have
yet to accept the compensation for their land, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/06/2023)
NEA
distributes free electricity meters to underprivileged
households (ht 12/06/2023)
How
Nepal can sell 10,000MW power : India has opened up an
avenue but only if power and transmission projects in
Nepal can go ahead side by side, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 11/06/2023)
‘Electricity
Act, 2049 BS which came in force in 1992 is not relevant
anymore’ : Cabinet decides to present the new
Electricity Bill in Parliament, by Himal Lamsal (rep
11/06/2023)
16
families living near Likhu-2 hydropower project
relocated after suspected tunnel leak : Locals blame the
project for water seepage in surrounding settlements.
The cause of the seepage is yet to be determined, by
Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 08/06/2023)
NEA’s
profit drops by 27.65 percent (ae 05/06/2023)
Seti
hydropower project in final stage (kh 04/06/2023)
132-MW
Lower Barun in final approval stage (rep 03/06/2023)
Hooray
for electricity consumers : This is the first time that
power users are being recognised as entities with
enforceable rights, by Bishal Thapa (kp 02/06/2023)
Nepal,
Bangladesh agree to involve India in Sunkoshi-3 project
: Though the two countries agreed to sign a bilateral
joint venture accord, they are open to involving India
as per the wish of the southern neighbour, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/06/2023)
India’s
Satluj Company to construct Lower Arun hydropower
project (kh 01/06/2023)
Budget
for transmission lines cut despite high capacity power
line being a top priority : The government’s budget says
both domestic and cross-border power lines are
priorities, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 31/05/2023)
Nepal
commits extra funds to MCC-funded transmission
line projects : Six bidders are in the race to
construct the transmission lines. Khadga Bahadur
Bisht of MCA-Nepal says his office’s biggest
priority is to acquire lands for the projects
(kp 30/05/2023)
95
percent of Nepali population has now access to
electricity (rep 29/05/2023)
NEA
becomes most profitable public organization
surpassing Nepal Telecom (rep 29/05/2023)
Manang
still awaits illumination under 'Bright Gandaki'
scheme (rep 28/05/2023)
NEA
preparing to distribute power from underground
cable line (kh 28/05/2023)
IBN
to seek clarification from Power China; likely
to bid farewell from Tamor Reservoir Project
(kh 28/05/2023)
Nepal
exports electricity to India after a gap of over
five months : Regular exports will depend on the
rainfall, says the state-run Nepal Electricity
Authority (kp 28/05/2023)
How
Pump Storage Hydro Forces Rethinking Hydropower
Development, by Dipak Gyawali (sp 26/05/2023)
Scenario
of energy trade, by Pratik Ghimire (ae
26/05/2023)
High-interest
rates and reduced power generation hit
hydropower companies’ profit (ae 25/05/2023)
NEA
plans 20 substations in Kathmandu Valley but
concerns over land acquisition remain :
Infrastructure being planned to handle the power
demands of around 3,100MW in the Kathmandu
Valley, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/05/2023)
MCA-Nepal
prepares for transmission line project (ae
24/05/2023)
Financial
close of Tamakoshi-V concluded with tripartite
loan agreement (ae 22/05/2023)
597
towers being constructed for Arun-III; each
affected household to get 30 units of free
electricity (rep 22/05/2023)
We
are assuring market for power export: Kulman
Ghishing (rep 22/05/2023)
NEA
to construct Butwal-Lamahi 400 KV transmission
line (rep 18/05/2023)
Grid-connected
solar irrigation : Nepal must diversify its
energy sources to meet the nationally determined
contributions, by Shisher Shrestha (kp
16/05/2023)
Nepal
within an inch of transforming into energy
self-reliant economy, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
16/05/2023)
Power
sale deal with Bangladesh is GMR’s top priority
after court relief : Earlier, the Supreme Court
had halted the Indian firm’s efforts to conclude
financial closure for Upper Karnali, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/05/2023), Nepal,
Bangladesh agree to pursue India deal to start
power trade from this wet season : If Nepal
succeeds in selling electricity to Bangladesh,
it will be the country’s first power export
outside India, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
17/05/2023), Bangladesh
agrees to buy 40 MW of electricity from Nepal
(rep 17/05/2023), Nepal,
B’desh agree on Sunkoshi-3 development and
tripartite energy deal with India (ae
18/05/2023)
Nepal,
Bangladesh to discuss two options for dedicated
cross–border transmission lines : India’s approval will
be crucial for viability of any connectivity between the
two countries, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/05/2023)
Nepal
and Bangladesh to discuss investment modality for
construction of Sunkoshi-3 Hydropower Project (rep
12/05/2023)
Government
to extend survey license duration of power projects
(ae 11/05/2023)
Modern
Technology For Power Development, by Laxmi Jha (rn
11/05/2023)
Power
supply to 3,200 HHs from central power grid availed
Kavre folks (kh 10/05/2023)
NEA
focuses on enhancing power distribution in Kathmandu
Valley (ae 09/05/2023)
Upper
Karnali Hydroelectric Project: Deck cleared for GMR for
financial closure and PPA (ae 09/05/2023)
Nepal-Bangladesh
JSC Meeting: Nepal plans to invite Bangladeshi private
sector in hydropower development (ae 08/05/2023)
Government
to boost up domestic electricity consumption: Minister
Basnet (kh 08/05/2023)
Tanahu
hydropower project sees rapid installation of towers
(kh 08/05/2023)
A
Short History Of The 300/900 MW Upper : Karnali
Hydroelectric Project, by Santa Bahadur Pun (sp
05/05/2023)
Himalayan
power caravan : If Nepal wants to play in the Indian
power market, it should be present in that market,
by Bishal Thapa (kp 05/05/2023)
Power
shortage continues as generation slumps : NEA has been
cutting electricity supply to factories in the Tarai.
Also there is a transmission infrastructure handicap,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/05/2023)
Arun
III hydropower worker dies, two injured (kh
03/05/2023)
Headway
In Hydropower Development, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
02/05/2023)
Nepal
undermining hydropower as it seeks to ease fuel imports,
experts say : There is an immediate need to run the
transport sector on clean energy, as most countries are
already doing, by Krishana Prasain (kp 30/04/2023)
Landslide
buries diversion tunnel of Arun-3 Hydropower Project
(ae 30/04/2023), Landslide
in Arun III dam highlights threats to Nepal’s hydropower
projects : Officials say risk of flash flood has
subsided as the river overflows from the project’s dam,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 01/05/2023)
Mugu
villagers living in the dark for years (rep
30/04/2023)
Agreement
signed to study hydropower projects in Mugu (rn
29/04/2023)
NEA
to restart power export to India from third week of May
(ae 28/04/2023)
Hydropower
threatening biodiversity : Nepal needs to diversify into
solar, wind and modern biomass to lessen its ecological
impacts, by Shristi Kafle and Kosmos Biswokarma (kp
24/04/2023)
Decline
in power production forcing to cut electricity supply:
NEA (ae 24/04/2023), Industrialists
in eastern Nepal protest against power cuts : The
current power supply is short by 70 MW, the Nepal
Electricity Authority says, by Binod Bhandari (kp
24/04/2023)
MCC-funded
transmission line to displace 50 settlements in Nuwakot
(rep 23/04/2023)
Upper
Tamakoshi : New Vision (sp 21/04/2023)
Electricity
for us first : Will Nepal’s hydro that is translating
into billions in export earnings benefit the Nepali
people?, by Bishal Thapa (kp 21/04/2023)
Indian
firms to buy 2,200MW of electricity from Nepal :
Geopolitics is the biggest obstacle to energy
cooperation between Nepal and India, say participants of
Kathmandu power summit, by Pritvi Man Shrestha (kp
20/04/2023)
Calls
grow for national treatment in India for Nepal’s
hydropower : Indian stakeholders at the power summit
want Nepal’s provision of free power and royalties
amended, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/04/2023)
Lack
of electricity compels to execute delivery service in
torchlight in Humla (kh 19/04/2023)
Making
Efficient Use of Green Energy (kh 18/04/2023)
‘Power
Summit-2023’ begins in Kathmandu today (kh
18/04/2023)
From
PowerPoints to power lines : There are enough Nepalis
around the world whom we can pick and bring home to
rethink and strategise, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
18/04/2023)
India
keeps declining Nepal full access to its power market :
A 2014 agreement between Nepal and India on electric
power trade, however, talks of non-discriminatory access,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/04/2023)
City
starts producing methane out of Kathmandu’s garbage :
The plant is currently producing eight tonnes of biogas
daily and it will be a while before it starts generating
electricity too, officials say (kp 17/04/2023)
Nepal’s
electricity production reaches 2,689.83 MW; capacity to
cross 2,800 MW by this FY end (rep 16/04/2023), Country
adds around 500 MW power in 2079 BS (kh 16/04/2023)
Mugu
villages still rely on pine torches to light up homes :
Of the total 9,600 households in the remote district,
only about 4,000 in the district headquarters and its
vicinity have electricity, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp
15/04/2023)
Hydropower
project affected areas monitored (kh 15/04/2023)
Nepal
gifts 669MW Lower Arun to India’s SJVN : This is the
third project to be undertaken by India on a single
river, after 900 MW Arun-III and 695 MW Arun-IV projects,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/04/2023)
Policy
inconsistency delays Budhi Gandaki project : The
government appears prepared to award the 1,200 MW
project to the Nepal Electricity Authority again after a
gap of 11 years, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
14/04/2023)
Hydropower
(un)economics : Nepal’s hydropower development is
challenged by a series of policy confusions, by
Achyut Wagle (kp 11/04/2023)
Chinese
companies showing little interest in power
summit : Indian companies are expected to flood
the event being held in Kathmandu on April 18-19,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/04/2023)
NEA
steps up preparations to take action against
poorly performing contractors (rep
08/04/2023)
NEA
seeks Rs 853bn in next five years to develop
power infrastructures (ae 07/04/2023)
Nepali
developers likely to sign MoU with Indian power
buyers in direct deal : Power ministers from
India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka are
invited to the Power Summit in Kathmandu on
April 18-19 (kp 26/04/2023)
Price
dispute halts NEA’s plan to buy solar power :
About dozen firms had submitted bids to sell
power; High Court Patan stays the process,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/04/2023)
Nepal
seeks 25-year bilateral deal with India to sell
power : Officials are pursuing such an agreement
during the planned New Delhi visit of Prime
Minister Dahal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/04/2023)
99.4
megawatt Tamakoshi V project construction bids
cancelled : Two companies from China—Sinohydro
Corporation and Gezhouba Group Corporation—were
the final shortlisted companies when the
technical bids opened on February 28, by
Kedar Shiwakoti (kp 01/04/2023)
India
to get contract of Phukot Karnali Hydro-electric
project, by Lalit Bista (rep 01/04/2023)
Sunkoshi
Marin project achieves 14 percent physical
progress : Out of a 13.3-kilometre-long tunnel,
4.5 kilometres have been dug since work began in
mid-October last year, by Rajkumar Karki (kp
31/03/2023)
Government
mulls allowing NEA to develop the 1200 MW
project (ae 30/03/2023)
Renewable
Energy and Future of Sustainable Development,
by Basu Gautam (rep 29/03/2023)
44
MW Super Madi Hydroelectric Project starts test
production (rep 27/03/2023)
Half
of Nepali households still burn firewood to cook
food : Among the 6.66 million households in the
country, 51 percent use firewood and 44.3
percent use LPG in their kitchens, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 25/03/2023)
Bheri-Babai
Diversion Project Gains Momentum : With the
initiative of then Director General of
Irrigation Madhav Blebase, who is currently
member of Public Service Commission, the project
decided to use TBM for tunnel, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 30/03/2023)
Bihar
Grid : Bihar Grid Will Be Used To Export Power
From Nepal To India, Says MD Ghising (sp
24/03/2023)
Peak
Hour : Kul Man Ghising, managing director of the
Nepal Electricity Authority, is on a mission to
dismantle obstacles to the construction of
transmission lines, distribution systems, and
hydropower projects to achieve the government's
objective of providing electricity to every
family in Nepal by 2025, by Keshab Poudel
(sp 24/03/2023)
Explosives
shortage looms over Tanahun Hydropower Project :
India’s reluctance to allow import of explosives
may affect works at the 140MW project, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/03/2023)
NEA
seeks minister’s intervention to settle
Lapsephedi dispute : The utility suspended work
of the substation in early January after
protests by locals, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 22/03/2023)
Worth
over Rs 300 billion, Budhi Gandaki project does
not have even Rs 10 million (rep 21/03/2023)
Sarangghat
‘substation’ into operation (kh 21/03/2023)
Renewables
and climate change in Nepal : Nepal is expanding
mega hydropower projects and national-grid
systems to ensure nationwide electricity, by
Suman Acharya (kp 19/03/2023)
Indian
company NHPC Ltd permitted to carry out study of
450 MW Seti River-6 Hydropower Project (rep
17/03/2023)
Electricity
leakage drops to 12.59 percent from 15.38
percent: NEA (rep 15/03/2023)
Power
For Women To emPOWER* Them : Members of the
Bagmati Rural Municipality who were elected as
women representatives have demonstrated that
expertise in energy planning can help women
become more powerful, by Keshab Poudel (sp
10/03/2023)
Sharing
energy benefits : The political economy of
Nepal’s energy sector must be realigned to
ensure benefit for all Nepalis, by Bishal
Thapa (kp 10/03/2023)
Madhya
Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project sees 95%
completion (rn 10/03/2023)
'Electricity
Collaboration' Diplomacy in BBIN Countries,
by Jubeda Chowdhury (rep 10/03/2023)
Obstructions
in multiple projects trip NEA’s transmission upgrade :
With domestic power production rising, obstruction in
transmission projects emerges as a major challenge in
evacuating power, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
09/03/2023)
Over
350 MW connected to the national grid in this fiscal
year : The largest private sector project Solukhola
Dudhkoshi commence commercial operation in March (ae
09/03/2023)
LPG
consumption reduced by 150,000 cylinders per month
during mid-July and mid-February (rep 09/03/2023)
NEA
urges users not to install street lights on their own
(kh 08/03/2023)
Nepal’s
electricity production capacity reaches more than 2,577
MW (rep 08/03/2023)
‘$4bn
needed to transform power transmission infrastructure’
(ae 07/03/2023)
NEA
team effortful in removing obstacle in Kaligandaki
corridor transmission line project (kh 07/03/2023)
MCC-funded
power lines could hit land hurdle : Around 45 percent of
the 315-km transmission line will use private land,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/03/2023)
onstruction
of 216 MW Upper Trishuli-1 gains momentum (rep
02/03/2023)
Nepal
will face shortfall of Rs 1.369 trillion to construct
big hydropower projects in the pipeline by 2035: NEA
(rep 01/03/2023)
China’s
Sinohydro likely to be awarded $165 million Tamakoshi V
hydro project : The 100-megawatt run-of-river project
does not need its own dam because it takes its water
directly from the tailrace tunnel of the 456 MW Upper
Tamakoshi hydro project, by Kedar Shiwakoti (kp
01/03/2023)
NEA
extends deadline for solar power developers (ae
27/02/2023)
State
of power development: Outlook is bright for the power
sector (ae 27/02/2023)
Nepali
and Chinese officials discuss power trade : The northern
neighbour proposes constructing a 220kV cross-border
line to import electricity from Nepal during winter,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/02/2023) [But
especially in winter, Nepal is still not in a position
to export electricity!?]
Power
to the people : The community electricity cooperative
movement can help meet Nepal's energy needs, by
Bishal Thapa (kp 24/02/2023)
Powering
Nepal’s future : Nepal needs a new electricity law that
incorporates the essence of federalism while also
providing enough flexibility to deal with the market's
evolving requirements, by Prakash Maharjan (nlt
23/02/2023), Boosting
share of alternative energy in power mix remains a
challenge for Nepal : Stakeholders call for more
incentives amid government plans to increase the
contribution of renewables to the power matrix to 5-10
percent by 2030, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
23/02/2023), Beyond
hydropower : Nepal must reduce its dependence on
hydropower and opt for renewables like solar, wind and
biomass, by Anustha Shrestha (kp 23/02/2023)
India’s
NHPC set to get third hydropower project in Nepal :
Energy Ministry sources said NHPC will be brought as
co-developer for Phukot Karnali Hydropower Project
(ae 23/02/2023)
Indian
officials raise concern over Upper Karnali project : The
future of the 900 MW project hangs in balance as the
Supreme Court recently sent the dispute to the
constitutional bench (ae 22/02/2023)
Nepal
plans to export electricity from Likhu-4 to Bangladesh :
Nepal and Bangladesh in August last year had decided to
request the southern neighbor to allow the export of
40-50MW of Nepali electricity to Bangladesh in the
initial phase by using the high-voltage
Baharampur-Bheramara cross-border power transmission
link (ae 22/02/2023)
Access
tunnel of 140 MW Tanahun hydro project built : The $505
million project can generate energy for six hours daily
during the dry season, by Samjhana Rasaili and
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 21/02/2023)
Tunnel
construction for Phukot-Karnali semi-reservoir
hydropower project reaches final stage, by Lalit
Bista (rep 19/02/2023)
Nepal,
India agree to add 200 MW to Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur
transmission line : Nepal and India to increase the
power import and export capacity from the existing 600
to 800 MW through the first international
Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur 400 KV transmission line (nlt
19/02/2023), Nepal,
India reach ‘milestone’ deal on trade, transmission of
electricity : Nepal to be permitted to participate in
real-time trade in the Indian market, an upgrade from
existing day-ahead energy trade, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 20/02/2023), India
agrees to expedite construction of a number of
cross-border transmission lines to facilitate bilateral
energy trade with Nepal, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
20/02/2023), India
assures to supply 50 MW electricity generated from
Nepal's hydropower projects to Bangladesh (rep
20/02/2023)
22MW
Seti Khola Hydroelectric Project registers 35 percent
construction work progress (rep 17/02/2023)
Some
Common Hurdles to Power Projects, by Suraj Regmi and
Samjhana Chusyabag (rep 16/02/2023)
Solar
and hydro: A match made by nature : Solar power can
complement hydropower to help fulfil seasonal or daily
electricity requirement, by Aashish Chalise (kp
12/02/2023)
NEA
decides to sign PPAs for 1500MW non-storage projects :
Power monopoly resumes purchase agreement signing for
non-storage energy after a gap of three years (kp
11/02/2023)
Redefining
neutrality : The energy sector shows why Nepal must
redefine its neutrality principle in foreign policy,
by Bishal Thapa (kp 10/02/2023)
Renovation,
modernisation of Trishuli hydropower station begins
(ht 10/02/2023)
Energy
geopolitics & climate-induced risk, by Saurav
Raj Pant (kh 09/02/2023)
EIB
expresses interest in 635 MW Dudhkoshi Reservoir Project
(ae 08/02/2023)
Dispute
at Bharatpur-Bardaghat transmission line may end as NEA
offers higher prices for land : Dumkibas locals are
reportedly positive about the new offer but continue
their protest, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
08/02/2023)
Amid
slump in power generation, NEA reduces supply to
industrial sector : Power production by Nepal’s
hydropower projects with combined capacity of 2200MW has
declined by one-third, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
07/02/2023)
Nepal-China
to meet on cross-border transmission line in two weeks :
The third round of bilateral meeting is scheduled to
take place after a gap of three years, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 06/02/2023)
Overreliant
on hydropower : The danger will be clear if
Nepal continues to generate hydroelectric power
without diversifying electricity sources, by
Subash Pandey (kp 05/02/2023)
Power
Corridor: A New Dimension of India-Bangladesh
Relations, by Samara Ashrat (rep 05/02/2023)
140
MW Tanahun Hydropower Project makes breakthrough
in its access tunnel (rep 03/02/2023)
Nepal’s
Dreams of Hydro Dollars, by Hari Prasad
Shrestha (rep 03/02/2023)
Two
Chinese firms shortlisted for Tamakoshi V
project construction : The 99.4MW project does
not need its own dam, because it takes its water
directly from the tailrace tunnel of the 456MW
Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project, by
Kedar Shiwakoti (kp 02/02/2023)
Nepal
seeks to buy extra 90MW power from Bihar to
increase supply to Birgunj factories :
Industrialists complain about hours-long
undeclared outages, which are affecting
operations in one of the country’s largest
industrial belts, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 29/01/2023)
Limited
charging stations remain a concern as electric
vehicle purchases catch on : Nepal Electricity
Authority is installing 51 charging stations
with the private sector also coming up with
their own plans, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/01/2023)
Two
Chinese companies shortlisted for the first
phase work of 100 MW Tamakoshi-5 Hydropower
Project (rep 28/01/2023)
The
choice that shaped Nepal : Nepal must prepare
for the implications of the choice it has made
on electricity export, by Bishal Thapa (kp
27/01/2023)
Six
hours daily power cut in industrial areas :
Private sector demand declaration of formal load
shedding (ae 26/01/2023)
SC
spanner on FDI in hydels? The Supreme Court had
issued an interim order on Nov 3 demanding to
know why the firm had failed to manage funds on
time, by Sabitri Dhakal (ae 26/01/2023)
Snowfall
disrupts power supply in Jumla (kh
26/01/2023)
Nepal
to propose two new cross-border transmission
lines with India : The two countries are
scheduled to hold bilateral meetings on energy
in late February, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 26/01/2023)
NEA
to build substations in Kathmandu Valley (kh
25/01/2023), NEA
steps up effort to construct transmission lines
and substations in Kathmandu’s Tarakeshwar
Municipality (rep 25/01/2023)
China
proposes a meeting in February for cross border
power line in Nepal : The Joint Technical Group
comprising representatives of Nepal Electricity
Authority and State Grid Corporation of China
has not met since March 2020, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 24/01/2023)
No
light at the end of the tunnel: Substation
dispute at Lapsephedi drags on : An electricity
authority official says that the committee
formed to address the problems through
consultation has failed to prepare its work
procedure for itself to move forward, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/01/2023)
Sub-regional
energy cooperation is the need of the hour,
by Sunil KC (ae 23/01/2023)
Electricity
leakage plugged to 12 percent : The power
utility said that 4.14 billion units of
electricity were supplied in the distribution
system in the first five months of the current
fiscal year, out of which 3.83 billion units
were sold while 310 million units were leaked
(kp 20/01/2023), Electricity
leakage has come down to 7.49 percent (rep
20/01/2023), Electricity
leakage reduced to 12% (rn 20/01/2023)
Hydrogen:
The fuel of the future : Hydrogen fuel
production and distribution infra are still in
early stages of development in several
countries, including Nepal, by Shyam Ghimire
(ae 19/01/2023)
NEA
struggles to manage electricity supply with
decline in domestic production, and inadequate
imports amid surged demand (rep 17/01/2023),
Unannounced
power outage hits manufacturing sector : In Lumbini
Province, all factories have started cutting production,
by Madhav Dhungana (kp 18/01/2023), NEA
starts importing 350 MW electricity from India : With a
fall in temperature, the domestic demand for electricity
hit as high as 30,125 MWh on Tuesday. NEA, however,
supplied only 29,141 MWh of electricity, including
domestically produced power and energy imported from
India (ae 19/01/2023)
Kaligandaki
Corridor transmission line in final stage of
construction (rn 17/01/2023)
Solar
energy for household consumption: Its financial
feasibility, by Sabita Bhandari (ht
16/01/2023)
Lapsephedi
protest hints at challenges in expansion of
transmission lines : The Nepal Electricity
Authority and the agitating locals have reached
truce to calm down the situation, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 15/01/2023)
40
MW Upper Chameliya set to start production in
the given deadline of April (rep
13/018/2023)
Nepal
and Bangladesh lobby India for corridor to trade
electricity : Initially, the two countries want
to trade 40-50MW of power via existing
transmission infrastructure of India, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/01/2023)
Nepal’s
green hydrogen potential : In the long term,
Nepal can consider using green hydrogen in the
transportation sector, by Niraj KC (kp
12/01/2023)
Industries
reeling under nine-hour power cuts (ht
11/01/2023)
Power
delivery from Tamakoshi to Kathmandu unlikely soon :
Locals have been obstructing the construction of the
substation in Lapsephedi at a time when most of the
works of the transmission line project have been
completed, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/01/2023)
Time
to invest in virtual power plants : As the world shifts
to renewables, effectively maintaining grid stability
will be of utmost priority, by Aashish Chalise (kp
10/01/2023)
Nepal,
India to discuss new cross-border transmission lines
(ae 10/01/2023)
Bangladesh
seeks visible Indian cooperation, by Pratik Ghimire
(ae 09/01/2023)
A
tale of obstruction in power transmission line
development (ae 09/01/2023)
Govt’s
indifference makes fate of Budhi Gandaki uncertain :
With Finance Ministry yet to release Rs 10 million,
Budhi Gandaki Jalbidhyut Public Limited is yet to come
into operation (ae 07/01/2023)
Power
utility and ISPs lock horns over pole rental fee again :
On Monday, the Internet Service Providers Association of
Nepal said that Nepal Electricity Authority has started
cutting cables in many places (kp 03/01/2023), Internet
providers threaten to disrupt service : NEA acts against
ISPs for not clearing utility pole dues (ht
03/01/2023)
Hydro
sector thrives amid geopolitical landscape : Despite a
growing positive environment for expanded market access
for Nepal’s power, the country faces a number of
challenges, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/12/2022)
Cross-border
transmission line with China to use MCC-funded
substation : Nepal Electricity Authority officials say
Millennium Challenge Account-Nepal has given its nod to
new plan, by Prithvi man Shrestha (kp 29/12/2022)
Electric,
kerosene and charcoal heaters major winter fire hazards
; Police request the public to be extra cautious while
heating their rooms this season, by Anup Ojha (kp
29/12/2022)
India’s
policy hurts power export prospects of Nepal: Southern
neighbour has announced waiver of inter-state
transmission charge for new Indian hydropower projects,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/12/2022)
Hydropower
development doubts : Assessing the future impacts of
climate change on hydroelectricity is challenging in
Nepal, by Bashudev Neupane (kp27/12/2022)
Killing
the rooftop solar : Solar developers that took bank
loans to implement projects are on the verge of collapse,
by Aashish Chalise (kp 26/12/2022)
NEA
asks internet companies to clear dues (kh
26/12/2022)
Tamor
Storage Hydro Project: A game changer for Eastern Nepal,
by Kushal Basnet (rep 25/12/2022)
Call
for reconnecting rooftop solar plants to grid : Though
the Nepal Electricity Authority had decided to buy solar
power from households in 2017, it now appears unwilling,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/12/2022)
Dordi
Corridor helps add around 73 MW of electricity to the
national grid (rep 24/12/2022)
Unpaid
contractors halt work at Rukum Gad Hydropower project :
ATC-Kabindra Joint Ventures have not paid the
contractors for 17 months (kp 24/12/2022)
NEA’s
plan to lay underground electricity cables on main roads
of Kathmandu Valley becomes challenging, by Himal
Lamsal (rep 21/12/2022)
NEA
starts importing electricity from India (ht
21/12/2022)
NEA
sells power worth Rs 11.16 billion (rn 20/12/2022),
Nepal
makes over Rs11 billion selling power to India : The
earning was the third largest from the export of a
single commodity in the fiscal year 2021-22, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/12/2022)
Solar
power developers demand NEA to return to old PPA rate
(ae 20/12/2022)
132
kV Sunwal substation comes into operation (ht
19/12/2022)
Government,
Nepal-China JV sign pact to build $322m hydro project :
In March 2020, Nepal Electricity Authority had signed a
power purchase agreement with Manang Marsyangdi
Hydropower Company to develop a 135 MW project (kp
19/12/2022)
Request
to resolve dispute of Champawati hydropower, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 18/12/2022)
Many
power plants partially shut due to power spillage in
August-November : Low domestic demand and Indian export
cap forced NEA to ask private developers to shut down
plants, mainly at night, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
17/12/2022)
Power
generation in Mid-Marsyangdi down with the onset of
winter season (rep 17/12/2022)
Chukeni
Hydroelectric Project: 40 percent work left to be
completed (rep 16/12/2022)
Free
electricity that hurts : The effort to help the poor in
Nepal with free electricity is having an adverse effect,
by Bishal Thapa (kp 16/12/2022)
Turbine
manufacturing in Nepal: Need and opportunities, by
Sailesh Chitrakar and Ram Lama (ht 16/12/2022)
Nepal
resumes buying power from India amid drop in domestic
production : Nepali hydropower plants are currently
producing just around 1,000MW, lower than the peak
domestic demand of over 1,500MW (kp 15/12/2022)
Nepal
has a long way to go before private sector starts power
trading : Electricity Regulatory Commission is preparing
a draft of guidelines on transmission open access,
wheeling charges, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
13/12/2022)
NEA
to build transmission and distribution network for
reliable power supply in Banke (ht 13/12/2022)
Government
wants top court to vacate its interim order on Upper
Karnali Hydropower Project : The Supreme Court issued an
interim order on November 3, raising a number of
questions such as why the firm was taking time to manage
funds, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/12/2022)
Locals
vandalize hydropower project amid fear that it will dry
up water in their fields, by Narhari Sapkota (rep
11/12/2022)
Eight
Billion Profit : Under the leadership of Managing
Director Kul Man Ghising, Nepal Electricity Authority
(NEA) has shown how a good manager can change the state
of public utility (sp 09/12/2022
Investing
in hydro-power projects : Nepal’s domestic capital is
insufficient to build hydro-power projects to meet the
growing demand, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (kp 08/12/2022)
Construction
of transmission line connecting China in limbo, by
Himal Lamsal (rep 08/12/2022)
Nepal-Bangladesh
joint venture project gets environmental nod : Nepal and
Bangladesh have agreed to jointly build the Rs160
billion hydropower project on Sunkoshi River, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/12/2022)
Private
power producers facing financial loss due to NEA’s
apathy to procure full capacity electricity (rep
07/12/2022)
Compensation
dispute stalls last leg of work on Bharatpur-Bardaghat
transmission line in Nawalparasi : The Nepal Electricity
Authority has already erected 244 of the 246 pylons for
the 220kV line, which will be 74-km long, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 06/12/2022)
18
MW Madhya Modi Hydropower starts test production from
Monday (rep 06/12/2022)
Private
Sector in Power Trade, by Suraj Regmi (rep
04/12/2022)
Power
to the provinces : The provincial governments should be
allowed to choose their own electricity future, by
Bishal Thapa (kp 02/12/2022)
Utility
seeks bids to supply solar power to grid : The
electricity authority is buying solar power through
competitive bidding, ending the fixed rate regime,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/12/2022)
NEA
makes a profit of eight Rs 8.5 billion rupees in three
months (kh 01/12/2022)
NEA
to purchase 100 MW of electricity from solar power
through competitive bidding (rep 30/11/2022)
MCA
Nepal issues SPN for MCC-supported transmission line
construction (kh 28/11/2022)
Slump
in power use sign of economic woes : Factories are
running below capacity, businesses are down for the lack
of loans, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/11/2022)
15,000
MW of hydroelectricity will be produced in next five
years: Ghising (rep 25/11/2022)
NEA
speeds up its preparation to install smart meters in
Kathmandu Valley (rep 20/11/2022)
NEA
earns Rs 10.39 billion through electricity exports
(kh 18/11/2022)
NEA
may build part of MCC-funded transmission line : Nepal
Electricity Authority is concerned about a potential
delay in completing the project, which is to be
constructed under the MCC compact, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 16/11/2022)
Nepal
reduces power export to India as production dips : With
water levels in rivers receding, power generation has
slumped which will go down further in the days to come,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/11/2022)
Transmission
line hits national park hurdle after reaching Banke and
Bardiya : The 132 kV Kohalpur-Surkhet line will improve
distribution and ensure regular power supply in Karnali,
officials say, by Jyotee Katuwal (kp 14/11/2022)
Eight
hydropower projects applied at DoED to produce 86.295 MW
of electricity last month (rep 13/11/2022)
NEA
gears up to construct solar power projects (ht
12/11/2022)
Reforming
the power sector : Withdrawal of the Electricity Bill,
2020 is a regressive step that will delay reforms in
power sector in Nepal, by Saroj Koirala (kp
11/11/2022)
South
Asia needs an integrated electricity market, by Hari
Prasad Shrestha (rep 11/11/2022)
Construction
of 439 MW Betan Karnali Semi-reservoir Project to start
from 2023 end (rep 11/11/2022)
15MW
Gandak power plant to be renovated : The power plant
commenced in 1979 needs upgrade as the equipment is worn
out (kp 10/11/2022), NEA
to modernize Gandak hydropower station, Rs 420 million
needed (rep 13/11/2022)
Government-private
sector cooperation stressed for biogas promotion
(08/11/2022)
Prioritise
Renewable Energy, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 08/11/2022)
Climate
shocks add risks to Nepal’s power projects : Hydropower
assets face risks due to erratic precipitation, glacial
melting, and high rates of runoff and erosion, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/11/2022)
Obstruction
in construction of 132 kV Chobhar substation cleared
(ht 07/11/2022)
Sunwal
Substation likely to come into operation within month
(rn 07/11/2022)
Electricity
authority may scrap bid to buy power from India under
six-month deal : NEA’s reluctance to buy energy citing
higher price quotations may constrain supply in winter
when domestic outfall falls, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 06/11/2022)
Construction
of 132 kV Arunkhola substation project begins (nlt
05/11/2022)
Company
unable to start Budhi Gandaki hydel project work :
Finance Ministry has yet to pledge Rs10 million sought
by the company even as billions of rupees collected in
infrastructure fund sits idle, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 05/11/2022)
Gen-next
power sector reforms : The private sector and the NEA
must team up to develop it through trading with India,
by Bishal Thapa (kp 04/11/2022)
India
to import 22 megawatt more energy from Nepal (kh
04/11/2022)
SC’s
order to not extend GMR term (kh 04/11/2022), Supreme
Court suspends extension of GMR deadline : Indian firm
has yet to finish financial closure of Upper Karnali,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/11/2022)
NEA
makes alternate arrangement for power supply in Mugu,
Humla (rep 03/11/2022), NEA
arranges diesel generators for power supply in Mugu and
Humla (ht 04/11/2022)
Power
export earns Nepal Rs10 billion : Electricity has
emerged as a major earner of foreign currency for
cash-strapped country, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/11/2022)
NEA
requests service providers to manage electric pole
cables within 45 days (rep 01/11/2022)
NEA
to expand electricity baseline for nationwide
consumption and to increase export (rep 31/10/2022),
NEA
expanding electrical infrastructure (ht 01/11/2022)
Renewable
energy and Nepal : Nepal should focus on making the best
use of hydroelectricity and possibly hydrogen energy,
by Nischal Dhungel and Sisir Bhandari (kp 30/10/2022)
Call
for favourable policy to raise share of solar power in
energy mix : Only 44MW solar energy, which is less than
two percent of total power production in the country, is
connected to the national grid, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 29/10/2022)
Completion
of Dordi transmission corridor spurs hydropower projects
: Around 80 megawatts of electricity is now flowing
through the transmission line to the national grid,
officials say, by Aash Gurung (kp 29/10/2022)
Bangladesh
to purchase 50 MW of electricity from Nepal (kh
26/10/2022)
Power
supply disrupted for two weeks in Jumla (kh
25/10/2022)
Nepal
exports power to India even during peak hour of Laxmi
Puja (kh 25/10/2022)
Power
consumption projected to reach 1,300 MW in Tihar (ht
24/10/2022)
171-MW
Dudhkoshi-6 to be built in Solu (kh 23/10/2022)
Production
and use of bioenergy on rise (kh 22/10/2022)
Beneficiaries
of free electricity decline as people increase power
consumption : Households consuming less than 20 units
with five-ampere metres benefit from the scheme, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/10/2022)
Need
To Promote Solar Power, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
18/10/2022)
Nepal
notifies India on deal with Bangladesh to seek
facilitation for power trade : Nepal Electricity
Authority asks India’s NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam for
trilateral energy sale and purchase agreement, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/10/2022)
Government
plan to allow private firms to trade power faces
presidential obstruction : President Bidya Devi Bhandari
has been sitting on an ordinance to amend the
Electricity Act for introducing new provisions for over
two weeks, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/10/2022)
Can
Nepal go from hydro to hydrogen? Experts say green
hydrogen can be an energy game changer, if financing
issues are fixed, by Kunda Dixit (nt 14/10/2022)
Indian
developers replace Chinese on some of Nepal’s largest
hydro projects, by Ramesh Bhusal (ae 13/10/2022)
Dang
factories deprived of power after landslide damaged
transmission pylon in Lamahi : Disrupted power
evacuation from Darchula-based power projects resumes
after repair of damaged transmission tower, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/10/2022)
nergy
export : The energy gap between the wet and dry season
has barred Nepal from becoming self-reliant in it
(ht 13/10/2022)
Hurdles
remain in Bharatpur-Bardaghat transmission line project
: In late June, the Supreme court had allowed the Nepal
Electricity Authority to construct the pylones by
vacating the previous interim order, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 12/10/2022)
Electricity
export exceeds 1 billion units, NEA earns around Rs 8
billion (rep 12/10/2022)
Power
supply obstructed in Lumbini Province (ht
10/10/2022)
Breaking
the bottlenecks to regional hydropower connectivity :
There is a real reason to hope that our green source of
energy can make the country self-reliant on energy and
earn foreign currency by exporting it. But what are the
bottlenecks and how can they be removed?, by Sanjila
Shrestha (nlt 10/10/2022)
Nepal
loses Rs200 million in Dashain power spillage : Unsold
energy is still high.Utility hopes approval from India
will facilitate export of more electricity, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/10/2022)
Construction
of Garjyang-New Khimti transmission line: Infrastructure
ready for 200 MW power transmission (rep 10/10/2022
Incessant
rainfall damages two micro hydropower plants in Baglung
district, over 10,000 households affected (rep
09/10/2022)
Micro
hydros face doubtful future as national grid reaches
rural homes : Dozens of massive hydroelectric projects
are being built every year, and the little guys may soon
become irrelevant, by Kumbha Raj Rai, Tika Prasad
Bhatta and Prakash Baral (kp 08/10/2022)
How
sustainable is hydropower development in Nepal?, by
Sudip Acharya (rep 04/10/2022)
Construction
of 140 megawatt Tanahun hydropower project continues
during festival (kh 03/10/2022)
Use
of LP gas in Humla on sharp rise (rn 02/10/2022)
NEA
continues to delay purchase deals with run-of-the-river
project developers : The Cabinet in June decided to ask
the utility to sign PPAs with developers of hydropower
projects up to 1500MW, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/10/2022)
Government
goes the ordinance way to allow private sector in
electricity trade : The Electricity Bill registered in
Parliament two years ago was withdrawn in September,
delaying the process, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
01/10/2022)
3,500
Kalikot households without power for seven years : The
local Sannigad micro hydropower project is in disrepair
since 2019, by Tularam Pandey (kp 30/9/2022)
Indian
company submits survey permit application to IBN for
West Seti Hydroelectric Project (rep 29/09/2022)
Construction
of Gajryang-Khimti transmission line completes (kh
29/09/2022)
Electricity
utility worried over power spillage during festive
season when demand drops : Nepal Electricity Authority
is seeking India’s approval to export more energy to the
power-hungry country, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/09/2022)
Nepal
signs atomic energy-related CPF, reiterates commitment
to disarmament (kh 27/09/2022)
Nepal,
India mull downsizing planned Saptakoshi high dam :
Local residents have been obstructing the works of the
joint project office fearing the dam could cause
large-scale inundation of Nepali lands, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 27/09/2022)
Interconnected
grid for energy security : Only an interconnected grid
will save Nepal from power cuts in case of a calamity
causing to lose a few hydropower plants, by Aashish
Chalise (kp 26/09/2022)
Nepal’s
clean energy transition plan and pathway, by
Madhusudan Adhikari (ae 22/09/2022)
NEA
expanding electricity transmission and distribution
infrastructure in urban areas (rep 22/09/2022)
NEA
plans to light up Nepali homes with Indian energy this
winter : This is the first time Nepal is preparing to
buy electricity on a long-term basis through competitive
bidding, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/09/2022)
EU
supports Building Energy Efficiency in Nepal (ht
21/09/2022)
Nepal
exports electricity worth Rs 2.42 billion from mid-Aug
to mid-Sept (kh 20/09/2022), Nepal
exports electricity worth over Rs 7 billion to India :
With exports of Rs 7.19 billion, electricity has already
become the seventh largest export item in the country
(kp 20/09/2022)
HIDCL
signs agreement to invest Rs 53.140 billion on Upper
Arun Hydropower project (kh 15/09/2022), Funds
being secured for Upper Arun Hydel (kh 16/09/2022),
After
27 years, World Bank returns to Arun River : The lender
will lead international financiers to invest in 1061 MW
Upper Arun Hydropower Project. The bank had pulled out
of Arun III in 1995, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
17/09/2022)
Construction
of Arun-III Hydel Project sees 62 percent progress
(rep 16/09/2022)
Nuwakot
solar power station begins supplying electricity to
Kathmandu : On sunny days, the plant can produce 100,000
units of electricity daily, officials say, by
Krishna Thapa (kp15/09/2022)
Lack
of a tripartite deal and transmission line may delay
power export to Bangladesh : Nepal and Bangladesh
recently agreed to request India for signing a
trilateral energy sales and purchase agreement, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/09/2022)
Skewed
hydropower ambitions : Among many issues surrounding
Nepal's hydropower economy, some are more critical than
others, by Achyut Wagle (kp 13/09/2022)
Nepal's
energy : Getting Green And Clean, by Keshab Poudel
(sp 09/09/2022)
Upper
Tamakoshi : Share To Investors (sp 09/09/2022)
Transforming
Nepal’s energy system : The need for transitioning into
renewable energy has become imperative, as countries
around the world have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas
emission to offset the impact of climate change, by
Madhusudan Adhikari (ae 08/09/2022)
Butwal-Lumbini
transmission line and substation inaugurated (rep
05/09/2022)
Budhi
Gandaki hydropower project registered as public company
: Successive governments have pulled the 1,200 megawatt
scheme back and forth between them for decades,
preventing it from getting off the ground, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 03/09/2022)
242
local levels to be fully electrified soon (kh
01/09/2022)
Dordikhola
Hydropower Project begins power generation (kh
28/08/2022)
Bangladesh
keen to invest in Sunkoshi-III (ht 25/08/2022)
Breakthrough
in Super Nyadi’s tunnel construction (kh 22/08/2022)
Construction
of substation with 1383 MVA capacity (rep
21/08/2022)
Nepal
exported electricity worth nearly Rs 2 billion to India
in first month of FY 2022/23; plan to export an
additional 111 MW (rep 21/08/2022)
MD
Ghising’s second year : Highest Profit, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 19/08/2022)
Nepal
Energy Outlook 2022 : Alarming Scenario. At a time when
efforts are made to reduce the import of fossil fuels
encouraging the use of electricity. As Nepal is in the
transition of energy now, Nepal Energy Outlook 2022
comes out with recommendations (sp 19/08/2022)
Will
Nepali Kitchens Go Electric?, by Dipak Gyawali (sp
19/08/2022)
Nepal
aims 100 percent electricity access by 2024 : The
country’s 92.52 percent population was connected to
electricity by the end of the last fiscal year, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 18/08/2022)
Two
large hydropower projects being handed over to India in
Deuba's presence (rep 18/08/2022), Nepal
awards India to develop West Seti and Seti River 6 hydro
projects (nlt 19/08/2022), Signing
of MoU with India raises high hopes for development of
stalled West Seti Project (kh 19/08/2022), Nepal
clears India to develop $2.4 billion hydropower projects
left by China : The 1,200MW projects, mooted as storage
type on the Seti river, are located in far-western
Nepal, and sprawl over four districts—Bajhang, Doti,
Dadeldhura and Achham, by Sangam Prasain (kp
19/08/2022)
Hydropower
engineering: Relevance and prospects in Nepal, by
Sailesh Acharya and Ram Lama (ht 15/08/2022)
Investment
Board, India’s NHPC Limited to ink MoU on West Seti
projects Thursday : The Indian state-owned company got
the nod to study and build 1,200MW projects last week,
by Anil Giri (kp 15/08/2022)
Eight
police personnel injured in clash with locals (nlt
15/08/2022)
India’s
interest in Nepal’s energy sector increasing but it’s
wary of Chinese element : The southern neighbour has
been holding back from agreeing to buy electricity
generated by the Upper Tamakoshi plant, contracted to
China, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/08/2022)
Where
is the synergy in Nepal’s energy policy?, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 11/08/2022)
NEA
witnesses 164 percent rise in annual income; profit
exceeds Rs 16 billion (kh 11/08/2022), NEA's
profits : Controlling leakage is as good as generating
new power, and imagine the revenue this will generate
(ht 12/08/2022)
With
court ruling, Bharatpur-Bardaghat Transmission Project
to build last 2 pylons : Officials say they would make
administrative moves if residents reject offered
compensation, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
10/08/2022)
Nepal
gives nod to India’s NHPC to build two projects
totalling 1,200MW : The $2.4 billion projects include
750MW West Seti and 450MW Seti River, a joint storage
project, in western Nepal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 09/08/2022)
Electricity
authority wants to develop New Butwal-Gorakhpur
transmission line : The state-owned power utility
recently wrote to the Millennium Challenge Account Nepal
seeking permission to build an 18-km section of the
power line, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/08/2022)
One
killed, 12 injured after sudden supply of high power in
Parbat, by Ganesh Paudel (rn 08/08/2022)
Three
220kV substations come into operation in eastern Nepal :
These stations would improve voltage, enhance the
quality of power supply, and resolve tripping problem,
Nepal Electricity Authority says (kp 06/08/2022)
Tangled
mess of wires in Thamel area to be removed (rep
05/08/2022)
SARI/EI
Energy Trade, by Keshab Poudel (sp 05/08/2022)
Where
will Nepal sell its excess energy? For now, India is
Nepal’s sole energy market but there are other several
prospective markets in South and Southeast Asia.
Energy-hungry Bangladesh is one, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 04/08/2022)
Installing
underground power transmission line to take strides
(kh 04/08/2022)
Government
mulls removing Q40 requirement for hydropower projects :
Amid signs of growing market access to India, the
government plans to allow developers to optimise their
installed capacity enabling them to produce more in the
wet season, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/08/2022)
GMR
commits to finalize financial closure within two years
(rep 02/08/2022)
Minister
Bhusal warns of canceling licence of power developers
failing to implement projects (kh 01/08/2022), Ministry
mulls scrapping licences of hydel projects that have
failed to start construction for long : Energy Minister
Bhusal says projects with combined capacity of 1600MW
have not started construction despite signing power
purchase agreements, by Prithvi man Shrestha (kp
01/08/2022)
69
MW Marsyangdi Hydropower operating in full capacity,
by Amar Raj Naharki (rn 31/07/2022)
The
geopolitics of Nepal’s water and electricity : Efforts
to harness Nepal's rivers are getting inextricably
tangled with geopolitics and the climate crisis, by
Ramesh Kumar (nt 30/07/2022)
Nepal’s
elusive quest for sustainable energy, by Anushka
Nepal (ae 28/07/2022)
Super
Dordi ‘B’ completes 88 percent of its construction work,
plans to supply 54 MW of electricity by mid-Feb (rep
25/07/2022)
Government
slashes share of targeted power generation from
reservoir type projects : Except 140MW Tanahu Hydro, no
other reservoir type project has moved in the direction
of construction, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/07/2022)
Dudhkosi
Multipurpose Project : Implementation of the Dudh-Kosi
High Dam Power Project would result in outright killing
the potential of the Sun-Kosi river for utilization of
the entire flow of the this river ( including Dudh-Kosi
flow ) for power generation and also irrigating the vast
area of Eastern Terai by building just one single
barrage across the Sun-Kosi at Kurule, by AB Thapa
(sp 22/07/2022)
Year 2020/021
NEA’s Dark Year : With an abrupt decision of then Prime
Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, Kul Man Ghising, managing
director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA),
discontinued for a year. However, the year under a new
management cost billions of rupees of loss to NEA
(sp 22/07/2022)
Will
there be demand for Nepal’s excess electricity? National
economic growth and energy consumption are directly
proportional. In other words, energy demand will
increase only if the GDP growth rate also goes up,
by Pratik Ghimire (ae 21/07/2022)
Solar
energy installed in 100 households (kh 17/07/2022)
Electricity
worth Rs 2.15 billion exported to India in last 45 days
(rep 15/07/2022)
Possibilities
and pitfalls of hydroelectricity : The country produces
surplus energy during monsoon season, giving it the
option of exporting the excess. Bangladesh already wants
to import Nepal’s surplus, by Anushka Nepal (ae
14/07/2022)
Industrialists
owe Rs 20 billion to NEA; misappropriation worth
billions : Where is the NEA profit shown by MD Ghising?,
by Krishna Timalsina (kh 14/07/2022)
Investment
Board and Indian firm discussing West Seti project this
week : India’s NHPC Limited wants to generate 1200MW
from two projects in the Seti River in far-western Nepal,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/07/2022)
Experts
suggest producing fuel from waste plastic, jatropha,
ethanol to tide over fuel crisis (kh 07/07/2022)
Court
paves way for construction of pylons for
Hetauda-Dhalkebar-Inaruwa power line : Works had stopped
after a petition was filed at the top court in January
2019, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/07/2022), SC
clears obstruction to transmission lines (ht
07/07/2022)
Bheri
Babai hybrid project surges past half-way mark : Under
the inter-basin water transfer scheme, surplus water
from the Bheri river will be redirected to the Babai
river through a tunnel, by Chandani Kathayat (kp
07/07/2022)
Butwal-Lumbini
transmission line in operation, power supply to
Bhairahawa region will improve (rep 07/07/2022)
NEA
starts supplying electricity to Mugu’s Rara Lake
(rep 05/07/2022)
Power
leakage rises slightly in last two months : Nepal
Electricity Authority officials blame higher power
consumption in Tarai region and distribution leakages,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/07/2022), Stemming
electricity leakage : It is time we concentrated on
fixing the ailing infrastructure at home (kp
05/07/2022)
Energy
export : Energy export to India will help reduce trade
deficit and maintain the balance of payments (ht
04/07/2022)
Electricity
Authority says it earned Rs1.72 billion in June by
selling power to India : Utility started selling power
in the IEX in November last year, and expects to earn
Rs5 billion through sales this fiscal (kp
02/07/2022)
Valley’s
power lines to go underground : Underground cables would
cause smaller voltage drops and will reduce safety
hazards caused by storms and lightning, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 02/07/2022)
Power
utility calls off bid to sell 200MW to India under
long-term contract : Citing complications in bidding,
Nepal Electricity Authority now aims to trade power in
the day-ahead market of Indian Energy Exchange Limited,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/07/2022)
Prolonged
court cases delay transmission line projects : The 400kV
Hetauda-Dhalkebar-Inaruwa Transmission Line Project is
in limbo for over three years due to delays by the top
court in deciding on a petition, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 30/06/2022)
Govt
to register company to build 1,200 MW Budhigandaki
project (kh 28/06/2022), Nepal
to build Budhi Gandaki hydroelectricity project through
a separate company : The storage-type 1,200 megawatt
project has suffered quite some politicking over the
years, with various governments allowing a Chinese firm
to build it and then revoking the plan (kp
29/06/2022)
Finance,
law ministries approve of making Budhi Gandaki a public
company, by Himal Lamsal (rep 26/06/2022)
Upper
Tamakoshi Hydropower : A Game Changer Project (sp
24/06/2022)
Working
out the right combo : In theory, the country can produce
50,000 MW of electricity by harnessing its water
resources. But there are challenges galore to turn this
theory into practice. For one, cost is a big concern,
by Anushka Nepal (ae 23/06/2022)
Marshyangdi–Kathmandu
transmission line supplies extra electricity to the
Valley : Nepal Electricity Authority has prepared a
master plan for transmission infrastructure for
Kathmandu Valley projecting power demand of 3,100MW by
2050, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/06/2022)
Bheri-Babai
project to take 3 more years to complete (rn
22/06/2022)
Construction
of 82 km long 220 KV double-circuit transmission line of
Tanahu-Kathmandu completed (rep 18/06/2022)
Problems
in the hydropower sector : Investment crunch, policy
flaws, infrastructure constraints and market
inaccessibility are key hurdles, by Prabal Adhikari
(kp 17/06/2022)
A
snapshot of Nepal’s energy ecosystem, by Pratik
Ghimire (ae 16/06/2022)
Budhigandaki
Hydropower Project to be moved forward in coming fiscal
year: Minister Bhusal (rep 16/06/2022)
Three
hydropower plants shut for maintenance (ht
13/06/2022)
NEA
incurs Rs six million loss as mentally unstable man
climbs on overhead high tension electrical lines
(rep 11/06/2022), Man
who climbed up transmission line in Nuwakot rescued :
Electricity to industries were disrupted for hours as
power utility cut supply so as not to cause any harm to
the man (kp 12/06/2022)
Nepal
starts selling 364MW of electricity in the Indian market
: For the first time, electricity generated by the
private sector has entered India’s energy exchange
market (kp 10/06/2022)
Nepal
exports electricity worth Rs 75 million daily (kh
09/06/2022)
Uncertainty
over plan to sell 200MW power to India after bidding
confusion : Manikaran Power has quoted the highest price
only for 100MW, while quoting fifth highest for another
100MW, making it difficult for Nepal’s power utility to
make a decision, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
08/06/2022)
FDI
in energy : If West Seti and its cascade project are
developed in time, Nepal and India could benefit from
them (ht 08/06/2022)
IBN
recommends to Cabinet to extend deadline of Upper
Karnali hydro project by two years (rep 08/06/2022)
Electric
stoves to be distributed to students living in rented
rooms in Valley (kh 08/06/2022)
Indian
company to build West Seti Hydropower Project (rep
07/06/2022)
Nepal
starts selling additional 140MW electricity to India
(kh 05/06/2022), Nepal
starts selling more electricity to India from Saturday
midnight : This is the first time that the country is
exporting such huge quantity of energy to India, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/06/2022), Electricity
export to India from Kaligandaki starts, by Laxman
Kafle (rn 06/06/2022)
Electricity
could emerge as key export for Nepal—in the long run :
Experts say power exports alone will not be enough to
reduce ballooning trade deficit but using electricity
for industrialisation and replacing fossil fuel will
help economic recovery, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
03/06/2022)
NEA
exports surplus electricity to India : The state-owned
power authority is currently permitted to sell 364
megawatts electricity in the Indian market (nlt
02/06/2022), Power
production exceeds demand, NEA starts supply to India
(kh 02/06/2022)
Energy
security : Diversify its sources, by Sunil Prasad
Lohani and Prabin Dhakal (ht 02/06/2022)
Ilam
sees power supply disruption; service delivery hit hard
(kh 25/05/2022)
The
blooming power : Nepal is today on the brink of having
excess energy to sell during the monsoon season, by
Prabal Adhikari (kp 23/05/2022)
Nepal
spills 200MW power as storm knocks grid : Increased
production as a result of rains in recent days is mainly
responsible for the spilling of power, according to
officials, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/05/2022)
Bharatpur
people have to wait for some more days to see full
restoration of power supply (rep 22/05/2022)
Government
revising law to allow private sector to engage in power
trade : Starting this monsoon, Nepal is set to have
surplus energy, which India is keen to buy, but Nepali
private sector is not yet permitted to pursue power
trade, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/05/2022)
Nepal
to ask India to develop West Seti project that has been
idle for six decades : Deuba says 1,200MW project will
be discussed with Modi, who visits Lumbini on May 16, to
seek Indian investment, by Anil Giri and Sangam
Prasain (kp 11/05/2022), Complete
West Seti Project, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
17/05/2022), India’s
NHPC Limited applies to develop West Seti hydel project
: Officials at Investment Board Nepal say they received
the proposal last week, a day before local polls, by
Anil Giri and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/05/2022)
Nepal
wasted electricity worth Rs 5 billion last monsoon,
owing to low domestic consumption (rep 08/05/2022)
NEA
invites tenders for selling surplus electricity in
Indian market : Currently, Nepal is purchasing
electricity from India. The excess electricity produced
in Nepal during the rainy season will be sold in the
Indian market (nlt 06/05/2022), Nepal
seeks bids from Indian firms for 200 MW wet season
surplus energy : Nepal Electricity Authority has
permission from India to sell up to 364 MW in the Indian
market, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/05/2022)
Industrial
sites continue to be hammered by power outages : Nepal
has to fall back on imported power in the winter when
domestic output drops to one-third of the installed
capacity, by Madhav Dhungana and Shankar Acharya (kp
05/05/2022)
New
transmission line planned along Postal Highway : Nepal
Electricity Authority wants a $400m loan from India to
fund the project, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/05/2022)
Kathmandu
Valley’s energy demand projected to reach 3,100 MW by
2050 (rep 01/05/2022)
Prospects
rising for electricity trade between Nepal and
Bangladesh : Dhaka’s offer to sell energy to Nepal when
it faces a deficit and buy Nepali surplus electricity
during the wet season could be a win-win for both
countries, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/04/2022) [One must not forget that Nepal
itself has to import electricity for many months of the
year. This will not change any time soon!]
Higher
fuel taxes will hasten move to green energy, World Bank
says : Nepal Oil Corporation currently sells petrol at a
record high price of Rs160 per litre, out of which more
than Rs60 goes to the government in taxes, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 30/04/2022)
Electricity
reaches Jumla villages : A micro hydropower project has
changed the lives of the locals of Guthichaur Rural
Municipality, by DB Budha (kp 29/04/2022)
Industrial
sector to face more power cuts amid reduced supply from
India : Supply disturbance from the southern neighbour
has forced the Nepal Electricity Authority to repeatedly
cut power to the sector, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/04/2022), NEA
set to start scheduled load shedding to big industries
as import from India falls (rep 28/04/2022), Power
shortage : The power shortage will last until snow
starts melting in the mountains and increases water
discharge (ht 29/04/2022)
Hydro
Hopes: Tapping the Untapped Potential (rep
26/04/2022)
Construction
of Marsyangdi Corridor’s four 220 KV substations in full
swing (kh 26/04/2022)
Health
monitoring of hydropower plants: Way to extend their
life-span, by Sailesh Chitrakar and Ram Lama (kh
25/04/2022)
Power
shortage in India hits supply to Nepal. Firms in east
face outages : Nepal still relies on power imported from
the south, where generation is running low now, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/04/2022)
Private
sector calls for law to engage in power trade :
Currently, only Nepal Electricity Authority has the
permission to trade power as per Section 20 of the Nepal
Electricity Act-1984, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
18/04/2022)
710
MW of electricity added to national grid in 2078 BS
(rep 13/04/2022)
Construction
of Gajryang-New Khimti transmission line obstructed
(rep 12/04/2022), Locals
Obstruct Construction Of Gajyang-New Khimti Power Line
(rn 14/04/2022)
Chinese
company's license to build Budhi Gandaki Project
scrapped, Nepal says it’ll build the 1200MW project on
its own (rep 08/04/2022), Communists
propose, Congress disposes: What you need to know about
the fate of Budhi Gandaki Hydro Project
One after other politically motivated decisions are
pushing the fate of 1200 MW Budhi Gandaki project in
uncertainty (nlt 08/04/2022)
Nepal
gets consent to sell additional 325 MW electricity to
India (kh 06/04/2022) [Should
the electricity, which must continue to be imported
expensively from India, now be sent back to India?
Without dam projects, Nepal can only export electricity
for a short time each year.], Nepal
gets approval to export 325MW more power to India,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/04/2022)
Once
reluctant, India now open to power trade to and from
Nepal, and beyond : Recent deal on energy trading may
come as a boon for Nepal, with benefits for the
power-starved region, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
05/04/2022)
Budhi
Gandaki Hydropower Project : Locals of affected areas
warn of protests if compensation not paid in a week,
by Narhari Sapkota (rep 05/04/2022)
Nepal’s
import constraints to stay despite energy price cap in
India : India’s Central Electricity Regulatory
Commission has instructed power exchange to limit
maximum bidding amount to IRs 12 per unit, by
Prithvi Narayan Shrestha (kp 04/04/2022)
Nepal,
India agree to expand power cooperation under BBIN
framework : The sub-regional architecture works in water
resource management, and connectivity of power,
transport and infrastructure, by Anil Giri (kp
03/04/2022)
Industrial
outage may continue for a month : Factories are facing
up to 14 hours of power cuts in the eastern industrial
belt as electricity imports get too costly, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/04/2022)
Tapping
Hydropower Potential, by Khilendra Basnyat (rn
01/04/2022)
Lack
of transmission lines holds back hydel projects :
Overhead cables to evacuate electricity have not been
built, and the project developers worry that the power
will go to waste once production starts, by Aash
Gurung (kp 31/03/2022)
Govt
permits NEA to construct 400KV inter-country
transmission line (kh 30/03/2022)
New
era of hydropower production
: Subsequent role of university, by Sailesh
Chitrakar and Ram Lama (ht 30/03/2022)
Industries
seek immediate steps to address power crisis (ht
30/03/2022)
Dammed
if we do, dammed if we don’t : Reservoir-type hydropower
projects might generate much-needed electricity for
Nepal but they also come at significant environmental,
ecological, and social costs, by Prience Shrestha
(rec 29/03/2022)
Construction
works of powerhouse in Arun-III disrupted for week
(kh 29/03/2022)
Morang-Sunsari
industrial corridor facing load-shedding (rep
29/03/2022)
Trishuli
3 B Hydropower Project : On High Gear, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 25/03/2022)
Early
warning system in hydropower: Making A Difference
(sp 25/03/2022)
NEA
to purchase electricity from India paying up to Rs 38
per unit (kh 24/03/2022)
Power
supply to industries in three regions cut off due to
reduced imports from India : Nepal’s energy generation
plunges during the dry season, and in order to cover
shortfall, Nepal imports power from India (kp
24/03/2022)
MCA
Nepal initiates implementation : Issues 35 days to
vacate the acquired land (kh 22/03/2022)
Four
power transmission substations inaugurated over the past
week : New infrastructure will improve supply and
control voltage fluctuations, officials say, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/03/2022)
Govt
to prioritize reservoir-based hydro projects: PM Deuba
(rep 19/03/2022)
High
prices of imported electricity could affect power
utility’s finances : Nepal has been importing around
1,000MW of electricity from India a day as peak hour
demand is around 1,600MW, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 16/03/2022)
NEA
lowers purchase price of solar electricity : The power
utility says it cannot pay more than Rs5.94 per unit.
Solar companies say move will discourage new investors,
by Prithvi man Shrestha (kp 15/03/2022)
35
MW of electricity to be supplied to Ambe Steels within a
month (rep 13/03/2022)
More
private companies keen on selling power to India and
Bangladesh : Legal and electricity transmission hurdles
continue to cause delays in their efforts to export
surplus energy, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
12/03/2022)
132KV
transmission line to be connected to Karnali within a
year (rep 12/03/2022), NEA
To Electrify All Karnali Households In Next Two Years
(rn 15/03/2022I
Upper
Trishuli 3B Hydropower Project construction registers 58
pc progress (rep 09/03/2022)
27
MW Dordi Khola Hydropower Project to start producing
electricity by April-end (rep 09/03/2022)
World
Bank pulling out of transmission line projects shows
challenges for MCC : Land acquisition for transmission
towers and the right of way are major hurdles, which
must be settled before the five-year US grant enters
into force, officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 06/03/2022)
Kalikot
getting 33-KVA transmission line (kh 05/03/2022)
Up
And Up : Under the leadership of MD Kul Man Ghising
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has made Rs. 12.12
billion profit in six months (sp 04/03/2022)
Prioritizing
Storage Projects : Indian authorities agree to consider
purchasing Nepal’s surplus electricity during the rainy
season (sp 04/03/2022)
Electricity
production slumps by more than half in Ilam and
Panchthar (rep 04/03/2022)
Tanahu
Hydropower to build another hydel project (kh
04/03/2022)
Can
Nepal be a reliable energy provider? India will buy
electricity only from the projects developed by the
exporting country or by Indian investors. Only a few
Nepali projects qualify, by Nihar R Nayak (ae
03/03/2022)
40
years on, West Seti project still in limbo, by
Shivaraj Bhatta (ae 03/03/2022)
MCA
Nepal starts recruiting staffers (kh 03/03/2022)
India’s
SJVN signs papers to get Rs101 billion loan for Arun-3
hydro project : The consortium, led by SBI India and
PNB, has Exim Bank and Canara UBI India of India and
Everest Bank and Nabil Bank of Nepal as members (kp
01/03/2022)
Ukraine
and the political value of renewable energy ; Russia’s
economic and political power as an energy exporter
emboldens its invasion of Ukraine. There is a lesson
here for emerging economies like Nepal, by Shuvam
Rizal (rec 01/03/2022)
A
power line to West Bengal may help Nepal sell
electricity to Bangladesh : Kathmandu and Delhi last
week agreed to study feasibility of such cross-border
facility, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/02/2022)
India
assures Nepal there will be no power spillage in
monsoon, officials say : A two-nation team will identify
large hydel projects for joint development, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/02/2022)
25,000
trees being cut down for transmission line . The Koshi
Corridor 220 KV Transmission Line Project, a national
pride project, will cut down trees that fall in the area
where the transmission lines are set to be installed,
by Chandfra Karki (kp 23/02/2022)
Nepal
presents fresh list of power projects to India for
exporting electricity during monsoon : Electricity
export, transmission lines upgrade and joint investment
in hydropower projects are on agenda of Nepal-India
meetings taking place this week, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 23/02/2022)
Good
job, NEA : The nation must now try to increase the per
capita electricity consumption of its people (ht
22/02/2022)
NEA
exports electricity worth Rs 805 million to India in six
months (nlt 21/02/2022), Electricity
export increased, import decreased in first six months
of FY 2021/22 (rep 21/02/2022)
Electricity
leakage down to 14.45 percent (rep 21/02/2022)
Govt
to provide subsidy up to 90 percent in renewable energy
production for targeted groups (rep 20/02/2022)
Electricity
Export Up (rn 20/02/2022)
Water
and Energy Commission submits report on hydrogen energy
to Minister Bhusal (rep 18/02/2022)
Role
of Nuclear Science in Development : Nuclear science and
technology has an important role to play in the
realization of a truly sustainable future, by Illa
Mainali (rep 18/02/2022)
Power
Trade: A Means Of Prosperity, by Krisdhna Adhikari
(rn 17/02/2022) [This requires transmission lines. However, their
construction with the help of MCC funds is rejected by
many politicians like MK Nepal and PK Dahal!]
Transmission
lines’ worth lost in the din of charged-up MCC row :
Projects to be developed under the US grant will be the
backbone of a high capacity system to transport power on
a large scale in the country and beyond, stakeholders
say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/02/2022)
Micro
hydel project resumes operation after maintenance
(kh 14/02/2022
Gaurishankar
Conservation Area tells hydropower projects to stop work
: Rolwaling Khola and Lapchi Khola projects have been
charged with destroying the environment in a sensitive
zone, by Kedar Shiwakoti (kp 13/02/2022), Environmental
blemish : There will be consequences for prioritising
profit over the environment (kp 15/02/2022)
An
electricity project stuck in limbo for 60 years hopes to
see the light of day : West Seti, a storage-type
hydroelectric project in the Far West, stands as example
of Nepal’s sluggish development, by Sangam Prasain,
D.R. Pant and Mohan Shahi (kp 09/02/2022)
Why
MCC transmission line seems crucial, by Ramesh
Lamsal (rep 09/02/2022), This
is why MCC transmission line seems crucial (kh
10/02/2022)
Arun
III Makes 54% Progress (rn 05/02/2022)
Construction
of Thulokhola hydro project begins (rep 29/01/2022)
One
missing while another injured in an accident in hydel
project site : This is the second such accident in Solu
Khola (Dudh Koshi) Hydroelectric Project site in
Solukhumbu in a month. Earlier two people were killed
and one was injured in a similar accident (kp
27/01/2022)
Electricity
authority decides to buy solar power through competitive
bidding citing falling prices : Solar power producers
are worried that a possible reduction in the electricity
price may affect their payback period and hit the
profits, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/01/2022)
Once
a power-starved nation, how Nepal is now wasting its
precious electricity : As the government has failed to
export surplus electricity to potential buyers like
India and Bangladesh, or offer it to domestic consumers
at a competitive rate, Nepal is wasting hundreds of
megawatts of clean energy every year (nlt
24/01/2022)
Electricity
leakage in distribution system falls to 9.10 percent:
NEA (rep 23/01/2022)
Can
Nepal transition to a green hydrogen economy?, by
Biraj Singh Thapa (ae 20/01/2022)
Arun
III Affected People Obstruct Work (rn 20/01/2022)
Residents
can install EVs charging units for their personal use:
NEA (rep 19/01/2022)
Nepal
produced additional 598 MW of electricity during
mid-July and mid-Jan (rep 19/01/2022)
Nepal
to export 600 MW of technically feasible electricity to
India : Capacity of cross-border 440
Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur transmission line maintained at
600 MW (kh 18/01/2022)
Energy
minister urges int’l community to invest in Nepal's
clean energy (rep 17/01/2022)
Four-party
alliance meeting to resolve problems of Arun III
hydropower project-affected people (rep 16/01/2022)
Super
Dordi ‘B’ Project completes tunneling of 5.1-km passage,
production likely in 8 months (rn 11/01/2022)
Govt
preparing to allow private sector to trade electricity:
Minister Bhusal (rep 10/01/2022), Nepal,
India firms sign first private power trade deal of the
two nations : Nepali private sector flags concern over
the new Electricity Bill, which has envisaged granting
legal permission for energy trade, but is pending in
Parliament, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/01/2022)
Dandakhet-Rahughat
transmission line project advances (kh 07/01/2022)
Nepal
imports 367 MW of electricity from India, despite govt
claim of energy surplus in the country (rep
06/01/2022), Energy
Minister Bhusal urges everyone to use clean energy
(rep 06/01/2022)
140
MW Tanahu Hydropower Project sees 25 percent work
progress (rep 06/01/2022)
Power
disruption put Tila and Tatopani rural municipality
folks in trouble (kh 06/01/2022)
Cost
of Sunkoshi-III hydropower project estimated at Rs 160
billion (rep 04/01/2022)
Demand
for electricity in Kathmandu “exceeded NEA’s
expectations”: Kulman Ghising (kh 31/12/2021) [No
wonder, since the government has repeatedly called on
people to switch from gas to electricity!]
Nepal’s
first electric vehicle charging station opens : The
powerhouse in Lumbini generates 154 kilowatts of
electricity, making it the largest solar charging station
in Nepal, officials say, by Manoj Paudel (kp
29/12/2021)
Electricity
leakage falls to 14.35 percent in four months (rep
26/12/2021)
Kathmandu
faces interruption in power supply as there is increase of
power consumption across the country: Kulman Ghising
(rep 25/12/2021)
NEA’s
Bidhyut Byapar Company receives govt’s approval to start
operation (rep 25/12/2021)
Electricity
meter will now be made available to tenants: Energy
Minister Bhusal (rep 24/12/2021), 'Provision
For Tenants To Enjoy Reduced Electricity Tariff' (rn
24/12/2021)
NEA
cuts power supply to int’l cricket stadium (rep
23/12/2021)
Construction
of Solu Corridor transmission line to be completed next
week (rep 22/12/2021), Construction
of Solu Corridor Transmission Line completed, will be
operational within a month (rep 26/12/2021)
NEA
agrees to provide additional 360 MW of electricity to
manufacturing industries (kh 22/12/2021)
Qualitative
Rise In Electricity Demand, Expected To Reach 2K Megawatts
By Coming Mid-July, by Ramesh Lamsal (rn 19/12/2021)
Minister
Bhusal urges all sectors to increase electricity
consumption (rep 18/12/2021)
With
Onset Of Dry Winter, Nepal Starts Importing 650mw Of
Electricity From India, by Chhetu Sherpa (rn
13/12/2021)
Beding
linked with national electricity grid : Rs30 million was
spent to supply power to the village by installing 390
electricity poles, by Kedar Shiwakoti (kp 13/12/2021)
Upper
Tamakosi Hydropower Project : A Jewel In The Crown, by
Keshab Poudel (sp 10/12/2021)
Import
of electricity from India starts, export stopped, by
Himal Lamsal (rep 08/12/2021)
NEA
plans to supply 2,000 MW to Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor
in next 5 years (rep 05/12/2021)
NEA
Investing Rs 25 Billion To Upgrade Power System In
Karnali, Sudurpaschim Provinces (rn 02/12/2021)
Kulman
issues direction to complete Sanjen and Rasuwagadhi
hydropower projects as soon as possible (rep
30/11/2021)
Construction
of Chilime-Trishuli 3 B hub transmission line and
substation achieves 60 percent progress (rep
29/11/2021)
Reforming
Electricity Tariff in Nepal, by Ram Prasad Dhital (rep
27/11/2021)
Construction
Of Kohalpur-Surkhet 132 KV Transmission Line Stalled
(rn 23/11/2021)
Using
electric stove cheaper than cooking gas: Study, by
Himal Lamsal (rep 19/11/2021)
Power
politics : Who is going to bell cat on the $500 million
US project to upgrade Nepal’s power grid?, by Ramesh
Kumar (nt 19/11/2021), The
cost of no MCC : Nepal’s private sector says country
will lose Rs142 billion annually if the US-aided project
is not ratified (nt 19/11/2021), Nepal’s
precious electricity going waste : Absence of
transmission lines means expensive hydropower is being
‘spilled’, increasing risk for investors, by Anita
Bhetwal (nt 19/11/2021)
Government
ready to allow private sector to trade electricity:
Minister Bhusal (rep 16/11/2021)
Amp
up the power : One way to increase household consumption
is to improve the amperage to 60 or greater (kp
16/10/2021)
Construction
of Motipur and Sandhikharka substations in last phase,
expected to be operational within December (rep
15/11/2021)
33
firms seek govt permission to install solar power plants
(rep 14/11/2021)
Jumla
Producing Electricity Through Solar Energy (rn
13/11/2021)
Hydropower
project assists in developing community building (kh
12/11/2021)
23
High-Capacity Transmission Lines Being Constructed
Across The Country (rn 12/11/2021)
67%
population in Karnali in dark without electricity
(kh 11/11/2021) [The dark
reality in Nepal's traditionally completely neglected
areas despite recent power exports!!]
Exporting
Electricity to India: Will it Prove to be a Milestone?,
by Shankar Man Singh (rep 10/11/2021)
Dordi-1
hydro project construction at final stage (kh
10/11/2021)
Solar
Energy Attracting Investors, 11 Projects Granted
Permission For Survey (rn 09/11/2021), Back
solar power : Land is expensive in Nepal and also
fragmented, making it difficult to pool large tracts of
land for a solar project (ht 11/11/2021)
Clean
Energy and the Ambiguity in National Documents, by
Mamata Aryal and Anurag Pokharel (kh 08/11/2021)
Maintenance
of Bharatpur substation completed, both transformers
brought into operation (rep 08/11/2021)
What
India’s coal crisis could mean for Nepal : What is often
left out of the picture and fails to garner attention of
the public is Nepal’s energy needs during winter, which
is fulfilled through Indian imports, by Nikesh Man
Napit (rec 07/11/2021)
Electricity
supplied to areas of Purchaudi Municipality in Baitadi
(kh 05/11/2021)
From
darkness to light : From 18 hours of load-shedding till
2017, Nepal is now in a position to supply excess energy
(kp 05/11/2021)
Peak
demand of electricity recorded on Laxmi Puja reaches
1270 megawatts, 147 megawatts more than last year : 48
MW of electricity exported to India during Laxmi Puja
peak demand (kh 05/11/2021)
Delhi
opens door for Nepal to sell electricity in India’s
energy exchange market : Several hundred megawatts of
electricity in Nepal are being wasted amid low power
demand in the country and lack of market access abroad,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/11/2021), Power
export permission: 39 MW surplus power to be sent to
India in first phase (kh 03/11/2021), Delhi
opens door for Nepal to sell power in India’s energy
exchange market : Several hundred megawatts of
electricity in Nepal are being wasted amid low power
demand in the country and lack of market access abroad,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/11/2021), Power
trading : We need to focus on utilising the clean energy
by attracting industries to be set up within the country
(ht 04/11/2021)
NEA
warns Chinese contractors of canceling contracts
following sluggish performance (kh 02/11/2021)
Nepal
wants people to use more electricity to prevent wastage
: To ‘increase’ power consumption, Electricity
Regulatory Commission has slashed charges, but does it
make sense?, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/10/2021)
Only
40 percent of first-phase underground laying of
electricity wires completed in 20 months (rep
29/10/2021)
Transmission
lines, int'l funding and MCC: We need them all, by
Deepak Rauniar (ht 29/10/2021)
History
lessons for energy sector : Through its policies and
program, the government is shrugging off the movement
that is building around distributed renewable energy,
by Bishal Thapa (ae 28/10/2021)
New
power tariff targeting low-income people (kh
28/10/2021)
NTA
asks ISPs to ink deal with NEA to rent utility poles
(rep 28/10/2021)
Power
supply yet to resume in disaster-hit areas (ht
26/10/2021)
NEA
Granted Survey License For 490-MW NEA Granted Survey
License For 490-MW Arun-IV Project, by Laxman Kafle
(rn 26/10/2021)
Substation
at Nawalpur comes online, electricity supply expected to
be reliable (rep 24/10/2021)
Hydropower
projects largely spared by latest floods, landslides :
Besides three projects developed by Kalanga Hydro Pvt
Ltd in Bajhang district, there has been no report of
major damage to hydropower projects., by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 23/10/2021)
Seven
towers ready for construction of transmission line
(rep 22/10/2021)
Phone
and electricity services that were disrupted for six
days finally resume (rep 22/10/2021)
Power
outage in Province 1 after Duhabi substation inundated
(kh 19/10/2021)
Household
biogas plants: Time to fix the defects, by Sunil
Prasad Lohani and Prakash KC (ht 18/10/2021)
Nepal
Electricity Authority is hit with a double whammyAmid
energy wastage, power utility’s cost is rising on the
Nepal-India transmission line, which remains underused,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/10/2021)
Sub-Station
Construction At Nawalpur Reaches Final Stage (rn
17/10/2021)
NEA
targets to complete construction of Inaruwa Substation
by December (rep 10/10/2021)
Govt
approves additional Rs 73 billion investment for two
hydel projects (rep 09/10/2021)
Kulman
Singh Ghising : A long March, by Keshab Raj Poudel
(sp 08/10/2021)
NEA
to provide electricity to industries on condition of not
using during peak hours (rep 08/10/2021)
Nepal’s
surplus energy is going to waste as there are no buyers
yet : The country is losing millions of rupees due
to non-utilisation of available power output,
which exposes authorities’ policy failure and their
myopic vision, by Pritvhvi Man Shrestha (kp
07/10/2021)
First
section of Koshi Corridor transmission line completed :
The power line will transmit 550MW of electricity to the
national grid (kp 07/10/2021)
Hydro
project sees delay in equipment installation and
production (kh 30/09/2021)
Electricity
authority urges service providersto share cable wires :
The city’s beauty has been marred by mismanagement of
wires (kp 29/09/2021)
EIA
of ‘Sunkoshi-III’ underway (kh 26/09/2021)
170
Households Provided Free Solar Plants In Thulibheri- 9
(rn 26/09/2021)
Power
generation from Lower Modi hydel project suspended for
three weeks (kh 24/09/2021)
Why
does power keep fluctuating? It’s because of ageing
infrastructure : From electricity shortages, Nepal has
reached a stage of power surplus. But decades-old
electric infrastructure is hitting capacity, officials
say, and lights are flickering out, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 23/09/2021)
Locals
demand immediate construction of Upper Arun Hydropower
Project (rep 23/09/2021)
NEA’s
move to increase rental charge of utility poles unfair
as it could hike internet prices: CAN Federation
(rep 22/09/2021), NEA
to remove wires from pole if arrears not cleared by Oct
1 : Internet, cable TV, telephone service providers yet
to clear bills (kh 23/09/2021)
Energy
for all : To avoid the worst impacts of climate change,
it is crucial to enhance energy efficiency and to invest
in renewable energy (ht 22/09/2021)
Construction
of Hetauda-Dhalkebar-Inaruwa 400 KV transmission line
obstructed (rep 21/09/2021)
Supreme
Court clears way for NEA MD Ghising to work : Apex court
refuses to issue interim order against Kul Man's
appointment (kh 21/09/2021)
Kohalpur-Surkhet
transmission line to improve power supply in Karnali :
The completion period of the Rs700 million project is
two years, according to the Nepal Electricity Authority,
by Jyotee Katuwal (kp 20/09/2021)
Shift
To Storage Projects : MD Kul Man Ghising’s announcement
to construct Dhudhkosi, Upper Arun and Chainpur Seti
Hydropower Projects will be a game changer in Nepal’s
power sector, by Keshab Poudel (sp 17/09/2021)
NEA
to cut electricity supply of those who don’t pay their
bills on time (rep 17/09/2021)
Simkot
residents without power for past two weeks : The
District Administration Office has also been relying on
a generator for its daily operations, by Chhapal
Lama (kp 16/09/2021)
Nepal’s
power generation capacity reaches 1953 MW; demand 1,500
MW at most : Preparing to sold 453 MW to Bangladesh,
India (kh 16/09/2021)
Nepal
Electricity Authority tells service providers to clear
rental dues : Representatives of internet, phone and
cable companies say the rent for the use of utility
poles is excessive, by Krishana Prasain (kp
15/09/2021)
Five
megawatt solar-powered electricity connected to national
grid (kh 14/09/2021), Commercial
power generation from solar energy starts in Rautahat
for the first time (rep 17/09/2021)
Domestic
demand for electricity hits record high of 1,600 MW on
Sunday: NEA (rep 14/09/2021)
NEA
seeking market for surplus power (kh 12/09/2021)
Nepal,
India sign investment agreement for Butwal-Gorakhpur
Transmission line (kh 10/09/2021),
Nepal,
India sign deal to build 400 kV power line : The
proposed Butwal-Gorakhpur transmission line will have a
capacity of transporting as much as 3,500 megawatts,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/09/2021)
400
KV Transmission Line To Be Installed In Eastern Nepal,
by Gopal Chandra Subedi (rn 09/09/2021)
Govt
plans to generate at least 10,000 MW of electricity by
2030 BS: Minister Bhusal (kh 08/09/2021) [Please
remain objective!]
Upper
Tamakoshi Hydro with 456-MW comes into operation with
full capacity (kh 06/09/2021), Nepal’s
electricity production reaches around 2,000 MW with
Upper Tamakoshi starting full-fledged production
(rep 07/09/2021)
Flood
sweeps away Darkhola Hydropower plant (rep
06/09/2021)
NEA
Moving Forward Large Reservoir And Semi-Reservoir
Hydropower Projects (rn 04/09/2021)
Sunkoshi-III
Hydro Power Project Affected By COVID-19 (rn
31/08/2021)
Power
utility plans separate substation in Nuwakot for
transmission line with China : As per initial plan, the
one to be built under the MCC was to be used for
cross-border link, by Prithvi Man Shrtestha (kp
29/08/2021)
Upper
Marsyangdi ‘A’ to remain inoperative for three more
months (rep 28/08/2021)
Power
supply disrupted due to rainfall, inundation (kh
28/08/2021)
Electricity
goes to waste for lack of transmission line : Solu
Hydroelectric Project produces 23.5 megawatts, but only
5MW power reaches consumers (kp 28/08/2021)
Challenge
of the millennium : Even if the MCC is not ratified by
Parliament, Nepal needs to urgently build transmission
lines by itself (nt 01/09/2021)
Delay
in Upper Tamakoshi causes huge financial loss (rep
23/08/2021)
NEA
to launch bright, clean city campaign (kh
23/08/2021)
Free
electricity for people consuming up to 20 units will be
implemented within a month and a half: Minister Bhusal
(rep 21/08/2021)
More
than half of Salyan district still without electricity :
Dozens of electrification projects have been left
incomplete in most rural areas of the district, by
Biplab Maharjan (kp 19/08/2021)
456
MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project starts
full-fledged production (rep 19/08/2021), CDO
‘obstructs’ foreign contractor who built Upper Tamakoshi
Hydropower from returning home (rep 19/08/2021), All
units of Upper Tamakoshi connected to national grid
(rep 20/08/2021)
Construction
of 216 MW Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project starts
(rep 19/08/2021)
Ghising
outlines poor performance of power utility under
previous leadership : While his appointment is
challenged at the Supreme Court, Ghising has announced
plans to increase domestic consumption and export
electricity, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
18/08/2021), Kul
Man Ghising : Second Inning, Several Challenges (sp
20/08/2021)
First
phase construction of Koshi Corridor 220 KV transmission
line completed (rep 17/08/2021)
Construction
of dams, tunnel way of Gharkhola hydropower project
almost completes (kh 16/08/2021)
Great
expectations : NEA can play a big role in plugging
cooking gas imports by encouraging the use of efficient
electric cook stoves (ht 13/08/2021)
Hydrogen
hype: Can Nepal afford to fall into its trap?, by
Sunil Prasad Lohani (ht 13/08/2021)
Government
announces electricity tariff waiver as Ghising takes
charge : Lower-income households and farmers to benefit
from the tariff waiver. Energy minister says Nepal
Electricity Authority and Department of Irrigation will
bear the cost of tariff waiver, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 12/08/2021)
Once
power-starved, Nepal now aims to export electricity :
The country now is energy surplus after an increase in
total installed capacity, and the realisation of the
plan to sell power to India would mark a milestone,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/08/2021), From
shortage to surplus : We need a robust energy trade
strategy to utilise the surplus energy we are going to
produce soon (kp 11/08/2021)
Power
From Upper Tamakoshi Can Now Be Sent To Kathmandu
(rn 07/08/2021)
Dedicated
trunk line dispute: Go through review if arrears are not
paid (rep 06/08/2021)
PM
Deuba instructs Minister Bhusal to appoint Kulman as NEA
Executive Director (kh 03/08/2021), Kul
Man Ghising may return as chief of electricity
authority : Energy minister has openly expressed her
displeasure at the way the incumbent Shakya has led the
power utility (kp 04/08/2021), I
am taking charge as NEA MD again: Kulman Ghising
(kh 11/08/2021)
Government
tells electricity authority to work on tariff waiver
scheme : The power utility says it is not in a position
to offer electricity at cheaper rates as it would cause
further losses, by Prithvi man Shrestha (kp
03/08/2021)
Jumla
connects with national power grid (kh 02/08/2021)
Indrawati
III hydropower resumes (kh 29/07/2021)
Energy
Minister Bhusal for lowering power tariffs for the
poor and industries : Price adjustment is possible due
to reduced purchase prices, says former managing
director of the state power utility, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 27/07/2021)
Locals
of Phukot unhappy with compensation (kh 25/07/2021)
Kathmandu
University’s RSEL launches Solar Nepal Initiative
(kh 24/07/2021)
Dedicated
and trunk line tariff dispute remains unresolved
(rep 20/07/2021)
Jumla
to be connected to national transmission line within a
week (rep 20/07/2021)
25
MW from Singati Khola Hydropower connected to national
grid after more than a year of project completion
(rep 17/07/2021)
Disaster-hit
Manang receives equipment for alternative power (kh
13/07/2021)
IBN,
SJVNL ink MoU to develop 679MW Lower Arun Hydro Project
(ht 12/07/2021)
When
the lights go out : The NEA cannot continue to maintain
its lackadaisical attitude on this (kh 08/07/2021)
Nepal
starts operating its largest hydropower station : The
456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project, an
engineering marvel, which took 10 years to complete saw
massive costs and time overruns, by Sangam Prasain
and Prithvi man Shrestha (kp 06/07/2021), Upper
Tamakoshi comes into operation (ht 06/07/2021)
Samundratar-Trishuli
3 B transmission line inaugurated (rep 04/07/2021)
Talking
about the wind : Applicable solutions should be
explored to boost wind energy in Nepal’s energy
mix, by Roshan Kumar Chhetri (kp 01/07/2021)
Partial
power cut for a week from Tomorrow : Upper Tamakoshi’s
electricity in national grid line (kh 26/6/2021), Upper
Tamakoshi to carry out test production from today
(kh 27/06/2021), Upper
Tamakoshi in final stage of testing, target of 76 MW
power generation from Monday (rep 30/06/2021)
NEA
working on disaster preparedness (kh 26/06/2021)
As
hydel projects suffer from flooding, IPPAN seeks
refinancing from NRB (kh 20/06/2021)
India
rehabilitates small hydro power plant at Chandannath in
Jumla (kh 05/05/2021)
NEA
starts importing electricity from India at competitive
rate (rep 02/05/2021)
Nepal
enters a new era in electricity, by Bishal Thapa (ae
29/04/2021)
Nepal
Indigenous communities vindicated in rare European human
rights victory (LAHURNIP 23/04/2021), Rare
win for Nepal indigenous groups as EIB admits 'gaps' in
hydropower project (ht 01/05/2021)
Power
outage affects daily life in capital (ht 20/04/2021)
Energy
ministry to start building Budhi Gandaki Hydropower
Project from next FY (rep 19/04/2021)
Upper
Tamakoshi to generate electricity at full capacity by
August (ht 19/04/2021), Waiting
for UTHPP : The UTHPP will be a game changer in the
country's energy sector when all the turbines start
churning out electricity round-the-year (ht
20/04/2021)
Indian
govt allows NEA to purchase electricity under free
market mechanism through energy exchange market (rep
16/04/2021)
NEA
signs agreement for construction of electric charging
stations (rep 14/04/2021), Charging
stations : The charging stations will not only save
foreign currency, but will also use the energy that we
generate within the country (ht 16/04/2021)
Nepal’s
1st hydroelectric plant is a museum piece : Built in
1911, the Pharping power plant is now a neglected part
of Nepal’s heritage, by Ramesh Bhushal, by
Ramesh Bhusal (nt 09/04/2021)
Works
On Upper Tamakoshi In Full Swing (ht 08/04/2021), Upper
Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project set to start producing
electricity from mid-May (rep 08/0472021)
Manufacturing
encounters energy problems just as industries were
recovering from pandemic blow : Factories in Bhairahawa
have again been forced to slash production due to
insufficient electricity supply, by Madhav Dhungana
(kp 07/04/2021)
NEA
hires Chinese company to install 50 charging stations
(rep 25/03/2021)
Rural
Electrification Project worth Rs 4 billion to start in
Province 2 (rep 20/03/2021)
Nepal
To Export Electricity To Bangladesh In Four Months,
by Modnath Dhakal (rn 20/03/2021) [How
can Nepal export electricity if many people in the
country do not have access to it?]
67
percent Karnali folks have no access to electricity
(rep 15/03/2021)
Over
Half A Dozen Hydel Projects Under Construction In
Darchula (rn 12/03/2021)
20-hour-long
load shedding in Humla (kh 12/03/2021)
Small
hydro projects become eligible for refinance facility :
Central bank expanded eligibility citing poor interest
from small and medium scale firms (kp 09/03/2021)
10
megawatts of solar power evacuated to national grid in
Province 2 : Nepal needs at least 200MW of energy to
become self-reliant during the dry season and solar
energy is the best option, by Ajit Tiwari (kp
01/03/2021)
Nepal’s
mega-dam is a mirage : The Budhi Gandaki project will be
Nepal’s biggest and displace 50,000 people, by
Ramesh Bhushal (nt 26/02/2021)
Nepal’s
first 10 MW solar plant evacuate power in Dhalkebar Grid
(kh 25/02/2021)
Harnessing
Wind Energy, by Khilendra Basnyat (rn 09/02/2021)
Hitendra
Dev Shakya is new managing director at Nepal Electricity
Authority (rep 09/02/2021)
Nepal
to use excess electricity for hydrogen fuel production,
by Rajesh Verma (ae 05/02/2021)
Nepal’s
flawed hydro strategy : Nepal’s power is simply too
expensive for India’s power market. NEA’s failed bid
could be the first indicator of that harsh reality,
by Bishal Thapa (ae 05/02/2021)
Dana-Khurkot
transmission line and substation ready (rep
04/02/2021)
Dhalkebar
substation comes online, enhancing Nepal’s capacity for
cross-border energy trade (rep 01/02/2021)
Power
outage in 21 places of Kathmandu Valley today (rep
16/01/2021)
Potential
Of Solar Energy, by Khilendra Basnyat (rn
12/01/2021)
PMO
directs NEA to ensure regular power supply (rep
11/01/2021) [Wow, if the PM
orders this, then everything will be fine immediately.
Wouldn't it be better to make the extremely competent
Luman Ghising the manager in charge again?]
Locals
upbeat as work starts on Phukot-Karnali hydel project :
The $1 billion plant is expected to transform the
economy of the impoverished region, by Tularam
Pandey (kp 11/01/2021)
Construction
of largest solar power project of Nepal gains speed
(kh 10/01/2021)
Regular
power outage raises fear among Kathmanduites : Former
NEA MD Ghising says it’s not the time for power cuts,
by Amrit Raj Kafle (kh 06/01/2021)
Capacity
of Dhalkebar substation increased, 315 MVA capacity
power transformer charged (rep 05/01/2021)
11
hrs power outage in Simikot (rep 03/01/2021)
NEA
Must Get Its Act Together, by Aashish Mishra (rn
02/01/2021)
Rethinking
the royalty sharing provision : Provinces with no
hydropower potential should get a piece of the revenue
pie too, by Prience Shrestha (kp 01/01/2021)
There
will be no load-shedding now: NEA (rep 01/01/2021)
Is
load shedding back? What is the NEA doing? (rep
31/12/2020) [Nepal's most
incompetent government ever, that of KP Oli, has gone
all out to prevent an extension of the capable Kul Man
Ghising's tenure as NEA Manager!], People
are closely watching NEA; and warn of massive outrage if
power cuts continue (rep 31/12/2020)
Families
affected by Dudh Koshi Hydropower Project demand
resettlement : The project is estimated to displace 162
houses including 80 Majhi households, by Dambar
Singh Rai (kp 31/12/2020)
MoF
signs loan agreement with ADB for grid modernisation
(ht 31/12/2020)
Electricity
imports from India reach 44 percent of the total
consumption amid soaring demand for energy (rep
27/12/2020)
Access
to electricity is making new entrepreneurs in rural
areas : As electricity reaches rural areas at affordable
rates, local communities are utilising the resource for
income generating activities, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 24/12/2020)
Investment
pledges in hydro projects drop (ht 24/12/2020)
Nepal,
India close to finalising regulatory modality for power
trade (kp 12/12/2020)
Middle
Bhotekoshi hydropower in limbo even 3 years after
deadline expiry : Govt mulling to scrap contract awarded
to Chinese company Guangxi Hydroelectric (kh
10/12/2020)
Solar
energy : Nepal’s most sustainable resource, by
Andrew Blakers and Sunil Prasad Lohani (ht 01/12/2020)
People
in Ilam benefit from green electricity (kh
28/11/2020)
NEA
starts adopting technology for efficient power supply
(ht 27/11/2020)
10
MW solar plant to be installed at Gautam Buddha Airport
(rep 2/11/2020), Plan
to run Bhairahawa international airport entirely on
solar power gathers momentum : The solar plant is
estimated to cost nearly $10 million, or $1 million per
megawatt, and will take around six months to complete,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/11/2020)
Bajhang
villagers await electricity connection, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 25/11/2020)
250
MW Of Electricity To Be Imported From India For Winter
(rn 22/11/2020)
Budhiganga
Municipality gets power connection (kh 22/11/20209
Around
3,000 Houses In Panchthar Illuminated (rn
21/11/2020)
Tamor-Mewa
Hydel Project To Be Constructed In Taplejung
(rn 19/11/2020)
Dhalkebar
substation charged at full capacity (ht 13/11/2020),
Manage
surplus power : We need a plan to make full use of all
available electricity in the country or look for ways to
export it (ht 19/11/2020)
Shakya
appointed NEA’s officiating managing director (ht
10/11/2020) [This is not against
the qualification of Mr Shakya, but the question remains
why the tenure of the most qualified person for the job
was not extended in a Trumpian way of procedure!]
Construction
of hydro projects delayed in Lamjung district (ht
08/11/2020)
Tarakhola
Becoming Hydropower ‘Hub’; Four Mega Projects To Be
Added (rn 05/11/2020)
Agreement
signed for construction of mini-grid project (ht
01/11/2020)
Foundation
stone laid for 40-MW Upper Chameliya project (kh
18/10/2020)
Decade-old
rural electrification project making slow progress, by
Madhu Shahi, Rupa Gahatraj and Sanju Paudel (kp
14/10/2020)
Solu
Corridor transmission line project to resume work
(rep 14/10/2020)
Electricity
tariff will be reduced next year: Energy Minister Pun
(kh 13/10/2020)
Coming
clean on energy in South Asia : South Asian economies
are growing at a rapid pace, but so are their carbon
footprints, by Pramod Rijal (kp 07/10/2020)
Construction
Of Kalanga Hydropower At Final Stage, To Produce 65 MW
Electricity From February, by Shailendra Rokaya (rn
06/10/2020)
Process
To Fix Compensation For Land To Build Dam In Sunkoshi
Initiated, by Babau Ram Devkota (rn 29/09/2020)
27
MWs of power to be added to national grid by January
(rep 29/09/2020)
DHN
receives license to develop 70MW Dudhkoshi-2 (rep
29/09/2020)
Construction
of 40 MW Upper Chameliya Hydropower project starts
(rep 27/09/2020)
Prabhu
Bank executes financial closure for Super Ankhu Khola
Hydro Project (kh 27/09/2020)
Nepal
will never experience load-shedding again: Kulman
Ghising, by Anjali Subedi (rep 26/09/2020)
Energy
minister directs NEA to address power outage problem
(rep 25/09/2020) [???]
Solu
corridor transmission line project deadline extended for
the fourth time (kp 14/09/2020)
Micro
hydroplants destined for oblivion in rural Nepal : The
Nepal Electricity Authority will shut them down after
connecting villages to the national grid as part of the
government’s electricity roadmap, by Kumbha Raj Rai
(kp 03/09/2020)
Upper
Dordi ‘A’ hydel project in final phase (kh
26/08/2020)
Kulman
Ghising’s tenure at NEA in doubt: Man credited with
ending power cuts may not get an extension next month,
by Ramesh Kumar (nt 21/08/2020) [Not
competence and and correctness have priority in Nepal's
political decisions, but nepotism, partisanship,
corruption ability and ethnicity!], First
came candles then came Kool Man, by Jackie Taylor
(ae 11/09/2020) [Incompetent Oli
and his incompetent government and party do not want
competent administrators to stay in office!!], Four-year
tenure of Kulman Ghising ends (ht), #ThankYouKulman
trends on social media as NEA MD Kulman Ghising retires
(ht) [Thank you, incompetent Oli
government, for dismissing the country's most competent
administrator!],
Ghising
says NEA faces massive managerial challenges (rep
16/09/2020), Youths
stage demonstration demanding Ghising’s reappointment as
NEA MD (rep 17/09/2020), Transformer
Man
Kulman Ghising should not be renewed as MD, he can be an
MP (nt 18/09/2020)
Landslide
damage holds up Kali Gandaki transmission corridor
project progress: The delay means that 19 megawatts
produced by the Thapa Khola and Ghalemdi plants will go
to waste, by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 18/08/2020)
Over
86 percent households have now access to electricity
through national grid (rep 15/08/2020)
NEA
will cut power supply to consumers not paying
electricity bills for two months (rep 10/08/2020)
NEA
Makes Notable Progress In Capital Expenditure, Power
Generation (rn 04/08/2020), NEA
projects achieve 81 pc financial and 82 pc physical
progress (rep 04/08/2020)
NEA
falls short of its target to expand electrification,
blames coronavirus for the failure (rep 03/08/2020)
Electricity
going to waste for lack of power lines, auditor general
says: Private power producers incurring losses amounting
to more than Rs 382 million annually, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 23/07/2020)
NEA
allowed to trade power with India, Bangladesh (ht
23/07/2020)
Power
supply disrupted for 15 days in western Myagdi (rep
23/07/2020)
Govt
yet to take 50pc ownership of Khimti hydel (ht
13/07/2020)
Hydropower
plants temporarily halt output as floods wreak havoc
across Nepal: The loss in output was offset by
electricity imports from India (kp 11/07/2020)
Workers
finish installing penstock shaft at Upper Tamakoshi
project: The 456 megawatt plant is likely to begin
production in October, making Nepal an energy surplus
country (kp 02/07/2020)
ADB
approves $200 million loan to modernize power supply,
distribution system in Nepal: The project is aligned
with the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation
program on intraregional power trade through
cross-border power exchange (kp 30/06/2020)
Electricity
regulatory body releases new power tariff rates:
Abolishes dedicated feeder, trunk line system;
Rate for charging electric vehicles fixed (ht
18/06/2020)
Power
authority set to lose Rs 25bn annually: Govt fails to
address electricity demand with wrong taxation (ht
17/06/2020)
MoEWRI
allocates Rs 40 billion for transmission line projects
(ht 17/06/2020)
Energy
consumption up as industries resume (ht 14/06/2020)
New
NERC directives to allow merger of hydropower firms
(ht 07/06/2020)
1.25
MW Solar Energy Added To National Grid (rn
04/06/2020)
IPPs
threaten to halt power generation (ht 03/06/2020)
8,00,000
customers to enjoy free electricity (kh 01/06/2020)
Nepal
Electricity Authority to launch mobile app on Tuesday
(ht 31/05/2020)
How
can we revive the energy sector post-COVID-19?, by
Samrat KC (rep 31/05/2020)
Budget
to promote green energy (rep 28/05/2020)
Construction
work at Mid-Tamor project goes on despite lockdown: The
73 megawatt hydropower plant in Taplejung is slated to
be completed next year, by Ananda Gautam (kp
26/05/2020)
Anxiety
of surplus electricity: If NEA cannot sell the surplus
electricity generated in the wet season, it will be
unavoidably bound to incur huge financial losses, by
Prabal Adhikari (rep 23/05/2020)
Construction
of hydels with total capacity of 3,000MW stalled (ht
22/05/2020)
Hydel-affected
locals seek compensation amid lockdown (kp
20/05/2020)
Dudhkoshi
reservoir hydro project: Government starts discussion
with donor agencies to raise investment (ht
17/05/2020)
Work
On Solu Corridor Project Stalled (rn 28/04/2020)
Irrigation
projects in priority, no new hydels included (ht
26/04/2020)
New
Electricity Bill sent to Parliament for ratification
(ht 23/04/2020)
Consumers
urged to pay electricity fee: Power utility says it is
running out of cash (ht 19/04/2020)
How
lockdown is impacting power sector: With businesses and
industries closed and economic activities contracted,
Nepal’s electricity industry is facing the adverse
impacts, by Ram Prasad Dhital and Bibek Raj Kandel
(rep 15/04/2020)
NEA
to build 1,200MW transmission line on valley outskirts
(ht 14/04/2020)
Lack
of workers and construction materials affect work at
Chilime Trishuli, by Himnath Devkota (rep
14/04/2020)
Rasuwagadhi
Hydropower Project receives 60 tons of cement after 17
days (rep 12/04/2020)
NEA
losing Rs 1.8 billion per month as energy consumption,
by Muna Sunuwar (rep 09/04/2020)
Sanjen
hydropower project: Blasting for installation of
penstock pipe resumes, by Himnath Devkota (rep
06/04/2020)
NEA
makes profit of Rs 10.67 billion (rep 04/04/2020)
MoF
proposes steep discount on electricity bills of
industries operating in off-peak hours (ht
02/04/2020)
After
gathering dust for 4 years, induction stoves gifted by
China flying off the shelves: Only 742 units remaining
(rep 02/04/2020)
Construction
of several hydel projects stalled (ht 31/03/2020), Lockdown
Halts Construction Of 9 Hydro Projects In Lamjung,
by Belina Thapa (rn 31/03/2020)
Government
to slash 20 per cent electric tariff for households
using upto 150 units: The government has also asked the
traders of daily essentials to start home delivery
services during the lockdown period, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 27/03/2020)
Electricity
demand slumps drastically: NEA implores consumers to
ramp up use of electrical appliances (kp
26/03/2020), Demand
for electricity falls due to lockdown: NEA reducing
imports from India to 50 MW from today (rep
26/03/2020)
ADB,
UNDP join hands with AEPC to promote renewable energy
(rep 20/03/2020)
Upper
Tamakoshi starts headworks tests (ht 16/03/2020), Technical
assessment of Upper Tamakoshi dam site begins, by
Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 16/03/2020), Upper
Tamakoshi hydropower project successfully tests dam
(ht 23/03/2020), Upper
Tamakoshi to start generation from mid-June (rep
23/03/2020)
Malaysian
firm to invest in Myagdi Khola hydel (ht 15/03/2020)
Dana-Kusma
transmission line to come into operation by April
(rep 11/03/2020)
West
Seti Hydropower Project: Time to revive it, by Uttam
Maharjan (ht 10/03/2020)
One-third
of Darchula’s population is without electricity: The
district produces 46MW of electricity, but over 70
percent of its population are compelled to live in the
dark, by Manoj Badu (kp 06/03/2020)
Locals
of Sherabesi demand to not build transmission line
through residential area: There are around 150 houses
and a secondary school in the area that will be affected
if the transmission line is to cut through the
settlement, say locals, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp
03/03/2020)
Coronavirus
affects construction of Chilime Trishuli transmission
line, by Himnath Devkota (rep 29/02/2020)
Locals
obstruct construction of Singati-Lamosanghu transmission
line (rep 29/02/2020)
Message
from Arun-3 Financial Closure: The most important
message of Arun-3 Financial Closure is that
international lenders are beginning to trust Nepal for
investment. This is remarkable for the country, by
Ghanashyam Ojha (rep 24/02/2020)
Foundation
for sustainable progress: Improved environmental
legislation is needed to portray the consequences of
hydroelectric development, by Sanjila Neupane (kp
25/02/2020)
Nepal-China
transmission line: Nepal completes load flow test,
by Himnath Devkota (ht 23/02/2020)
Bheri-Babai
Diversion Multipurpose Project completes 40% work,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 22/02/2020)
NEA
starts laying underground cables in valley (ht
18/02/2020)
Land
acquisition process begins at dam site, by Anil
Bhandari (rep 17/02/2020)
NEA
reduces power leakage to 9.78pc in H1 (ht
17/02/2020)
Blessed
by the sun: Nepal should learn from India and China, who
have fully adopted solar photovoltaic in their energy
mix, by Ramhari Poudyal (kp 17/02/2020)
Lower
Arun hydropower project: IBN seeks proposals from three
shortlisted companies (ht 16/02/2020)
12
years on, Darkhe Khola hydro project still incomplete,
by Suman Malla (rep 16/02/2020)
42,811
wooden poles in use for power transmission in Gandaki
Province: The provincial government plans to replace
them all with metal or concrete poles in four years, but
the work has not gained pace, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp
15/02/2020)
Lack
of Chinese manpower halts work at hydropower projects
(rep 15/02/2020)
Dhunge
Sanghu electric sub-station completes 10% work, by
Khagendra Adhikari (rep 15/02/2020)
Electricity
consumption increases to 267 units (ht 14/02/2020)
Electricity
poles were installed seven years ago in Kalimati Rural
Municipality, but the villagers are still living in
darkness: Most of the poles are already bent with age
and neglect, by Biplab Maharjan (kp 13/02/2020)
Budhigandaki
Hydropower Project distributes Rs 28 billion
compensation, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 13/02/2020)
NEA
submits new electricity tariff to NERC for approval
(ht 12/02/2020)
Khimti
hydropower project: NEA delays process of taking 50pc
ownership, by Umesh Poudel (ht 11/02/2020)
Rasuwagadhi
Hydropower faces problem in tailrace tunnel digging
(rep 11/02/2020)
Government
to provide full compensation for land acquired for
transmission lines (rep 11/02/2020)
Solar-powered
electricity lights up Rupsa village in Kalikot: The
solar power was connected to a total of 4,200 households
in Rupsa and its outlying villages such as Lalu, Malkot,
Kumalgaun and Kotwada, by Tularam Pandey (kp
10/02/2020)
Bangladesh
issues letter of intent to purchase 500 MW from Upper
Karnali hydro project: The $1.5 billion hydropower
project was awarded to India’s GMR Group in 2008 after
an international competitive bidding process, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 10/02/2020)
Nepal,
China likely to trade 2,000 MW of electricity by 2030,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 09/02/2020)
Arun-3
hydropower project secures Rs 101 billion in financing:
As per the agreement reached on Thursday, a consortium
of five Indian banks will inject Rs 86 billion, and rest
of the fund by two Nepali banks, by Bijay Timalsina
(kp 07/02/2020), Arun-III
financial closure deal inked: Seven banks agree to
invest Rs 101 billion in the project, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 07/02/2020), Arun-3
achieves financial closure: 7 banks of Nepal, India to
finance 70% of project cost or Rs 78.6 billion, by
Muna Sunuwar (rep 07/02/2020)
Regional
energy trade, cooperation sought (ht 07/02/2020)
Crucial
meetings and projects with China pushed back after
coronavirus outbreak: A number of Chinese-funded
hydropower plants are likely to be delayed as Chinese
workers who went home for the Lunar New Year are under
lockdown, by Anil Giri and Sangam Prasain (kp
06/02/2020)
Pancheshwar
Multipurpose Project: India allocates Rs 12 billion to
finalise DPR (ht 03/02/2020)
NEA
proposes power tariff reduction for households, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 29/01/2020), NEA
proposes tariff reduction for household users (rep
30/01/2020)
Palpa
village generates electricity from wind energy, by
Mukti Prasad Neupane (rep 28/01/2020)
Projects
in Mai Khola basin to add 22 MW to national grid within
a year, by Bhim Chapagain (kp 28/01/2020)
Bomb
set off at Arun III project site (ht 27/01/2020)
NEA
calls tender to instal charging stations (ht
26/01/2020)
Nepal-China
Cross-border Transmission Line: Load flow test to be
conducted within a month (rep 23/01/2020), DPR
of Nepal-China cross-border transmission line near
completion (ht 27/01/2020)
Solu
hydro project hamstrung by lack of transmission line:
The 23.5 megawatt plant located in Solukhumbu district
completed a trial run in November., by Deo Narayan
Sah (kp 23/01/2020)
To
save the earth, Nepal needs to invest in renewables:
Nepal’s geographical diversity, natural resources and
demographic dividend can be utilised to turn the country
carbon neutral, by Girish Chandra Pokharel (kp
22/01/2020)
Marsyangdi-Syuchatar
transmission line tower faces risk of landslide (rep
22/01/2020)
1
MW solar plant to be built in Jumla (rep 22/01/2020)
Hotel
construction mishap may lead to forced load-shedding
(ht 22/01/2020)
Marshyangdi
Corridor: Govt initiates process of resuming
construction (ht 21/01/2020), NEA
requests locals to accept new right of way (rep
21/01/2020)
IBN,
Power China ink pact to build 762-MW Tamor hydel (ht
20/01/2020)
Nuwakot,
Rasuwa turning into hydro, solar hubs as investors pour
money: According to the available data, 1,093 MW of
electricity is being generated from Trishuli river alone,
by Krishna Thapa (kp 19/01/2020)
NEA
starts enhancing its distribution system (rep
17/01/2020)
Chinese
firm loses substation contract after being no-show: The
substations are part of a power line project to bring
electricity from Marsyangdi to Kathmandu, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 15/01/2020)
Upper
Tamakoshi likely to miss completion deadline (ht
15/01/2020)
UAE
giving $10m in subsidized loans to generate energy from
waste (rep 13/01/2020)
Locals
obstruct construction of Upper Mailung Hydroelectricity
Project, by Himnath Devkota (rep 12/01/2020)
‘Climate
change threatens hydropower sector’ (ht 12/01/2020)
Tanahu
hydro bogged down in the bidding process: This is the
third time the project is inviting global bids to
execute an important portion of the $550-million plant,
by Prahad Rijal (kp 11/01/2020)
Electricity
poles were installed in Rautahat local units, but
electric wires yet to be fixed: Locals have started to
pressurise the branch office of the Nepal Electricity
Authority to install electric wires on the poles, by
Shiva Puri (kp 09/01/2020)
Construction
of Dudh Koshi hydro project slated to begin this year:
Officials are currently finalising the detailed design
prepared by Japanese and Italian consultants, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 08/01/2020)
Road
office says halted expansion work to continue in
whatever space is available: After a Supreme Court
verdict in September 2017 to pay compensation before
acquiring land, locals have been obstructing road
expansion projects in various places in Kathmandu Valley,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/01/2020)
Construction
of New Butwal substation nears completion: Butwal in
south-central Nepal is strategically located for
cross-border energy trade with India, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 07/01/2020)
Nepal-India-Bangladesh
talks: Tripartite meet on energy cooperation uncertain,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 06/01/2020)
Denizens
troubled as demand surge strains Kathmandu’s poor
electricity grid: The power utility has not been able to
reinforce the decades-old infrastructures, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 05/01/2020)
Govt
preparing to remove LPG subsidies: Amount to be
transferred to provide subsidy on electricity, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 05/01/2020)
Electricity
bill gives licensing authority for projects below 3MW to
local bodies (rep 04/01/2020)
This
is bullshit: Cow dung holds the key to Nepal’s green
economy, by Kunda Dixit (nt 03/01/2020
Ministry
panel to be formed to resolve row between the
electricity authority and industrialists: The
state-owned utility says 25 factories owe more than Rs10
billion for electricity supplied to them through
dedicated feeders, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 03/01/2019)
Power
supply via national transmission line begins (ht
03/01/2019)
Arun-III
to ink financial closure in February (ht 01/01/2020)
Nepal’s
power trade plan faces hurdles aplenty: The government’s
plans to expand electricity access have been hindered by
high operational costs, unreliable or unavailable grid
and poor implementation of agreements and legal reforms,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 31/12/2019)
The
future of energy in Nepal can be sunny, if it chooses
wisely: To become prosperous and energy secure, the
country must invest in solar as much as it does in
hydropower, by Kabindra Purush Dhakal (kp
31/12/2019)
Electricity
demand up at record 1,338 megawatts (ht 30/12/2019)
Locals
obstruct work at Arun III over land compensation
dispute: Residents blocked the access road complaining
that they had not been paid compensation for a 24-km
stretch, by Prahlad Rijal and Dipendra Shakya (kp
28/12/2019)
Kavre
braces up to reduce electricity leakage, by
Madhusudan Guragain (rep 28/12/2019)
Sunkoshi
Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project gathers steam: The
Rs83 billion scheme will provide round-the-year
irrigation facility to five drought-prone Tarai
districts, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 27/12/2019)
Hydels
with 6,000 MW capacity await PP (ht 27/12/2019)
Electrification
drive bears fruit in remote villages: Villages that
remain to be connected have been demanding an
electricity connection, after roads, by Mohan Shahi
(kp 26/12/2019)
NEA
to launch leakage control drive in Sudurpaschim (ht
25/12/2019)
Upper
Bhotekoshi restarts commercial generation (ht
24/12/2019), Bhote
Koshi starts commercial production (rep 25/12/2019)
Trans-Himalayan
power line project remains on the drawing board: The
plan envisages building an electric transmission line
linking Rasuwagadhi and Kerung, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
22/12/2019)
China
ready to purchase electricity from Nepal, by Himnath
Devkota (rep 22/12/2019)
NEA
urged to electrify Karnali (ht 22/12/2019)
Solar
and wind energy project lights up four villages in
Palpa: Currently electricity is distributed between 4am
to 10pm to 143 households every day, by Madhab Aryal
(kp 22/12/2019)
Bangladesh
agrees to pay 7.7 cents per unit for Upper Karnali
power: The energy-hungry country will pay out a massive
Tk381.60 billion (equivalent to Rs511.69 billion) over
25 years to procure 500 megawatts of electricity, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 21/12/2019), Upper
Karnali project expected to resume after long hiatus:
Bangladeshi authority permits import of energy from
project to be built by GMR, by Nagendra Upadhyay and
Govinda KC (rep 22/12/2019)
How
Nepal lost Arun III: The debacle of Arun III has a
lesson: Project preparation and investment for the scale
of Arun III takes many years of time, money and effort
but it takes a few months of activism to destroy it,
by Ram Sharan Mahat (rep 19/12/2019)
Drive
to remove dangling wires hits Thamel businesses, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 19/12/2019)
Solar
power plants: Give them a place in the sun, by
Tapendra Chand (ht 18/12/2019)
Transmission
line projects entangled in compensation issues: The
utility was able to build 193 kilometres of power lines
in the first quarter, achieving 53 percent progress,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 13/12/2019)
House
panel trashes govt’s proposal on nuclear power (rep
12/12/2019)
Kalanga
Gad hydro in Bajhang likely to come online this year:
Officials say 70 percent of the construction work at the
85-megawatt plant has been completed, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 11/12/2019)
Locals
affected by 1,200 MW project to get revised
compensation: Apart from revising the compensation, the
Energy Ministry has also decided to devise a work plan
on resettlement and rehabilitation of settlements facing
inundation from the 1,200 MW Budhi Gandaki reservoir
project, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 11/12/2019), Compensation
to be reviewed for Budhigandaki hydel project (ht
11/12/2019)
Nepal-India-Bangladesh
talks on power trade long overdue: Nepal hopes to export
projected excess power to Bangladesh using Indian
transmission lines, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 10/12/2019)
Upper
Bhotekoshi hydropower project starts test transmission
(ht 09/12/2019)
DPR
for Jagdulla Hydropower almost ready, initial estimate
at Rs 22b, by Bishnu Prasad Devkota (rep 07/12/2019)
Residents
of Annapurna Rural Municipality in Myagdi to be
relocated: A proposed high tension line of the
Kaligandaki Corridor is set to pass through three
villages in the rural municipality, by Ghanshyam
Khadka (kp 06/12/2019)
Dhalkebar
substation likely to start operation from January
(ht 06/12/2019)
US
suspends payment of $500 million pending ratification of
Nepal Compact: The money will be spent on the
Electricity Transmission and Transportation Project,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 06/12/2019)
Indian-Nepali
joint venture to carry out studies for three power
lines: The planned 400 kV transmission lines will boost
the capacity of Nepal's power grid, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 05/12/2019)
Locals
of power project catchment area protest, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 05/12/2019)
Province
2 aims to reduce electricity leakage to 10.97pc (ht
04/12/2019)
Foundation
stone for dam, powerhouse of Bheri-Babai laid, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 04/12/2019)
Land
compensation amount fixed for Budhi Gandaki project:
Landowners will receive payment ranging from Rs50,000 to
Rs700,000 per anna, according to an official, by
Hariharsingh Rathor & Prahlad Rijal (kp 03/12/2019), Compensation
for land in market areas fixed, by Sarita Shrestha
(rep 03/12/2019), Locals
protest land compensation in Budhigandaki hydel-affected
areas (ht 04/12/2019), Budhigandaki
hydel-affected locals halt agitation to continue talks
(ht 10/12/2019)
Industrialists
oppose paying pending bills (rep 02/12/2019)
Six
years on, Middle Bhotekoshi project is only half
complete: The latest completion deadline for the 102
megawatt run-of-the-river plant is November 2020, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 30/11/2019)
Govt
to subsidise induction stoves to raise power consumption
(ht 30/11/2019)
Cross-border
power line project stalls due to slow paperwork: Nepal
and India agreed to execute the 400 kV New
Butwal-Gorakhpur Transmission Line Project nearly two
months ago, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 28/11/2019)
Nepal
proposes collaboration with Qatar for rural
electrification (rep 27/11/2019)
Government
extends tenure of Budhi Gandaki compensation
distribution unit: The proposed 1200 megawatt scheme has
been entangled in land compensation issues for the last
five years, by Hariram Upreti (kp 26/11/2019)
‘Reformatory’
Electricity Bill bogged down in processes three months
on: Officials say more time is required to finalise the
draft and bring in much-needed reforms, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 24/11/2019)
Province
1 floats plans to develop a slew of hydropower schemes:
Projects with a completion deadline of one to three
years have been prioritised, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
23/11/2019)
Call
to raise investment in hydel sector of the country (ht
23/11/2019)
Power
to the people is close to realisation in Nepal, says
World Bank report: Electricity now reaches 95 percent of
households, and the government is trying to get people
to use more of it, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 22/11/2019),
Clean
cooking still a challenge in Nepal: World Bank report
(ht 22/11/2019)
Decentralising
(hydro)power: Fast-tracking 6 projects in 6 provinces in
6 years would catapult Nepal’s development, by
Gyanendra Lala Pradha (nt 22/11/2019)
An
energy windfall for Nepal? Wind and solar farms in
Mustang can complement Nepal’s hydropower possibilities,
by Kushal Gurung (nt 22/11/2019)
GMR,
B’desh finalise PPA rate of UKHEP (ht 22/11/2019)
India
to buy at least 5,000 MW by 2030: ‘Nepal needn’t worry
about market for its surplus power’, by Umesh Poudel
(ht 22/11/2019) [Without any
guarantee??]
Two-day
Power Summit to kick off today (ht 21/11/209)
Bhotekoshi
Hydropower starts preparations for test transmission:
Reconstruction of the project cost it Rs 7 billion,
by Dhurba Dangal (rep 21/11/2019)
Private
power producers seek laws allowing them to export
electricity: Nepal is projected to have 1000 megawatts
of surplus power by 2021-22, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
20/11/2019)
Budhigandaki
hydel-affected locals protest seeking compensation
(ht 20/11/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3A and Upper Bhotekoshi poised to churn out 105
megawatts: The two hydropower projects are finally ready
to go into action after being hit by natural disasters
and delays, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 19/11/2019), UT
3A finally connected to national grid in full capacity
(ht 19/11/2019), PM,
Energy Minister inaugurate Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower
project, by Himnath Devkota and Bhagwati Lama (rep
19/11/2019)
Electricity
regulatory commission introduces tariff guidelines
(ht 18/11/2019)
Nepal
faces a tough test of increasing electricity use: The
country is witnessing a decline in the import of
electrical appliances including induction cookers,
ovens, toasters, coffee and tea makers, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 17/11/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3A to start commercial generation from Monday,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 17/11/2019)
NEA
plans to minimise energy wastage (ht 17/11/2019)
Upper
Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project slated to restart
operations next week: The 45-megawatt plant was shut for
five years for repairs after being damaged by a series
of mishaps, by Anish Tiwari (kp 15/11/209)
NT
gets tender to lay underground cables in Kathmandu
Valley (ht 15/11/2019)
Chitwan
to be fully electrified in current fiscal year, by
Sabita Shrestha (rep 15/11/2019)
NEA
mulls 15% power tariff hike: Experts say this could
widen trade deficit, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
14/11/2019)
Regulatory
body rejects Nepal Electricity Authority’s tariff
proposal: Electricity Regulatory Commission is mulling
to enforce a new directive on tariff fixation, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 13/11/2019)
Hydropower
projects: Locals threaten to disrupt hydel projects
(ht 13/11/2019)
Non-paying
utility customers take advantage of instalment option:
Factories that received power through dedicated feeders
owe the utility Rs11 billion in unpaid bills, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 12/11/2019)
Death
of Nepali Hydro: The new India-Nepal transmission lines
will not lead to export of Nepali hydropower. It will
limit additions of new hydro plants in Nepal and
increase the dependence on Indian electricity imports,
by Bishal Thapa (rep 12/11/2019)
Draft
of Electricity Act gathering dust for over a month,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 11/11/2019)
Power
utility tables tariff proposal on charging stations in
haste before building them: The rates are higher than
the electricity tariff proposed for the public
transportation sector, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
10/11/2019)
Delay
in fixing compensation amount leaves locals confused
(ht 10/11/2019)
Bheri-Babai
project to issue 49pc shares to public (ht
10/11/2019)
Dharche
locals in Gorkha see light after four years: When the
Nauli Khola Micro Hydropower Project was destroyed in
the 2015 earthquake, it left many villages in darkness,
by Hariram Uprety (kp 07/11/2019)
Utility
will have to submit projected revenue requirement to
revise tariff: Charges likely to be slashed for
industrial consumers receiving energy through dedicated
feeders, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 07/11/2019)
NERC
drafts electricity tariff guidelines (ht 07/11/2019)
Six
international firms vying for 821MW Uttar Ganga
consulting contract: The Baglung-based hydropower
project is one of the 11 strategic schemes prioritised
by the government, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 06/11/2019)
Utility
says delinquent industrial customers can pay in
instalments: These clients who received electricity
through dedicated feeders owe Rs11 billion in unpaid
bills, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 05/11/2019)
Rs
37 billion collected so far to build Budhi Gandaki
Hydroelectric Project (rep 05/11/2019)
NEA
proposes to reduce power tariff (ht 04/11/2019), NEA
moves to lower premium tariff for commercial users:
Proposes a 30% premium on power supplied through
dedicated feeders, trunk lines (rep 04/11/2019)
To
reduce the trade deficit, Nepal has to rely on
agriculture: In the short term, the hydropower and
agricultural sectors offer Nepal’s best hope, by
Jagadish Prasad Bist (kp 03/11/2019)
Land
compensation and right-of-way issues delay power line
projects: Experts say there has to be coherence between
the social, technical, financial and political factors
surrounding transmission line projects, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 01/11/2019)
Upper
Trishuli Hydel Project: Nine int’l lenders to invest Rs
51bn, by Umesh Poudel (ht 01/11/2019), Nine
international lenders agree to inject $453 million in
Upper Trishuli-1
The Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project is designed to
generate annual energy of 1,533 GWh from three power
generating units of total installed capacity 216 MW
(kp 02/11/2019)
Cross
border transmission line faces opposition from
Nawalparasi locals: Nearly 200 kathhas of arable land
will be acquired to erect 120 pylons on Nepal’s side,
by Prahlad Rijal and Narayan Sharma (kp 31/10/2019), Local
people agitated with various demands along
Butwal-Gorakhpur 400 KV cross-border transmission line
(rep 31/10/2019)
Kaligandaki
Corridor Transmission Line Project hits snag:
Electricity generated by hydel plants with a combined
capacity of 28.6 megawatts is laying to waste, by
Ghanashyam Khadka and Aash Gurung (kp 28/10/2019)
Generation
survey for the construction of the Upper Arun
Hydroelectric Project to be done: The 1,061-megawatt
scheme is located in Sankhuwasabha district in eastern
Nepal, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 24/10/2019)
Works
begin on multipurpose high dam in Lamiraha: Sainamaina
Municipality plans to build a multipurpose water park,
promote tourism and irrigate fields through the dam,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 23/10/2019)
Austria
interested in investing in Dudh Koshi hydro project, say
officials: The reservoir type scheme will produce 3,443
gigawatt hours of electricity per year, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 23/10/2019)
Bangladesh
keen on funding 20 hydropower projects in Nepal: Nepal
also asked Bangladesh to allow the export of local
cardamom, yarn and broom grass (amriso) without any
hurdles during the first day of trade talks, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 23/10/2019)
Upcoming
Bheri-Babai project unsettles squatter communities in
the area: The embankments being built for the project
will likely deluge 30 houses in the banks, by
Chandani Khatayat (kp 22/10/2019)
Sunkoshi
II and Sunkoshi III hydels: Feasibility, ESIA studies to
be completed by July (ht 21/10/2019)
Power
utility inks agreements to reduce distribution losses:
The electricity authority will either reward or punish
the chiefs in line with their centre’s result in
reducing distribution losses, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
20/10/2019)
Duhabi-Katari
33 KV transmission line to be completed within 45 days
(kp 19/10/2019)
Technical
and legal issues delay Nepal's participation in Indian
power market: An official said the Nepal Electricity
Authority has to ensure that Nepal’s grid is reliable
and fully synchronised with India’s, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 19/10/2019)
Nepal
second fastest improver in power equity: Energy council:
Cambodia, Nepal and Myanmar have made access
improvements of over 100 percent above their 2000
baseline, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 18/10/2019)
Nepal
likely to export power to Bangladesh using Indian grid:
Tripartite meeting to be held within three months to fix
transmission modalities and commercial terms, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 17/10/2019)
Power
supply to 1,000 households cut off (ht 17/10/2019)
Nepal,
India agree to build New Butwal-Gorakhpur transmission
line with equal equity investment: A company is expected
to be formed under the modality within three months,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 16/10/2019)
Kulekhani
III stirs to life after 12 years in development: The
14-megawatt plant can churn out 40.85 gigawatt hours of
electricity annually, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
16/10/2019)
Land
acquisition in Arkhet, Khahare and Arughat for Budhi
Gandaki hydel project in limbo: The government has spent
around Rs26 billion so far acquiring land from 27
settlements in Gorkha and Dhading districts, by
Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 16/10/2019)
Electricity
authority looking for new contractor to build
transmission line: The 74-kilometre Hetauda-Bharatpur
transmission line will facilitate electricity trade with
India, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 15/10/2019)
Nepal-China
cross-border transmission line in G2G model, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 15/10/2019)
HIDCL,
Power China to build 762MW Tamor hydel: The state-owned
Chinese company to invest nearly $1.60 billion in two
hydropower projects (ht 14/10/2019)
Lo
Manthang to be electrified, by Dhana Basnet (rep
14/10/2019)
Nepal,
India officials to hold power trade talks from Monday in
New Delhi: The two-day meeting is expected to resolve
issues related to financing and implementation modality
of the second high capacity cross-border transmission
line and energy banking mechanism, among others, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 13/10/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi project makes progress on penstock
installation: Construction work on the 456 megawatt
run-of-the-river scheme began in 2012, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 12/10/2019)
Load
dispatch centre gets modern power flow management
system: The system gathers and analyses real-time power
flow data throughout the country, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 05/10/2019)
Hydropower
firms not allowed to take more than 17 per cent profit:
New bylaw has scrapped the rule that required developers
to pay fine if they failed to generate electricity
as per power purchase agreement (ht 04/10/2019), Small
hydropower plants exempted from penalties for falling
short of production forecasts: Independent power
producers welcome the Electricity Regulatory
Commission's move, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 04/10/2019)
Kulekhani
III likely to commission power before Vijaya Dashami
(ht 02/10/2019)
NEA
expedites work to install smart meters in Kathmandu
(ht 02/10/2019)
75
per cent work on Nyadi power project completed (ht
01/10/2019)
Hydropower
developers seek removal of credit rating provision
(ht 30/09/2019)
Japan
to provide a soft loan to build Nalsing Gad Storage
Project: The 410 megawatt scheme located in Jajarkot
will have a 200-metre-high rock dam, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 27/09/2019)
Power
utility aims to bring down distribution losses to 8.5
percent: Last year, it lost 1,156 gigawatt hours out of
the total available 7,551 gigawatt hours, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 26/09/2019)
Talks
over funding modalities for Nalsing Gad project revive:
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has proposed
to provide a $500 million soft loan to build the 410
megawatt scheme, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 25/09/2019)
Modi
Khola hydropower projects are not abiding by EIA
compliance: Report: The hydel projects have failed to
maintain a minimum 10 percent of water in the dry season
to maintain the aquatic life and their habitat, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/09/2019)
Transboundary
water governance: Despite massive hydropower potential,
the Hindu Kush Himalayan region remains energy-poor,
by Shekhar Koirala (kp 23/09/2019)
Reducing
fossil fuel consumption in Nepal: Nepal has largely
wasted its massive potential to switch to greener energy
options, by Tsewang Nuru Sherpa (kp 22/09/2019)
Energy
ministry and regulator at odds over hiring, authority:
Officials close to the situation say that the regulator
has been intentionally incapacitated by ministry
officials who have issues over the selection of office
bearers of the commission, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
22/09/2019)
Hydel
project starts power production (ht 19/09/2019)
Nepal
needs to increase investments in energy by fourfold,
World Bank says: Direct investment declined to Rs13.06
billion in 2018-19 from Rs17.52 billion in 2017-18,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 19/09/2019)
IPPs
demand revision of power purchase rates (ht
19/09/2019)
Religious
leaders and local authorities oppose Kaligandaki-Tinau
Diversion Multipurpose Project: The project is expected
to affect the lives of around 300,000 people from 10
local units of Tanahun, Nawalparasi (East) and Syangja,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 18/09/2019)
Draft
bill to amend Electricity Act provokes complaints:
Stakeholders say the proposed legislation will restrain
private power producers and the state-owned power
utility, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 18/09/2019)
Kabeli
B1 starts test power production (ht 18/09/2019)
Investment
Board summons GMR to discuss the fate of Upper Karnali:
The Indian company has been unable to perform financial
closure and begin construction of the hydro project,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 17/09/2019)
HIDCL,
Power China to build 762MW Tamor reservoir project
(ht 17/09/2019)
NEA
says house owners will be penalised if extra electricity
fee is collected from tenants (ht 16/09/209)
Breakthrough
likely in Nepal-India energy talks slated for October:
The major sticking point is the financing modality for
the New Butwal Gorakhpur transmission line project
(kp 14/09/2019)
Make
power reliable: It is time to unbundle the NEA into
separate entities so that each of them can be handled
more efficiently (ht 13/09/2019)
NEA
to install 50 electric vehicle charging stations, by
Supriya Sharma (rep 13/09/2019)
Development
of hydropower in South Asia requires a perspective
makeover: The slow development of hydropower projects in
the region in the past decade has become a massive
concern, by Anish De (kp 12/09/2019)
Electricity
tripping a major hassle for consumers, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 12/09/2019)
Dudhkoshi
Storage Hydroelectric Project to affect 1,150 households
(ht 09/09/2019)
Power
outage hits Damauli locals (ht 09/09/2019)
Final
test of state-owned Kulekhani 3 delayed: The Chinese
company hired for electro-mechanical works has still not
sent their technicians despite repeated summons, by
Pratap Bista (kp 08/09/2019)
Chilime
Trishuli Transmission Line project achieves 45% physical
progress, by Himnath Devkota (rep 08/09/2019)
Developers
complain tree clearance guidelines could push up their
costs: A project similar to the Tanahu hydel scheme
which cleared around 181,000 trees spread over 417
hectares of forests would have to pay Rs688 million for
forest clearance, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 07/09/2019) [???]
Energy
officials and private developers lock horns over ‘frail’
hydropower schemes: The row is largely attributed to the
government failure in delivering on lofty promises which
it made during the time of power crisis to promote
private investments in the hydropower sector, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 06/09/2019)
Solar
energy promotion: Learn from Bangladesh, by Devendra
Adhikari (ht 05/09/2019)
Tunnel
breakthrough achieved in Dordikhola power project
(ht 05/09/2019)
Talk
resurfaces for unbundling the Nepal Electricity
Authority: Currently, it is under the purview of the
state-owned power utility to generate, transmit and
distribute electricity, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
04/09/2019)
Is
electricity cheap enough to replace cooking gas? To
increase demand, making the per unit cost of electricity
cheaper would make sense, by Saroj Koirala (kp
03/09/2019)
Draft
Electricity Bill requires authorities to issue licences
through open competition: Under the existing provision,
permits are issued on a first-come, first-served basis,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 03/09/2019)
Solu
Corridor project to face no more obstacles (ht
02/09/2019)
Delay
of Dana sub-station delays hydropower projects, by
Hari Krishna Gautam (rep 31/08/2019)
Energy
Ministry clears the way for investors to open charging
stations: Service providers may be allowed to add a
markup of up to 20 percent as service charge, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 30/08/2019)
EV
operation guideline prepared: Average
electricity tariff for charging stations to be set
at Rs 10.48 per unit for now, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 30/08/2019)
Trishuli
Hydropower Station to be shut down for a major overhaul:
The power utility has decided to rehabilitate and
modernise the venerable plant in 30 months, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 29/08/2019)
Sanjen
power project conducts breakthrough of pilot hole,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 29/08/2019)
Upper
Karnali Project in limbo, by Nagendra Upadhyay and
Govinda KC (rep 28/08/2019)
Contract
termination delays construction of Tanahu hydro: THL
plans to start work from January (ht 28/08/2019)
Delay
in fixing compensation amount hits people hard (ht
27/08/2019)
Making
renewable energy usage a reality: Providing minimal
incentives when importing solar panels undermines the
potential of the sector, by Nasala Maharjan (kp
27/08/2019)
NEA
to build 10 new hydropower projects (ht 26/08/2019)
Rasuwagadhi
power project to start production within this FY, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 25/08/2019)
NEA
to connect all households with electricity by 2022,
by Himal Lamsal (rep 25/08/2019)
Power
utility gets go-ahead to chop down 38,545 trees: Forests
will be cleared in Rautahat and Bara districts for the
planned Hetauda-Dhalkebar-Duhabi transmission line,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 24/08/2019)
Energy
Ministry proposes check on power consumption by
businesses: The ministry made the move in a bid to
encourage usage of energy-efficient technology, machines
and equipment to reduce energy imports and curb
emissions, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 22/08/2019)
Groups
urge govt to scrap Upper Karnali contract with GMR
(rep 22/08/2019)
The
Nepal Electricity Authority stages a dramatic
turnaround: The state-owned utility has not only ended
load-shedding, it is actually making a profit, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 21/08/2019)
35
MW from eastern Nepal to be connected to national grid,
by Khagendra Adhikari (rep 21/08/2019)
NEA
prioritizes digitizing its services (rep 20/08/2019)
NEA
plans to connect all districts to national grid (ht
19/08/2019), NEA’s
ambitious plan: Getting households to switch to
electricity in the kitchen would slash import of cooking
gas, which costs the country a whooping Rs 35 billion
annually (ht 20/08/2019)
Nepal’s
solar aspirations: Planned and sustainable development
of solar energy as part of a larger green energy
development plan can truly help Nepal accelerate its
action for cleaner planet, by Tapendra Chand and
Manoj Paudel (rep 19/08/2019)
Energy
royalty soars 94 percent as hydel schemes age: Ten years
later, Nepal has still not made significant strides in
power generation, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 18/08/2019)
European
donor to audit power utility’s compliance with rules:
The Nepal Electricity Authority has been accused of
trampling on the concerns of indigenous communities,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 15/08/2019)
Tripartite
power trade meeting in September, by Umesh Poudel
(ht 15/08/2019)
NEA’s
profit soars 148 pc to Rs 7.2 billion, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 14/08/2019)
Floods
damage hydel projects in Lamjung (ht 12/08/2019)
Nepal’s
largest under-construction hydropower plant mired by
sluggish work: At the current pace of pipe installation,
completion of the much-touted Upper Tamakoshi hydropower
plant in the stipulated time is no more than a pipedream,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 11/08/2019)
In
Province 2, people are getting electrocuted to death—at
a rate of one every day: Locals blame the Nepal
Electricity Authority for failing to repair decades-old
utility poles and loose live wires, by Ajit Tiwari
(kp 09/08/2019)
Utility
refuses to join resolution process proposed by
Complaints Mechanism: A rights group has filed a
complaint that the proposed power line passes over
houses against local regulations, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 10/08/2019)
Work
to move ahead at Bheri Babai despite ban on Nepali
contractor: The procurement office has forbidden Raman
Construction from taking new public contracts, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 07/08/2019)
60pc
work of 220kV Trishuli III B hub substation completed
(ht 05/08/2019)
Arun
III completes 22pc work (ht 05/08/2019)
45pc
progress in Chilime-Trishuli transmission line (ht
05/08/2019)
After
a decade of struggle, Kabeli Corridor finally gets full
shape: The energy slated to be produced by many private
projects in the region will not go to waste now for lack
of transmission infrastructure, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
03/08/2019)
60
MW electricity from Trishuli 3A connected to
transmission line, by Himnath Devkota (rep
03/08/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3A hydropower plant ready to go full throttle:
The scheme is expected to ease electrical stress in
Kathmandu during peak hours, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
02/08/2019)
Authorities
blacklist 3 Chinese contractors for noncompliance: The
firms had received contracts to implement transmission
line, substation and smart metering projects, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 01/08/2019)
Nepalis
are consuming 38 percent more electricity than 2 years
ago: The surge in electricity demand is largely driven
by a reliable supply of power and increased use of
gadgets, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 31/07/2019)
Call
to promote renewable energy at local level (rep
31/07/2019)
House
sub-committee begins discussion on the issue of unpaid
electricity bills: Nepal Electricity Authority says 25
factories need to be forced to disgorge an estimated
Rs10 billion, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 30/07/2019)
Rear
view imagination: The little tricks and technologies we
used to manage through the darkest days of load-shedding
has set us up for the future, if only we had the courage
to look forward, by Bishal Thapa (rep 30/07/2019)
Nepal’s
power infrastructure continues to grow: However, the
country has fallen short by a wide margin in generation
of additional power as it only met 9 percent of its
generation target in the last fiscal year, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 28/07/2019)
Chinese,
Nepali firms sign deal to develop Tamakoshi 3 scheme:
Construction of the 200 MW plant is expected to begin in
2020 and be completed in three and a half years, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 27/07/2019), Tamakoshi
III hydel project: Govt secretly allows capacity
reduction; Initially, the government had signed a pact
to develop 650 MW (ht 28/07/2019), Dolakha
protests Tamakoshi III capacity reduction, by
Gokarna Bhandari (ht 29/07/2019), Opaque
deal: There is no point in creating an institution like
Investment Board Nepal and then trying to weaken it
(ht 29/07/2019), Project
capacity reduced to prevent scrapping of license, by
Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 31/07/2019)
India
proposes procedures for approving and facilitating
electricity trade: The proposed provisions contradict
India’s Cross Border Trade of Electricity Regulations,
2019, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 24/07/2019)
Electricity
in Dolpa village excites locals, by Bishnu Prasad
Devkota (rep 22/07/2019)
34
developers receive generation licences to build hydro
schemes: The planned projects have a combined installed
capacity of 1,842 MW, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 19/07/2019)
Developer
of Upper Trishuli 1 sees funding oversubscription by $178
million, near financial closure: The company plans to
construct the powerhouse area and finish electromechanical
works by the third quarter of 2022, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 17/07/2019)
Electricity
import drops (ht 17/07/2019)
Nepal
practices energy banking; sends 200 MW electricity to
India (rep 17/07/2019)
NERC
approval must before inking PPA (ht 17/07/2019)
Three
days of non-stop torrential rain tops up Kulekhani
reservoir: Nepal Electricity Authority cuts down power
imports from India to 150 MW from 400 MW, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 16/07/2019)
Officials
working on alignment of Galchhi-Kerung transmission line:
Concerns have been raised as part of the line will pass
through Langtang National Park, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
12/07/2019)
Government
starts inking agreements for electrification: Government
starts inking agreements for electrification, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 10/07/2019)
Shift
To Renewable Energy, by Pratik Koirala (rn 10/07/2019)
Nepal,
India officials to meet to get cross-border transmission
line project moving forward: The proposed Butwal-Gorakhpur
power line is part of a $630 million US-funded project,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 09/07/2019)
Govt
scraps Gezhouba’s survey licence for Jajarkot project
(ht 08/07/2019)
NEA
to track sub-stations and transformers via online system
(ht 08/07/2019)
600
MW Upper Marsyangdi negotiations stall over hedge fund
row: Energy Ministry against Finance Ministry’s proposal
to make the power utility the sole bearer of risks
associated with currency fluctuations, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 07/07/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3 'A' to start generation from first week of
August, by Himnath Devkota (rep 07/07/2019)
Land
acquisition and forest clearanceissues delay transmission
line project: The Kusma-New Butwal power line project is
part of a $180 million system expansion project, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 06/07/2019)
Solar
mini-grids improve life in Surkhet, Kailali and Baitadi,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 04/07/2019)
Makwanpur
still relies on wooden utility poles for electricity
supply: Around 150,000 houses are connected to electricity
through 40,000 wooden utility poles, which authorities say
pose a danger to locals, by Subash Bidari (kp
03/07/2019)
Construction
work at Upper Trishuli 3A project resumes, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 03/07/2019)
AEPC
mulls 2MW wind energy project in Kailali (ht
03/07/2019)
Electricity
dues for street lights cross Rs 6 billion, by Himal
Lamsal (rep 30/06/2019)
Energy
officials lean towards Dudh Koshi Hydroelectric Project:
The reservoir type project will produce 3,443 GWh
annually, higher than the expected annual output of
3,383 GWh of the proposed Budhi Gandaki scheme, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 27/06/2019)
Upper
Karnali Hydropower Project bogged down in price
negotiations: Indian developer GMR has signed a pact to
export power to Bangladesh but they are still haggling
over the rate, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 25/06/2019)
Nepal,
Bangladesh to use Indian grid for power trade: The two
countries are also studying the prospect of building
dedicated power lines in the long term, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 23/06/2019)
Energy
Ministry officials leave for Bangladesh to talk
electricity trade, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 20/06/2019)
41
MW to be added to national grid by mid-September (rep
20/06/2019)
Penstock
installation completed at Upper Tamakoshi hydro project:
Nepal will have surplus electricity after the 456 MW
plant comes into operation in February, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp 18/06/2019), Austrian
company starts penstock pipe installation task in
lower vertical tunnel (ht 18/06/2019)
400
kVA Dhalkebar substation likely to begin operation by
December (ht 17/06/2019)
Province
3 to receive lion’s share of energy royalties, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 16/06/2019) [???]
IPPs
establish power trading firm to export energy to India,
Bangladesh, by Umesh Poudel (ht 13/06/2019)
Electricity
Regulatory Commission begins work to formulate
directives: The directives will address the concerns of
the power utility and independent producers, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 12/06/2019)
Nepal
fails to meet energy sector targets in the current
fiscal: Only 71 MW has been added to the national grid
in 11 months of this fiscal against a target of 760MW
set by the Energy Ministry, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
09/06/2019)
Power
line project floundering eight years into construction:
The Nepal-India Electricity Transmission and Trade
Project is stuck at 70pc physical progress, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 07/06/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi looks for funds as completion deadline looms:
The project’s price tag has swelled to Rs49 billion from
the initial cost estimate of Rs35 billion, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 06/06/2019)
Work
on Madhya Modi Hydropower Project resumes, by Chhabi
Lal Tiwari (rep 05/06/2019)
Sunkoshi-Marin
Diversion Project: Locals welcome budget allocation for
national pride project (rep 05/06/2019)
95.5
percent of Nepalis have an electricity connection,
report says, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 04/06/2019)
32
MW electricity could go to waste: AEPC , by Umesh
Poudel (ht 04/06/2019)
IBN
gives nod for study on 550 MW solar energy project
(rep 04/06/2019), Shine
on: Nepal should now focus on promoting more solar in
its energy mix (kp 06/06/2019)
Millennium
Challenge Account-Nepal invites prospective contractors
to share information on building power lines: It is the
first step in implementing a $630 million electricity
transmission and road project funded by the US, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 31/05/2019)
410
km of power lines built, 71 MW added to national grid in
eight months, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 28/05/2019)
Budhi
Gandaki project plans to complete compensation
distribution by next fiscal year: The 1,200MW project
located in Gorkha and Dhading districts is planning to
spend Rs18 billion on the endeavour, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 26/05/2019)
NEA
to prioritise distribution of smart meters next fiscal
year (ht 24/05/2019)
Government
urged to allow private sector to invest in power
transmission, by Umesh Poudel (ht 23/05/2019)
Locals
displaced by Budhigandaki Hydropower Project
dissatisfied with new location, by Narhari Sapkota
(rep 23/05/2019)
Power
utility chief butts head with ruling party lawmaker,
by Prahlad Rial (kp 22/05/2019), NEA
MD Ghising refutes corruption charges against him
(ht 22/05/2019), Let
Kulman Ghising work (rep 23/05/2019)
Disintegration
of business: Efforts by industries to contest the
retroactive electricity bills raised by Nepal
Electricity Authority illustrates how businesses have
lost control of their narrative, by Bishal Thapa
(rep 21/05/2019), High
court orders five firms to pay tariffs as determined by
NEA (rep 21/05/2019)
Koshi
corridor power line project faces new setback, likely to
miss deadline by 10 months, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
19/05/2019)
Panchthar
villagers ‘recharge’ their electricity supply, by
Giriraj Baskota (rep 19/05/2019)
Construction
work on 200kV substation resumes (kp 18/05/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3A hydroelectric project starts churning out 30
MW, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 17/05/2019)
Regulatory
body struggles with teething problems, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 17/05/2019)
Darchula
connected to national grid, eight more rural districts
to go, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 16/05/2019)
Compensation
distribution begins for Budhi Gandaki project, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 14/05/2019)
Tanahun
power project construction in full swing (ht
13/05/2019)
NEA
warns of blacklisting Kulekhani-3 contractor (ht
13/05/2019)
Proposed
NEA rental charges likely to skyrocket internet prices:
ISPs pay rent to use NEA infrastructure like poles and
optical ground wire, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
12/05/2019)
Nalsing
Gadh Hydropower Project: Consultant misses yet another
deadline to complete DPR, by Janak KC (rep
12/05/2019)
Arun
III project, locals locked in land compensation dispute,
by Dipendra Shakya (kp 11/05/2019)
Nepal’s
hydropower tends to displace expensive thermal power in
India: A combined India-Nepal system can reduce cost by
US$106 million a year (rep 11/05/2019)
Mired
in politics, chances of building Budhi Gandaki are
growing slim: Negotiations with China Gezhouba, which
was awarded contract without competitive bidding, have
stalled for months, by Anil Giri (kp 09/05/2019)
Guangxi
resumes work on Middle Bhotekoshi following warning,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 09/05/2019)
Four
border junctions: India could play a pivotal role in
interconnecting regional energy networks—creating a
resource pool for everyone’s betterment, by Mahendra
P Lama (kp 08/05/2019)
Industrialists
accuse Nepal Electricity Authority of charging them
illegally, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 08/05/2019), Private
industries refuse to pay extra energy bill (ht
08/05/2019), Industrialists
warned to pay dues or face theft charges for
unauthorised power consumption: Former electricity
officials supplied 315 megawatts to industries and
kept the country in the dark, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
10/05/2019), Industrial
sector power tariff hike on the cards, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 10/05/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi Project: Penstock installation delayed by
crane wire rope failure, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
07/05/2019)
NEA
plans to set up 10 electric vehicle charging stations in
Valley (ht 06/05/2019)
‘Final
study’ for Nepal-China transmission line starts in
Rasuwa (rep 06/05/2019)
Kabeli
transmission line to be completed by this fiscal year
(ht 06/05/2019), Phase
II of Kabeli Corridor Transmission Line ready (rep
06/05/2019)
Trishuli-Kathmandu
transmission line to come online this week (kp
05/05/2019)
Gandaki
Province govt against Kaligandaki-Tinau Multi-purpose
Project (ht 05/05/2019)
Independent
power producers seek measures to ease electricity trade,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 04/05/2019)
Dispute
emerges over Thankot transmission line alignment, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 03/05/2019)
Power
sector development: Attract Nepali investors, too, by
Devendra Adhikari (ht 03/05/2019)
Locals
obstruct transmission line tower work in Khokana (ht
03/05/2019)
Power
line projects to follow one basin, one hub concept, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 02/05/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3A to start producing power by May 15 (kp
01/05/2019), Upper
Trishuli 3A passes generation test, commercial production
by May 15 (ht 01/05/2019)
Rukum
locals against diverting Uttarganga River, by Lokendra
Khanal (rep 01/05/2019)
Grid-connected
solar system: New step in Nepal’s energy mix, by
Sajendra Man Bajracharya (ht 30/04/2019)
Locals’
dream of lighting up their homes remains a distant dream,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 29/04/2019)
Studies
begin
for two storage-type hydro projects: Khimti Those Siwalaya
project has an installed capacity of 326 MW and Bharbung
project has a capacity to produce 512 MW, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 27/04/2019)
Tanahu
Hydropower
invites fresh bids after terminating contract: The project
developers scrapped the contract with CMC in February
after the Italian builder failed to resolve its liquidity
crisis, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 26/04/2019)
Middle
Bhotekoshi says it may cancel contract with Guangxi,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 25/04/2019)
Betan
Karnali DPR to be completed by August (ht 24/04/2019)
Electricity
commission remains without office bearers as energy sector
suffers, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 24/04/2019)
Government,
World Bank ink pact to scale up renewable energy options
(ht 23/04/2019)
Uttar
Ganga Water Diversion: ozens of micro hydro projects of
Rukum under threat, by Lokendra Khanal (rep
23/04/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi Hydropower Project: Installation of penstock
pipes likely to be completed in early May, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 23/04/2019)
Tamakoshi
transmission line project delayed due to change of
contractor, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 19/04/2019)
828
MW Uttar Ganga hydro project revived after 7 years, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 18/04/2019)
Early
breakthrough
in Bheri Babai tunnel sets a milestone—and a lesson for
other lagging national projects: The tunnel, which was dug
using a boring machine, has been completed a year
ahead of the original deadline, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
17/04/2019), Bheri-Babai
tunnel completed (ht 17/04/2019), That
was fast: The tunnel builders have shown that where
there’s a will, there’s a way (kp 18/04/2019), Two
Breakthroughs In Constructing Tunnels, by Siddhi B.
Ranjitkar (km 20/04/2019)
41
MW added to national grid in first nine months, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 17/04/2019)
Upper
Trishuli-3A, Kulekhani-3 plants nearing finish, by
Prahlad Rijal and Pratap Bista (kp 15/04/2019), Upper
Trishuli III A, Kulekhani III hydels to commission power
next month (ht 18/04/2019)
Civil
works of Upper Mailung to begin soon, by Himnath
Devkota (rep 14/04/2019)
Electricity
tariffs to be slashed for industrial users, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 11/04/2019)
Sanjen,
Rasuwagadi hydels to issue public shares from April 19
(ht 10/04/2019)
Forces
behind lenghty power cuts trying to weaken me: Ghising
(rep 09/04/2019)
Construction
of Koshi Corridor transmission line resumes (ht
08/04/2019)
Upper
Naugarh to start power generation by mid-May, by Prem
Chunara (rep 08/04/2019)
Bheri-Babai
multi-purpose project to be completed before deadline
(ht 02/04/2019), Bheri
Babai Project: One step forward, two steps back (ht
06/04/2019), Bheri
Babai
project finishes tunnel one year ahead of schedule: The
12-kilometre tunnel was dug using a tunnel boring machine,
the first time it is being used in, by Khalendra
Sejuwal (kp 07/04/2019), Replicate
the model of Bheri-Babai (rep 08/04/2019)
Work
at Kabeli Corridor halted (kp 27/03/2019)
Upper
Trishuli
3A slated to begin generation in April: On April 30, the
first turbine will be switched on to produce 30 MW and the
second turbine on June 30 (kp 20/03/2019)
Protestors
close road, market over Budhi Gandaki compensation delays,
by Narahari Sapkota and Sarita Shrestha (rep 19/03/2019)
Kabeli
transmission line awaits completion, contractor seeks
deadline extension, by Giriraj Baskota (rep
19/03/2019)
Electricity
output
slated to double in next fiscal year: The expected
increase in energy generation is almost equal to annual
production of 1,027 MW, by Sangam Prasain (kp
19/03/2019)
Energy
minister has little to show after a year in office, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 18/03/2019)
Role
of
solar in Nepal’s energy mix looks set to expand: More
private firms are showing interest in installing
solar plants across the country, by Bibek Subedi (kp
17/03/2019)
Kulekhani-3
project enters testing phase, by Bibek Subedi (kp
13/03/2019), Kulekhani-3 project fails to pay workers;
construction halted, by Pratap Bista (kp 17/03/2019)
Law
amended to ease acquisition of forest land, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 12/03/2019)
West
Seti
among projects government will showcase at investment
summit: Developers will be invited to present letters
of interest, investment board chief says, by
Mukul Humagain (kp 12/03/2019)
Middle
Bhotekoshi Hydroelectric project hits another setback,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/03/201)
Workers
start installing penstock pipesat 456MW Upper Tamakoshi
project, by Bibek Subedi (kp 08/03/2019)
Six
foreign firms bid for transmission line project, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 05/03/2019)
Udayapur
locals’ obstructions delay Saptakoshi DPR, by Dilliram
Khatiwada (kp 04/03/2019)
Indian
government
approves proposal to build transmission line in Nepal: The
approval will be crucial in the construction of a
high-voltage power line to transmit electricity to India,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 02/03/2019)
Upper
Bhotekoshi reconstruction work at 45 percent, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 02/03/2019)
46pc
of Arun III affected buy land with compensation
amount (ht 26/02/2019)
Pathway
to
prosperity: Energy efficiency in Nepal will do more than
just reduce energy use. It could open an additional
pathway to prosperity, by Bishal Thapa (rep
26/02/2019)
Kabeli
A Hydropower Project work halted (ht 20/02/2019)
NEA
awards tender to lay underground cables in Valley (ht
25/02/2019), Underground
wires to beautify Kathmandu (ht 26/02/2019)
Budhigandaki
Hydropower Project: Locals demand immediate settlement of
compensation, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 25/02/2019)
80
percent work at Upper Sanjen project complete, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 24/02/2019)
NEA
to build, standardise 55 new substations (ht
23/02/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi work gaining momentum, by Ramesh Khatiwada
(rep 23/02/2019), Penstock
pipe-laying work commences at Upper Tamakoshi hydel
project (rep 25/02/2019)
Tanahu
hydel project to call tender (ht 22/02/2019)
Public
not getting promised returns from hydropower companies,
say investors, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 22/02/2019)
Italy’s
CMC Ravenna fired from Tanahu Hydro project, by Biek
Subedi (kp 20/02/2019)
8.63MW
hydel to be developed in Chepekhola (ht 19/02/2019)
Bagmati
Hydro project to begin test operation by mid-March, by
Pratap Bista (kp 18/02/2019)
Tanahu
hydel to terminate contract with CMC (ht 18/02/2019)
Kulekhani-3
project misses deadline for sixth time: Construction began
in 2008 and was expected to be done by 2012, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 17/02/2019)
Kul
Man Ghising: The man who gave us light, by Deepak
Adhikari (kp 16/02/2019)
Light
at the end of the tunnel (kp 16/02/2019)
Dordi
Khola Hydropower project on pace to generate electricity
by August, by Aash Gurung (kp 15/02/2019)
Govt
to allot hydel shares worth Rs 102.28bn to public, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 14/02/2019), Govt
mobilizing people’s money for hydropower development:
Prime minister launching program today (rep
14/02/2019)
India
proposes to construct Lower Arun Hydro Project (ht
13/02/2019)
Italian
contractor may be fired for being no-show, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 12/02/2019) [related to Tanahu Hydropower
Project]
RE
financing: Need for paradigm shift, by Devendra
Adhikari (ht 12/02/2019)
Construction
of 37MW Upper Trishuli III B hydel starts (ht
11/02/2019)
Unknown
group sets off three explosions at Arun-III hydropower
project site, by Dipendra Shakya (kp 09/02/2019), IPPAN
flays bombings in Arun III hydel project (ht
12/02/2019)
Municipality
requests change in transmission line alignment, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 06/02/2019)
Lack
of tree cutting permits holds up power line projects,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 02/02/2019)
Tanahu
Hydro Project stalls over payment dispute, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 31/01/2019)
Electricity
generated by Upper Tamakoshi hydro project could go to
waste, by Umesh Poudel (ht 30/01/2019)
Locals
halt Mid-Modi Hydropower Project (kp 29/01/2019)
Some
Dhading villages still deprived of electricity, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 29/01/2019)
Power
generation by domestic hydropower plants down 24pc:
Country is importing 565MW from India to meet shortfall,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 27/01/2019)
Transmission
line talks stall over operational modality (kp
26/01/2019)
Nepal
and India agree on energy bankind: Nepal allowed entry
into India’s Power Exchange Market (rep 26/01/2019)
Cabinet
puts appointment of Electricity Regulatory Commission
officials on hold, by Bibek Subedi (kp 25/01/2019) [They cannot find agreement on which
male Bahun shall head this commission!]
Nepal
to seek more energy from India (ht 23/01/2019), India
agrees to sell additional 100 MW power (ht 24/01/2019)
Construction
work of Chilime-Trishuli transmission line halted (ht
23/012019), ‘Forest
office halts work on transmission line’ (rep
23/01/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi to complete by 2019-end (rep 23/01/2019)
Solar
over
hydro: Without a massive and concerted effort to develop
solar power, unmet electricity demand will continue to
plague the energy sector, the economy, and the nation at
large, by Sukhdev Shah (rep 22/01/2019)
Arun
III Hydropower Project about 15 percent complete, by
Deo Narayan Sah (kp 21/01/2019)
Tanahu
Hydro asks firms to start work, by Bibek Subedi (kp
19/01/2019)
Sinohydro
completes work at Upper Tamakoshi powerhouse (rep
19/01/2019)
Kulman
Ghising recognized for ending power crisis in country
(rep 19/01/2019)
Panel
formed to resume work at Koshi corridor power line (kp
14/01/2019), Task
force
formed to look into Koshi Corridor problems: Locals in
Dharan sub-metropolis obstruct construction work of the
220 kVA double circuit transmission line project (ht
14/01/2019)
Construction
of Lower Likhu hydel project partially halted (ht
14/01/2019)
Erratic
power supply hits locals hard (ht 13/01/2019)
Bheri
Babai calls bids for hydropower component, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 12/01/2019)
Construction
work at Solukhola Dudhkoshi Hydropower Project stalled for
3 months, by Shikhar Jung Shrestha (rep 12/01/2019)
Kabeli
power line project receives forest clearance (kp
10/01/2018)
Andritz
to install penstock pipes at Upper Tamakoshi, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 19/01/2019)
Developer
threatens
to pull out over hedge fund row: The developer, according
to a highly placed source at the electricity authority, is
ready to contribute only $5 million to the fund, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 08/01/2019)
Upadhyay
tipped to head electricity commission, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 03/01/2019) [There cannot be enough male Bahuns in such top
positions!!]
Five
companies picked to set up solar plants, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 01/01/2019)
Enough
power, not enough power lines, by Bibek Subedi (kp
31/12/2018)
Chinese
contractor fired for poor project performance, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 31/12/2018)
Indian
firm to build 220kV power line, by Bibek Subedi (kp
29/12/2018)
Locals
protest transmission line expansion in Siraha (ht
28/12/2018)
Nepal
and India agree on energy banking, by Bibek Subedi (kp
28/12/2018)
SDF
approves financing of two energy projects in Nepal
(ht 26/12/2018)
Austrian
firm to complete pipe installation in UTHL tunnel,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 24/12/2018), Penstock
installation task reassigned to Austrian company, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 25/12/2018)
India
relaxes
cross-border power trading guidelines: Move opens the
way for Nepal to export surplus electricity to
Bangladesh via Indian transmission lines, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 23/12/2018), India
relaxes hydropower import rules (rep 24/12/2018), Indian
govt amends electricity regulation: Nepali hydel
developers can export power to third countries,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 24/122018)
CMC
scandal to affect Tanahu Hydro Project (rep
23/12/2018)
Bheri
Babai project in limbo due to approval delays, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 22/12/2018)
Kaligandaki
transmission line construction work hampered (ht
21/12/2018)
Dharan
sub-metropolis obstructs Koshi corridor transmission
line (rep 19/12/2018)
India’s
Sutlej
offers to sell Arun III power: The Indian developer of
the export-oriented 900 MW plant located in eastern
Nepal wrote to Investment Board Nepal asking if the
Nepal government would be willing to buy 10 percent of
the total energy available for export, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 18/12/2018)
Tanahu
Hydropower safe but Sahas Urja in trouble, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 18/12/2018), Fate
of Tanahu Hydropower Project uncertain, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 20/12/2018)
India
proposes talks on power line project, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 16/12/2018)
Electricity
imports during peak hours up 30 percent, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 13/12/2018)
Nepal
Electricity Authority agrees to take-or-pay plan, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 12/12/2018)
Tamakoshi
contractor pledges to pick up pace: Minister Pun tells
officials to come up with a work schedule within a week,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 11/12/2018)
Bhairahawa
SEZ fails to supply electricity to factories, by
Rekha Bhusal (rep 11/12/2018)
NEA
expedites process to sign performance contracts (ht
10/12/2018)
18
in race for key posts in Electricity Regulatory
Commission, by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/12/2018)
Hewa
Khola
losing out on Rs200 million in revenue: The 15 MW plant
produces electricity worth Rs450 million annually, but
its entire output cannot be transferred to the national
grid over the existing 33 kV power line, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 07/12/2018)
Nepal,
Bangladesh
agree to build hydro projects: The electricity produced
by these schemes will be exported to Bangladesh via
India, by Bibek Subedi (kp 05/12/2018)
Koshi
corridor
transmission line: Project stumbles in delay of forest
clearance; NEA officials worry the delay may severely
affect timely power evacuation (rep 04/12/2018), Construction
of Koshi Corridor faces delay (ht 04/12/2018)
Detailed
feasibility study of Kaligandaki project begins, by
Chhabilal Tiwari (rep 03/12/2018)
Hydropower
projects: Private sector raises investment in the
Farwest, by Basanta Pratap Singh and Manoj Badu (kp
02/12/2018)
No
smoke without fire: Replace household biomass with
renewable energy for a greener, healthier Nepal, by
Ajaya Dixit (nt 30/11/2018)
Ministry
of Energy, NEA clash over power purchase modality,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 27/11/2018)
IBN
to issue survey licenses for mega solar plants: 2nd
investment summit to be held in March 2019 (rep
26/11/2018)
Kulekhani
III to begin trial production in January, by Pratap
Bista (kp 26/11/2018)
Chinese-Nepali
consortium to build Upper Marsyangdi, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 23/11//2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi likely to miss completion deadline, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 22/11/2018)
Nepal-China
power line plan hits funding snags, by BBiibek
Subedi (kp 21/11/2018)
Bheri
Babai diversion Multipurpose project: Tunnel works ahead
of schedule by one year, by Kalendra Sejuwal (kp
18/11/2018)
Tamakoshi
delay makes Nepal lean on power imports, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 14/11/2018), Hydro-mechanical
work
delay hits progress of Upper Tamakoshi: Mega project is
mulling over awarding Texmaco’s remaining work to
another contractor (rep 15/11/2018)
Khalanga
all set to be load shedding free, by DB Budha (rep
14/11/2018)
IPPAN
condemns hydro licensing directives (ht 14/11/2018)
Hedge
fund delay threatens hydropower projects, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 13/11/2018)
Solar
lamps to light up Bagmati corridor, by Anup Ojha (kp
11/11/2018)
Kabeli
corridor transmission line: Forest Ministry’s indecision
delays project development, by Bibek Subedi (kp
11/11/2018)
Electricity
demand drops this Tihar (ht 11/11/2018)
Bajhang
connected to national grid after 11 years, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 07/11/2018)
No
power
cuts during Tihar, declares NEA: The power utility has
forecast that energy demand will reach 1,270 MW on the
day of Laxmi Puja, by Bibek Subedi (kp 06/11/2018)
Hunt
starts
for firm to lay underground lines: The state-owned power
utility wants to move all power cables underground in
the northern and southern parts of the Kathmandu Valley
to improve distribution, by Bibek Subedi (kp
02/11/2018)
Government
moves to establish electricity commission, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 02/11/2018)
From
a fossil past to an electric future: Nepal’s addiction
to petroleum is more an economic problem than an
ecological one, by Om Astha Rai (nt 02/11/2018)
The
cost of light, by Om Astha Rai (nt 02/11/2018)
456
MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower: Hydropower project
delayed yet again, by Bibek Subedi (kp 01/11/2018)
Himalayan
hydro expo to be held in January (ht 30/10/2018)
Govt
seeks assistance to develop four hydels (ht
29/10/2018)
Plans
to lay Valley’s electricity infrastructure underground
faces delay (ht 29/10/2018)
Formation
of
energy body bogged down by delays: Energy Ministry says
its plan to establish the NERC was held up due to
delays in preparing the required operating regulations
(kp 25/10/2018)
Cable
stringing work on Upper Trishuli-Matatirtha transmission
line begins, by Bhagawati Lama (rep 25/10/2018)
Bheri-Babai
project: 75 per cent tunnel work completed so far
(ht 25/10/2018)
International
conference on renewable energy from Oct 29 (ht
24/10/2018)
Simrutu
River Small Hydropower: Rukum’s largest hydropower
project nears finish line, by Hari Gautam (kp
22/10/2018)
Upper
Dordi to start production in 6 months, by Aash
Gurung (kp 16/10/2018)
Bheri-Babai
diversion tunnel: Project completes 70 percent works
(kp 14/10/2018)
Work
starts on Tamakoshi V cascade power project (kp
13/10/2018)
Harnessing
wind energy: The government must accept the essential
role of energy, especially green energy, by
Khilendra Basnyat (kp 12/10/2018)
NEA
regional chiefs sign performance contracts (kp
10/102018)
Budhigandaki
Hydropower Project: Two changes in compensation worries
affected families (rep 10/10/2018)
Power
supply restored in Dunai, Dolpa (kp 09/10/2018)
Kabeli
power
line to be completed this year: The construction of the
132 kV double-circuit transmission line is divided into
three sections (kp 09/10/2018)
Priorities
for
power: Nepal can substitute almost 50 percent of imports
of petroleum products and coal, if the government
accords priority to development of hydropower and
renewable energy, by Amrit Nakarmi (rep 09/10/2018)
Nepal-Bangla
power export: NEA ready to sign deal with Indian firm,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 07/10/2018)
Power
generation company to partner with private projects
(kp 05/10/2018)
Sugar
mills
in Nepal poised: to generate electricity: A study
estimates that sugar mills operating in Nepal can
generate up to 150MW of electricity (kp 30/09/2018)
Hydel
developers to benefit from new guidance: Manual to help
minimise negative impacts on ecosystem (ht
26/09/2018)
Nepal-India
Second Cross-Border Transmission Line: MCC official
hopeful Nepal, India will resolve differences soon
(rep 25/09/2018)
PM
asks ministry to rehire Chinese firm, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 24/09/2018), Chinese
company gets Budhigandaki hydel project, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 24/09/2018), Decision
to award Budhigandaki to Chinese company draws flak
(rep 25/09/2018), Congress
questions decision on Budhi Gandaki (kp 27/09/2018)
Upper
Arun Hydropower: Cabinet hands reins of hydel project to
NEA (kp 23/09/2018)
Construction
cost of hydro projects up with dollar strength (ht
22/09/2018)
West
Seti Hydropower project: Collapse of deal calls for
serious soul-searching, by Mukul Humagain and Bibek
Subedi (kp 20/09/2018), A
village on the waiting line: The planned West Seti
Hydropower Project set the village of Dhungad into an
eternal state of limbo, by Deepak Thapa (kp
20/09/2018), The
West Seti fiasco: Blessed with water resources, cursed
with governance failure (kp 21/09/2018)
World
Bank
okays $100m grant for energy sector: Despite having huge
hydropower potential, Nepal relies heavily on
electricity imports to reduce the electricity shortage
in the country (kp 20/09/2018)
Sugar
mills to generate 8 MW electricity this fiscal year
(ht 19/09/2018)
Upper
Sanjen achieves 68 percent work progress, by Himnath
Devkota (rep 17/09/2018)
Errant
hydropower
projects under scanner: These hydro projects were
awarded a generation licence before mid-August 2015 but
majority of them have performed dismally in terms of
construction progress (kp 16/09/2018)
New
Butwal Gorakhpur Cross-Border Transmission Line Project:
Transmission line project modalities yet to be fixed,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 15/09/2018)
Betan
Karnali applies to build hydropower plant (kp
14/09/2018)
Bheri
Babai ready to start hydropower component (kp
13/09/2018)
Upper
Karnali hydel: Bangladesh set to buy power from Nepal
(kp 10/09/2018)
Nepal
must invest in Galchhi-Kyirong cross-border transmission
line (ht 10/09/2018), Joint
steering committee to discuss energy cooperation (kp
11/09/2018)
Revive
the dam plan: A long-awaited dream was dashed when China
Three Gorges pulled out of West Seti, by Khagendra
Prasad Rijal (kp 09/09/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi project: PM’s direction to meet deadline to be
unmet due to poor access road (rep 09/09/2018)
400
households living in dark in Manthali (ht
09/09/2018)
Bio-gas
produced from human waste at Ratnapark benefiting
shopkeepers (ht 09/09/2018)
Dhalkebar
substation comes into operation (rep 06/09/2018)
World
Bank helps strengthen cross-border electricity trade
(ht 06/09/2018)
Illusions
of
cheap solar: Policy makers must offer a clearer set of
regulations on solar for Nepali consumers to benefit
from the significant reductions in the costs of solar
power being achieved elsewhere, by Bishal Thapa (rep
04/09/2019)
NERC
regulations pave way for formation of energy regulatory
body> Commission responsible for fixing electricity
tariffs (ht 03/09/2018)
West
Seti project hangs in the balance: Power utility, Three
Gorges discuss capacity, power purchase rate, by
Mukul Humagain and Bibek Subedi (kp 29/08/2018), Project
doomed after Chinese company turns down proposal, by
Mukul Humagain and Bibek Subedi (kp 30/08/2018), After
over 6 yrs, Three Gorges walking away from West Seti:
Australian company had previously wasted 17 yrs, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 30/08/2018), West
Seti’s fate: With Chinese firm all set to return, govt
must pull out all the stops to develop West Seti
Hydropower Project (ht 31/08/2018)
Project
starts construction but yet to decide over land
acquisition, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 28/08/2018)
Budhi
Gandaki hydel project: Rejected contractor set to find
favour, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 28/08/2018)
Road
damage likely to affect Rasuwagadhi hydropower project,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 27/08/2018)
Upper
karnali
hydropower project: Four years elapsed, GMR is yet to
sign financial closure; Seeks another time extension of
one year (rep 26/08/2018)
Hydels
with collective capacity of 2,356 MW under construction
(ht 26/08/2018)
Uncertainty
hangs over Budhi Gandaki project, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 25/08/2018)
Generation
by hydropower plants declined last fiscal year (rep
25/08/2018)
Energy
banking accord may be signed in Oct, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 24/08/2018)
Exporting
electricity: Energy Ministry looking for deal similar to
GMR, by Bibek Subedi (kp 23/08/2018)
Cross-border
transmission line: Nepal-China joint technical team to
meet next week (kp 22/08/2018)
Bheri-babai
multipurpose project: Powerhouse and dam construction
still in limbo, by Nagendra Upadhyay (rep
22/08/2018)
NEA
to buy 19MW of solar electricity (kp 21/08/2021)
Rasuwagadhi
hydro
project achieves major milestone: The Rasuwagadhi
project is being developed at an estimated cost of
Rs13.68 billion under a debt equity ratio of 50 percent,
by Balram Ghimire (kp 21/08/2018), Rasuwagadhi
Hydropower Project achieves tunnel breakthrough, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 21/08/2018)
Dhalkebar
substation goes online: Facility will allow import of
large quantum of energy from India (kp 19/08/2018)
Floods
wreak havoc to hydro projects (kp 18/08/2018)
5%
more
people connected to power supply in FY2017/18:
Electricity supply up by 12.79 percent; NEA’s
income increase by 16.98 percent (rep 18/08/2018)
Garbage
in, garbage out: Publishing incorrect statistics will
lead to misguided energy related research studies,
by Sunil Malla (kp 17/08/2018)
Power
generation to increase by 750 MW, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 17/08/2018)
Bijuli
ko tar, tar, tar …: It may take a long time before the
capital’s streets become wireless, by Monika Deupala
(nt 17/08/2018)
West
Seti
hydro project: Government plans to scale down capacity;
CTGC had requested IBN to slash the installed capacity
of the project to 600 MW from 750MW, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 16/08/2018)
170MW
solar
power plant gets $200m investment: It is the first phase
of an ambitious project to generate 850MW of electricity
from solar power, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 13/08/2018)
Plan
to install power lines underground hits a snag: The
project’s financier, Asian Development Bank, is
threatening to pull back from the project if the power
utility fails to wrap up the bidding process immediately
and appoint contractors for the job, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 12/08/2018)
Nepal,
Bangladesh sign power cooperation deal (kp
11/08/2018), GMR,
Bangladesh to sign power purchase pact, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 14/08/2018)
Marshyangdi
corridor 220 kV transmission line: Indigenous people
demand their say in power project, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 10/08/2018)
Power
by the people, for the people: Electricity produced by
local cooperatives could repeat the success of community
forests, by Anil Chitrakar (nt 10/08/2018)
Nepal-China
power line panel plans first meet: The panel, which
consists of five representatives from each country, will
hire a consultant to prepare the DPR besides finalising
the construction and funding modality of the first ever
trans-Himalayan electricity line (kp 08/08/2018)
Locals
obstruct forest clearance for Upper Karnali Hydropower
Project, by Govinda KC (rep 08/08/2018)
Hydro
is
dead: Nepal must shake off its curse of hydro and move
to a 21st century energy strategy that is in sync with
evolving trends, technological change and regional
context, by Bishal Thapa (rep 07/08/2018)
CTGC
officials coming for talks on West Seti project (kp
07/08/2018)
Underground
power
line: Half of project works finished; The transmission
line will evacuate 60MW of electricity generated by
Upper Trishuli-A to Kathmandu (kp 06/08/2018)
Bheri
Babai
multipurpose project: More than 50 percent of tunnel
works completed; It is the first time that a tunnel
boring machine is being used in Nepal (kp
05/08/2018)
Power
line project to ask for national pride status, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 04/08/2018)
Nepal
turns
to solar and batteries to meet peak demand: As prices
fall, it is now feasible to store solar electricity to
cover the country’s energy shortfall, by Kunda Dixit
(nt 03/08/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi hydropower project: Hydro project starts
issuing shares to locals, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp
02/08/2018), Upper
Tamakoshi likely to come online next year, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 03/08/2018)
Investors
to be allowed to pay in instalments, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 01/08/2018)
Flame
of hope: Biogas can help contribute to climate change
mitigation, adaptation and support households, by
Kantilata Thapa (kp 30/07/2018)
West
Seti
hydropower project uncertainty: IBN to give ultimatum to
China Three Gorges; The 750 MW project has been in limbo
after CTGC said it would not go ahead with the scheme if
the power purchase rate was not increased, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 28/07/2018)
Nepal-China
team to build cross-border power line (kp
26/07/2018)
CMC,
Sinohydro win 140MW Tanahu hydro contract (kp
25/07/2018), Tanahu
Hydropower Company picks contractors for civil,
mechanical works (rep 27/07/2018)
Researchers
underscore need of access to energy in slums, remote
areas (rep 25/07/2018)
Underground
cable plan stalls due to hefty price (kp 24/07/2018)
HIDCL
taking the initiative to create a ‘hedging fund’, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 22/07/2017)
Feasibility
study of Nepal’s largest hydel set to begin (kp
21/07/2018)
Upper
Trishuli 3A on track to meet deadline (kp
20/07/2018)
Talks
to be held with China Three Gorges on West Seti (kp
19/07/2018)
400
marginalized families provided with solar lights, by
Nagendra Upadhyay (rep 19/07/2018)
FDI
in 170-megawatt solar plant approved (rep
19/07/2018)
Locals
encircle NEA after weeks of power cut, by Maheshwar
Chamling Rai (rep 18/07/2018)
PM
Oli seeks way out of West Seti conundrum, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 18/07/2018)
Locals
give up hope for West Seti Hydropower Project, by
Pusparaj Joshi and Arun Bam (rep 16/07/2018)
First
underground electricity line beset with problems, by
Sabita Shrestha (rep 16/07/2018)
Power
output soars due to rain-swollen rivers (kp
13/07/2018)
Nalsing
Gadh hydro project likely to secure int’l financing
(kp 12/07/2018)
Fire
damages power station in Nuwakot (kp 11/07/2018)
Sinohydro
concerned by proposed hydro project: The letter claimed
that the peaking run-of-the-river scheme like the Upper
Marshyangdi would change the hydrology of the river,
affecting the operation of run-of-the-river type
projects downstream, by Bibek Subedi (kp 11/07/2018)
NEA
signs PPA with Ilep Khola hydel project (kp
11/07/2018)
Path
to
power: We need to do adequate homework to reduce the
cost of production of hydropower so that the goal of
affordable energy can be achieved, by Sushil
Pokharel (rep 11/07/2018)
Cabinet
okays electricity commission regulation: The commission
will fix the electricity tariff after holding a public
hearing (kp 10/07/2018)
Three
hydel projects in final stage (ht 10/07/2018)
Work
on hydel project sub-station expedited (ht
10/07/2018)
Nepal,
India mull power banking (kp 08/07/2018)
Locals
worried by ‘unmanaged’ high voltage power lines, by
Arjun Oli (rep 08/07/2018)
Vidhyut
gets permit for Mugu Karnali Hydro (kp 07/07/2018)
NEA
to urge India not to raise energy prices, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 04/07/2018), NEA
rejects India’s proposal to raise power price by 20pc
(kp 08/07/2018)
Transmission
System Master plan sheds light on power ambitions
(kp 02/07/2018), MoEWRI
unveils master plan of transmitting power (ht
02/07/2018)
'Valley
underground wiring to take time', by Dilasha KC (rep
02/07/2018)
NEA
signs pact with Tanahu Hydropower (kp 30/06/2018), NEA
signs
PPA with Tanahu Hydropower: PPA rate fixed at Rs 12.4
per unit during dry season and Rs 6.08 per unit during
summer months (rep 30/06/2018)
Investing
for change: Nepal’s first private equity impact fund
helps uplift Makwanpur and Tanahu villages, by
Siddhant Raj Pandey (kp (29/06/2018)
Newly
built substation eases power distribution: The new infra
in Dadeldhura district was built by a Nepal-India joint
venture (kp 28/06/2018)
Nepal
pitches Tamakoshi V for AIIB financing (rep
28/06/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi makes IPO worth Rs1.05 billion (kp
27/06/2018)
Bilateral
talks silent on West Seti, Budhigandaki (rep
27/06/2018)
AIIB
issues $1m grant to upgrade power grid (kp
26/06/2018)
Power
cuts in the country a regular phenomenon (ht
23/06/2018)
Hydel
projects should be developed with internal investment
(ht 22/06/2018)
Nepal,
China sign power grid pact (kp 21/06/2018)
The
fourth
element: Why should we wait at least ten years for a
storage hydro to be ready? If environment is conducive,
private sector is ready to launch rooftop revolution,
by Aashish Chalise (rep 21/0/2018)
NEA
set to charge Dhalkebar substation this month (kp
20/06/2018)
Village
shrouded in darkness as landslide destroys hydropower
canal (rep 20/06/2018)
NEA
cuts power imports as domestic output rises, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 19/06/2018)
Errant
Indian
firm to outsource remaining tasks: The project has spent
Rs37.71 billion and completed 95 percent of the work so
far, by Bibek Subedi (kp 18/06/2018)
4
workers killed in Arun III accident, by Dipendra
Shakya (kp 17/06/2018), 4
workers, trapped in Arun III tunnel, rescued safely,
by Dipendra Shakya (kp 18/06/2018), Four workers of Arun
III rescued alive after 39 hours, by Megh Raj Tamang (rep
18/06/2018)
Cabinet
clears way for DPR of Nepal-China power line (kp
16/06/2018)
Kulekhani-3
languishing
due to tardy contractor: The performance of Jheijian
Jialin, a Chinese company hired by the Nepal Electricity
Authority to execute the electromechanical works, has
been very disappointing, by Pratap Bista (kp
16/06/2018)
NEA
warns factories to install capacitor banks (kp
15/06/2018)
Ministries
join forces to fight electricity theft (kp
14/06/2018)
Nepal’s
largest hydro project in the offing (kp 13/06/2018)
Establishment
of NERC moves a step closer (kp 12/06/2018)
Realizing
energy
potential: Nepal’s approach to developing its
hydro-power for export to India appears to have missed
the larger context of India’s developments, by
Bishal Thapa (rep 12/06/2018)
19
cos
bid to prepare DPR of Lower Seti: The 105 MW project
will be built around 20 km downstream of the Tanahu
Hydropower Project powerhouse (kp 10/06/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi to issue shares to locals, public (kp
09/06/2018)
Load-shedding
cost GDP $11 bn from 2008 to 2016 (ht 09/06/2018)
Province
2 to strive for energy independence: Provincial govt
aims to generate 50MW electricity this year (kp
08/06/2018)
Talks
on Butwal-Gorakhpur power line project to be held
(kp 08/06/2018)
IBN
refutes
govt claim on West Seti Project: Says there has been no
decision to scrap pact signed with China Three Gorges on
750MW undertaking, by Bibek Subedi (kp 07/06/2018)
NEA
begins constructing high voltage power lines (kp
07/06/2018)
UN
country office switches to solar power (kp
06/06/2018)
Powering
Nepal:
Development of power projects should be looked from a
larger perspective of increasing export of goods and
services, not through myopic lens, by Purushottam
Ojha (rep 05/06/2018)
Flip
the dam plan over: Politics, on occasion, should
supersede development of transformative projects, by
Sandesh Ghimire (kp 03/06/2018)
PMO
steps in to develop Tamor Storage Hydro, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 02/12/2018)
Erratic
power supply hits industries hard (ht 02/06/2018)
NEA
signs
maiden PPA with Tanahu Hydro: The NEA will pay Rs12.40
per unit of electricity during the dry season which
lasts from December to May, and Rs7.10 per unit during
the wet season which lasts from June to November (kp
02/06/2018)
IBN
may
be allowed to issue one-door approval: The Finance
Ministry is preparing the Public Private Partnership Act
which will regulate IBN’s operations, ministry, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 01/06/2018)
Gongor-Khimti
transmission line 80pc completed (kp 28/05/2018)
Country’s
electricity generation surges by 7.4 per cent (ht
28/05/2018)
No
load shedding! Mission Accomplished: After two years of
intense efforts, Kul Man Ghishing, managing director of
Nepal Electricity Authority, has been able to declare
the country load-shedding free (sp 25/05/2018)
Return
of the dam plan: The Arun 3 saga is a case of squandered
opportunities and politics before progress, by
Chandan Sapkota (kp 25/05/2018)
Guideline
for issuing hydel licence issued (kp 25/05/2018)
‘Scrap
West Seti deal or slash installed capacity’, by
Bibed Subedi (kp 25/05/2018), Govt
likely to scrap West Seti deal (ht 25/05/2018)
Work
intensifies for formation of NERC: Although the plan to
form the NERC was floated a decade ago, Parliament only
endorsed the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act in
August 2017, opening the way for its establishment
(kp 23/05/2018)
Tunnel
borer may be used at Dudhkoshi project (kp
22/05/2018)
Plants
sans
grids: Failure to construct transmission lines on time
will mean keeping hydel projects ready to generate
energy idle (ht 22/05/2018)
NEA
warns of fine if power line project delayed (kp
21/05/2018), NEA
asks contractor to complete Solu Corridor transmission
line on time (ht 21/05/2018)
China
proposes joint DPR of cross-border transmission line
(kp 19/05/2018)
132KV
power cable over school gives tension to students
(kp 17/05/2018)
Towards
a brighter future: A stable government and new players
in energy generation could help Nepal meet its SDG
target, by Himalayan Bir Shrestha (kp 17/05/2018)
762
MW
Tamor storage project: Tender deadline for feasibility
study extended; In 1985, Jica had proposed building a
696 MW hydroelectric project on the Tamor River by
building a 153-metre-high dam (kp 16/05/2018)
‘Entire
country
is now free of loadshedding’: Hydroelectricity
production has increased due to the rise in water levels
of major rivers (kp 14/05/2018), NEA
receives help from the heavens (kp 15/05/2018)
NEA
trying to remove slowpoke contractor, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 12/05/2018)
Renovation
of Bhotekoshi Hydro to take another year and a half,
by Dhruba Dangal (rep 12/05/2018)
PMs
jointly lay foundation for Arun III (rep
12/05/2018), 900MW
project launch elates Sankhuwasabha folk, by
Dipendra Shakya (kp 13/05/2018)), Energy
Ministry-IBN row resurfaces at Arun III event, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 13/05/2018)
NEA
mulling to install battery storage system, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 11/05/2018)
Hydropower
development: Producing power sans conflict, by Hari
Krishna Shrestha (ht 10/05/2018)
NEA
to
end power cuts in industrial areas: The NEA has been
supplying uninterrupted energy to residential
customers for more than a year now at the expense of
factories where there is load-shedding lasting 3-4 hours
during peak times, by Bibek Subedi (kp 10/05/2018)
Government
plans ‘Decade of Energy’ (kp 09/05/2018)
Tender
of 1,200MW Budhigandaki by next fiscal (ht
09/05/2018), Govt’ll
build Budhigandaki on its own: Energy minister (rep
09/05/2018)
Govt
mulls leasing land to run transmission lines (kp
09/05/2018)
Erratic
plan in power sector generates no results, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (ht 09/05/2018)
IBN
grants generation licence for Arun-3 project (kp
08/05/2018)
Namure
Multipurpose Project under doubt, by Giru Prasad
Bhandari (kp 07/05/2018)
Formation
of
NERC delayed yet again: The NERC will supersede the
existing Electricity Tariff Fixation Commission and set
the charges that customers will have to pay to Nepal
Electricity Authority (kp 06/05/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi likely to miss completion deadline, by
Bibek Subedi(kp 05/05/2017)
NEA
invites bids to supply solar power (kp 03/05/2018),
Let
it shine: Development of solar power is a positive step
towards producing clean energy (kp 04/05/2018)
China
proposes
teaming up for power line DPR: The Nepali portion of the
power line will stretch from Galchhi in Dhading district
to Rasuwagadhi on the border with China, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 02/05/2018)
Panel
to fix payment for leaving projects (kp 01/05/2018)
Hydropower
projects told to furnish progress report within 15 days
(rep 01/05/2018)
Minister
Pun warns of scrapping erring hydel companies’ licence
(kp 30/04/2018)
Tapping
solar
energy: Solar energy not only has the potential to light
up our homes, it is the energy behind our food and our
lives, by Khilendra Basnyat (kp 29/04/2018)
Budhigandaki
hydro project: Locals worried about the delays in
compensation, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 29/04/2018)
25MW
photovoltaic power: Work begins on Nepal’s largest solar
plant (kp 28/04/2018)
SJVN
to get Arun-3 generation licence, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 27/04/2018), 900mw
arun 3 run-of-the-river scheme: SJVN awarded generation
licence for hydro project (kp 29/04/2018)
Oli,
Modi to lay foundation stone for 900-MW Arun III
(rep 26/04/2018)
30pc
tunnel work completed at Bheri Babai, thanks to TBM
(kp 24/04/2018)
Meeting
of Pancheshwar governing body kicks off (ht
24/04/2018), High-level
meeting extends deadline to prepare DPR of Pancheshwar
to Dec, by Umesh Poudel (ht 28/04/2018)
NEA,
Tanahu Hydro sign power purchase accord (kp
23/04/2018)
Kabeli
B1 hydel project likely to miss deadline (ht
22/04/2018)
Mid-Bhotekoshi
hydro asked to maintain deadline (ht22/04/2018)
Nepal
To Cooperate In Electricity Sector With Bangladesh And
China, by Barshaman Pun (sp 20/04/2018)
Contractor’s
Delay: Given the present pace of work by the contractor,
Upper Tamakosi is likely to miss its deadline (sp
20/004/2018)
Budhi
Gandaki hydropower project: Compensation distribution
delay infuriates locals, by Harihar Singh Rathore
(kp 19/04/2018)
Constant
supply: Large reservoir-based hydro-power projects are
Nepal’s best bet for energy security (kp 18/04/2018)
Hydro
licence to be revoked if construction of project delayed
(ht 16/04/2018)
SNHP
investment deal inked (ht 15/04/2018)
Tender
for feasibility study for Tamor project called (kp
14/04/2018)
Betan
Karnali hydel project: Nabil, Nepal SBI sign MoU (kp
13/04/2018)
NEA
offers power banking to India, by Bibek Subedi (kp
13/04/2018)
Complete
Upper Tamakoshi on time: Oli (kp 12/04/2018), Upper
Tamakoshi delay causing nation daily loss of Rs 40
million, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 12/04/2018)
Triyuga
Municipality to set up 100 MW solar plants: 10 MW of
solar energy to be harnessed in the first phase, by
Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 12/04/2018)
Singha
Durbar runs on solar power,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp
11/04/2018), China
hands over 1MW solar system in Singha Durbar (ht
11/04/2018)
Dhalkebar
substation to be completed in six weeks (kp
11/04/2018)
GMR
offers Upper Karnali power for 10 cents per unit, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 10/04/2018)
Reconstruction
of Upper Bhotekoshi project begins, by Anish Tiwari
(kp 10/04/2018)
Search
for new modality to build Budhigandaki, says Minister
Pun (kp 09/04/2018)
Hetauda-Dhalkebar-Duhabi
transmission line: 400kV transmission line project comes
to halt, by Shiva Puri (kp 09/04/2018)
NEA
urges govt to take final decision on Tamor project,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 08/04/2018)
Energy
security: Nepal must broaden its vision to include
energy security provisions in its development, by
Devendra Adhikari (kp 06/04/2018)
How
they kept Nepal in the dark ages: Prolonged power cuts
were not due to undersupply but because of rampant
corruption, by Ramesh Kumar (nt 06/04/2018)
Transmission
line extension left in limbo (ht 06/04/2018)
Hydro
projects expected to improve living standards in Karnali,
by Prakash Adhikari (kp 05/04/2018)
Pun
mulling to award some projects to IBN (kp
04/04/2018)
NEA
picks new route for Nepal-China power line (kp
03/04/2018)
Nothing
moves on Budhi Gandaki hydro, by Ayam Shrestha (rep
31/03/2018)
NEA
renews PPA with NVVN for 15 months (ht 30/03/2018),
India ups
price of electricity exported to Nepal: New rates come
into effect on April 1 (rep 30/03/2018)
Pun
moves to resolve differences with IBN, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 29/03/2018)
Nepal-India
transmission line: Energy Ministry to lobby for power
line project, by Bibek Subedi (kp 28/03/2018)
NEA
meets FinMin (ht 28/03/2018)
Right
of
way disputes delay power line plans: Task force failed
to come out with a modality to relinquish their
propertyn Construction of key transmission projects of
the NEA is in limbo, by Bibek Subedi (kp 27/03/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi project: Locals oppose share distribution
modality (ht 27/03/2018)
Talks
of loadshedding rumours baseless: NEA (kp
26/03/2018)
75
percent
of Gongor-Khimti transmission line completed: The 47km
transmission line is crucial to evacuate
hydroelectricity generated by 456MW Upper Tamakoshi
Hydropower Project which is slated to come online
by the end of December (kp 25/03/2018)
‘Fickle
policy holding back hydro sector’ (kp 24/03/2018)
Hydropower
key to economic prosperity’ (ht 24/03/2018)
SDF
begins funding infrastructure (kp 23/03/2018), Em-powering
South Asia, by Alaina B. Teplitz (nt 23/03/2018)
Govt
preparing
to set up energy regulatory body: The body will
establish a code that various entities under its
jurisdiction will have to follow such as specifying
standards for the construction of hydropower plants,
transmission lines and distribution networks, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 22/03/2018)
IBN
asks for files of hydro projects bigger than 500MW,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 21/03/2018)
Upper
Karnali works yet to resume, by Govinda KC (rep
21/03/2018)
Energy
Min to add more power to grid (kp 21/03/2018)
Work
begins on transmission line project in Attariya (kp
20/03/2018)
Plan
to trade power with China, B’desh,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht
20/03/2018)
Hydro-powered
dreams: Significant investment in infrastructure needed
to meet development challenges, by Devendra Adhikari
(kp 18/03/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi hydropower: Project cost to reach about Rs 50
billion, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 18/03/2018)
Cross-border
electricity trade and investment stressed (ht
18/03/2018)
Upper
Trishuli 3A may come online ahead of schedule (kp
16/03/2018)
Construction
of Arun-III hydro likely to begin by April-end (ht
16/03/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi
hydro IPO plans hit snag with locals: The delay in
issuing the ordinary shares will affect the project
which will now have to rely on loans to fund the ongoing
construction, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 16/03/2018)
Alignment
of Nepal-China power line to be finalised, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 15/03/2018)
Tanahu
Hydro, Sinohydro Corp sign memorandum (kp
15/03/2018)
State
trims power leakages to 13.74pc in 17 units: Nepal
Electricity Authority reduces power theft (kp
14/03/2018), Electricity
leakage in Province 1 down by 4 percentage points: Nepal
Electricity Authority (rep 14/03/2018)
ADB
willing to finance Tamor feasibility study, by Bibek
Subdei (kp 13/03/2018)
Kabeli
power line project overcomes major hurdle (kp
12/03/2018)
Diversity
in power: There is need to re-think Nepal’s dependence
on hydro-power and revise policy to add solar energy to
the mix, by Ram Prasad Dhital and Jiwan Kumar Mallik
(kp 11/03/2018)
Budhi
Gandaki project faces another hurdle (kp 11/03/2018)
SJVN
Arun-3 set to get generation licence (kp 10/03/2018)
Govt
to form task force to study West Seti issues (ht
10/03/2018)
Province
2 has lowest generation capacity, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 09/03/2018)
Biomass
power plants in Parsa lying defunct, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 09/03/2018)
China
Three Gorges seeks guaranteed return of 17 percent,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 06/03/2018), IBN
directors to decide fate of West Seti hydro, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 07/03/2018), Development
of West Seti in limbo as CTGC ups demands (ht
07/03/2018)
Hydro-powered
dreams: Nepal can be a pioneer in the hydropower sector
if it is to consider policy consistency, by Sajal
Mani Dhital (kp 02/03/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi hydro readying to issue shares (kp
01/03/2018)
Barriers
to benefiting from energy sector highlighted (kp
01/03/2018), Challenges
to energy access highlighted (ht 01/03/2018), Women,
excluded groups face barriers to energy: ADB report
(rep 01/02/2018), Break
barriers:
It is important that Nepal adopts supportive policies
and institutional frameworks to address gender and
social exclusion issues in the energy sector (ht
02/03/2018)
Climate
change impacts: Ways forward for energy, by Devendra
Adhikari (ht 01/03/2018)
Small steps for big leap: Nepal needs to decrease use of
imported petroleum and dependence on biomass for
residential needs for both are sources of greenhouse
gases, by Ugan Manandhar (rep 28/02/2018)
Power
producers concerned about local taxes (rep
28/02/2018)
NEA
threatens to fire slowpoke contractor (kp
27/02/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi
launch date pushed back to December: Project officials
blamed the poor state of the road linking the
project site in Dolakha for the sluggish
progress (kp 26/02/2018)
70MW
Middle Marsyangdi hydel: Hydel project shut down for
urgent repairs (kp 26/02/2018), Maintenance
of one turbine of Middle Marsyangdi hydro project
completed (ht 02/03/2018)
Grid-connected
solar projects: NEA mulls dropping pacts with nine
companies, by Bibek Subedi (kp 25/02/2018)
Nepal
Electricity
Authority plans to end industrial load-shedding from
mid-May: NEA will be able to supply power to industries
next winter also (ht 25/02/2018)
Nepal-China
cross-border transmission line: NEA to decide on best
route in 3 weeks (rep 25/02/2018)
Power
distribution
system to be outdated in 2 years: Stakeholders
participating in the talk show urged the NEA to improve
its distribution network and transmission lines to
ensure reliable supply of power in the future when the
country is expected to have surplus electricity (kp
23/02/2018)
Guidelines
released
on selling energy into grid: Individuals and
organizations producing electricity for personal use as
well as commercial producers have been permitted to
connect their solar panels to national grid, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 20/02/2018), Energy
transformation: Shifting to wind and solar energy
sources could be a solution to electricity shortfall
(kp 21/02/2018)
A
secure energy future:Nepal’s present energy mix and uses
are the result of a segmented policy landscape that has
conceived electricity as an end in itself, by Ajaya
Dixit (kp 19/02/2018)
Lamjung
hydro projects in limbo, by Ramji Rana (ht
19/02/2018)
Madhya-Marshangdi
to be shut for 10 days for repair (rep 19/02/2018)
NEA
in
bid to have more vehicle charging stations: Country’s
first EV charging station has been set up at power
utility’s central office (kp 18/02/2018)
Hydros
of 1 MW to be affiliated to local units (ht
18/02/2018), Power
at
local level: The decision to delegate power to the local
units to mange up to one megawatt of power plant will
certainly help electrification in rural area (ht
19/02/2018)
Rs94b
viability gap funding okayed for Budhi Gandaki (kp
17/02/2018)
Country
to see record addition of hydropower in FY2017/18
(rep 17/02/2018)
Dhangadhi-Paliya
power
line back in operation: The Dhangadhi-Paliya
cross-border power line went out of operation in 2008,
and Nepal had repeatedly been requesting India to revive
it (kp 15/02/2018)
Blanch-Attariya
line to be upped to six phase (kp 14/02/2018)
Indian
co starts work on Dhalkebar substation (kp
14/02/2018)
IPB
approves Rs 20 billion FDI in 102-MW hydel project
(ht 13/02/2018)
Kabeli-A
hydroelectricity project: 400m tunnel built at hydel
project, by Shahi Man Rai (kp 12/02/2018)
Biogas
saves carbon and earns nepal Rs1b per year (kp
11/02/2018)
30MW
Chameliya officially begins power production, by
Manoj Badu (kp 11/02/2018), PM
inaugurates Chameliya hydel project (ht 11/02/2018)
Manthali-Khimti-Dhalkebar
220 kV: Transmission line nears completion, by Tika
Prasad Bhatta (kp 10/02/2018)
Unannounced
load shedding affects life in Gulmi, by Shiva Lal
Subedi (rep 10/02/2018)
Tanahu
hydroelectric project: NEA to sign first PPA with
storage-type hydro, by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/02/2018)
Energy
Min mulling to dump deal with CTGC, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 07/02/2017)
NEA
steps up crackdown on power theft in Lalitpur (kp
06/02/2018)
Lamjung
to be promoted as a model district for hydropower
development, by Kishan Sangeet Nepali (rep
06/02/2018)
Law
Ministry puts IBN-Energy Ministry dispute to rest, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 04/02/2018)
Nepal-China
power
line feasibility report filed: The proposed transmission
line will be 80km long n Estimated to cost Rs 10 billion,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 03/02/2018)
Stop
stealing electricity or face blackout: NEA (kp
02/02/2018)
Chameliya
begins power output from 2nd turbine (kp 02/02/2018)
Energy
for
thought: Making electricity generation and trading
simple, regular and transparent is a must if we were to
become self-reliant in the power sector (ht
01/02/2018)
Bheri-Babai
project update: Project completes 15pc of tunnel works
using TBM, by Prakash Adhikari (kp (31/01/2018)
Delay
in hydro-mechanical works likely to push back Upper
Tamakoshi deadline, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep
31/01/2018)
Land
acquisition of Budhi Gandaki project stalls due to
short-staffing, by Harihar Singh Rathore (kp
30/01/2018), Compensation
distribution for Budhigandaki hydel hindered (ht
31/01/2018)
Energy
ministry dragging feet on electricity regulatory body
formation (rep 30/01/2018), FinMin
okays electricity commission regulation (kp
31/01/2018)
Innovative
ways of financing for hydels sought (ht 29/01/2018),
NEA
to resume signing ‘take or pay’ accords, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 30/01/2018)
More
RoR plants to get 'take or pay' PPAs (rep
29/01/2018)
The
NEA unplugged: E-vehicle charging stations are a great
idea, but regulatory assessment is necessary, by
Subrata Lamsal (kp 28/01/2018)
Far-west
locals propose developing West Seti hydro project in
UTHEP model (ht 28/01/2018), Locals
of far west fear further delay in project execution
(rep 28/01/2018)
India
drags feet in building new cross-border power line
(kp 28/01/2018)
Nepal
power investment summit 2018: Prez calls for action to
harness Nepal’s huge hydro potential (kp
28/01/2018), SAsia
cooperation for electricity trade sought (ht
28/01/2018), Energy
cooperation:
The legal framework will enable the sub-regional nations
to exchange the surplus energy among one another
whenever they need it (ht 29/01/2018)
Wavering
policy stalls solar power project, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 27/01/2018)
216mw
upper trishuli-1 hydel project: NEA okays draft PPA for
hydel project (kp 26/01/2018)
33k
households
in Baitadi off the grid: The Nepal Electricity Authority
office in Baitadi said that the budget allocation for
the district for rural electrification was
inadequate, and as a result, many parts of the district
lack electricity access (kp 26/01/2018)
Upper
Marshyangdi-2 in limbo as talks deferred, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 25/01/2018)
Upper
Arun hydropower project: Sino-Taiwanese JV to prepare
project report (kp 24/01/2018)
Gongor-Khimti
transmission line: 70pc of works completed, says
developer (kp 21/01/2018)
Kabeli
Corridor project fails to gather momentum (ht
21/01/2018)
Lower
Arun
hydro kept in govt basket: the govt withheld the
application as it had already appointed a consultant to
prepare a detailed project report and environmental
impact assessment (kp 20/01/2018)
KMC
starts clearing unmanaged overhead cables (ht
20/01/2018)
NEA
close to selecting firm for laying cables (kp
19/01/2018)
Bangladesh
proposes to build hydropower plants in Nepal (kp
19/01/2018)
Feasibility
study for pumped storage projects being done (kp
18/01/2018)
Tamakoshi
3 hydro project: TBI Holding for slashing capacity
(kp 16/01/2018)
Mid-Bhotekoshi
given deadline of two years (ht 15/01/2018)
13
hydro projects seek IPOs worth Rs3.6b (kp
14/01/2018)
Energy
Ministry delays formation of regulatory body (kp
14/01/2018)
Local
level to license plants up to 1 MW (kp 13/01/2018),
‘Obtain
DoED nod before issuing licence' (ht 13/01/2018)
Chameliya
hydro project finally comes online, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 13/01/2018)
Quake-damaged
hydel plants repaired (ht 13/01/2018)
Power
to the people: Despite huge potential, Nepal fails to
meet demands for electricity and turns to India for
bail-out (kp 12/01/2018), Power
investors meet: Can Nepal generate 40,000MW of
hydroelectricity in 10 years and unleash a slew of
downstream industries? (nt 12/01/2018)
Nepal
power investment summit: Summit to galvanise Nepal’s
energy sector (kp 12/01/2018)
Power
imports up 20pc as winter takes its toll, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 11/01/2018)
Half
the population in Dadeldhura deprived of electricity
(ht 10/01/2018)
Chinese
JV gets NEA nod for 220kV substation in Barhabise
(kp 10/01/2018)
West
seti hydropower project: NEA, CTGC may part ways over
power rate, by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/01/2018)
WECS
to
conduct study on energy consumption: WECS will then make
recommendations on efficient use of electricity to
various sectors (kp 07/01/2018)
Plan
to downsize Tamakoshi-3 causes controversy, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 07/01/2018)
Hydropower
projects gear up works in Ilam, by Bhim Chapagain
(rep 07/01/2018)
Technology
and Economics of energy, by Saurav Bashyal (ht
07/01/2018)
President
bemoans slow pace of hydro development (kp
06/01/2018), Himalayan
Hydro Expo 2018 kicks off (ht 06/01/2018)
Nepal’s
first biogas plant starts producing CNG (kp
06/01/2018)
Indian
company likely to get Dhalkebar job (kp 05/01/2018)
Reliable
energy a must to boost Nepal's economic growth, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 05/01/2018)
Safety
rules-flouting LPG bottlers to face stern action (kp
05/01/2018), NBSM
to shut gas plants flouting safety rules (ht
05/01/2018), Gas
plants
shut down over safety violations: gas bottlers have been
found to be filling defective cylinders with cooking gas
after merely repairing the safety valves, by Rajesh
Khanal and Nagendra Adhikari (kp 06/01/2018)
Rs
204 billion required to ensure grid electricity
throughout the country (ht 05/01/2018)
Ample
prospects for hydropower development in the country,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 05/01/2018)
Tunnel
digging of Bheri Babai diversion project expedited
(ht 05/01/2018)
CTGC
threatens to pull out from West Seti project, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 04/01/2018)
Alternatives
for
Budhi Gandaki: Big challenges to Budhi Gandaki comprise
technical, social and economic questions that are yet to
be fully resolved, by Christopher Butler, Satis
Devkota and Bishnu Sharma Nepal (rep 04/01/2018)
Tanahu
Hydro running late on naming builder, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 03/01/2018)
42.9MW
AKHP achieves financial closure (ht 03/01/2018)
E-vehicle
charging: Valley armed with 4 more stations (kp
02/01/2018), Plugged
on: NEA now runs four charging stations, but more EVs
for public transport still needed (kp 03/01/2018)
Nepal
adds 150mw of hydro energy in 2017, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 01/01/2018)
Upper
Trishuli 3A project completes 80pc civil works (kp
31/12/2017)
EnergyMin,
IBN
clash over hydro projects: IBN claims the right to
implement hydro projects with a capacity of 500MW or
morenEnergy Ministry refutes that claim; officials say
they have sole authority, by Bibek Subedi (kp
30/12/2017)
Battery
import dwindles as load-shedding ends, by Ayam
Shrestha (rep 30/12/2017)
Melamchi
phase II can generate 2 MW power (ht 29/12/2017)
Power
purchase agreement with NVVN renewed sans changes
(ht 28/12/2017), Power
purchase accord extended (kp 29/12/2017)
Himalayan
Hydro Expo set for Jan 5 kick-off (kp 27/12/2017)
Apex
court
rules in favour of TBI Holdings: Says MoE can award
licence of above 500MW hydro projects through bilateral
negotiations (ht 27/12/2017)
SC
upholds permit for Tamakoshi 3 (kp 26/12/2017)
1,253
households deprived of electricity in Lamjung district
(ht 25/12/2017)
30
MW Chameliya project: Nepal takes a decade to build
hydro project (kp 24/12/2017)
Two
bid to complete Dhalkebar substation (kp 23/12/2017)
Wind-solar
mini grid: AEPC gets $3m ADB grant to install 10 power
plants, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 23/12/2017)
Delay
in construction of transmission line worries hydel
investors (ht 23/12/2017)
NEA
asks
India not to stop electricity supply: The state-owned
power utility is currently importing around 400 MW of
electricity from India (kp 22/12/2017)
NEA
assures ‘no load-shedding’ for domestic use (ht
22/12/2017)
Upper
Trishuli 1: Hydro project held up as NEA dawdles over
PPA (kp 21/12/2017)
Power
imports from India likely to jump 26pc, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 20/12/2017)
NEA
focusing on improving power distribution system, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 20/12/2017)
Budhi
Gandaki hydel can be built with domestic resources:
Report (kp 19/12/2017), Report:
Internal resources adequate to build Budhi Gandaki hydro
project (kp 19/12/2017)
No
takers for Dhalkebar construction contract, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 19/12/2017)
Gautam
Buddha
int’l airport project: Locals protest against delayed
compensation; The farmers said that after their
land was acquired, they could not grow anything on it
or get compensation, by Madhav Dhungana (kp
19/12/2017)
Fire
at your desire: There is a great market for charcoal,
and it can be made with available forest waste, by
Ranjana Mishra Jha (kp 19/12/2017)
Power
lines, substations being upgraded with ADB funding,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 18/12/2017)
400kV
Butwal-Gorakhpur
cross-border transmission line: Nepal to press India to
agree on funding modality; Nepal and India had agreed to
build the transmission line during the JSC meeting more
than a year ago in New Delhi and had formed a joint
technical team to prepare the DPR, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 17/12/2017)
Chameliya
hydro
likely to come online in Jan: The construction of
Chameliya started in January 2008, and it was originally
scheduled to be completed by June 2011 (kp
16/12/2017)
Nalsing
Gad hydro project: Nalgad awarded survey licence (kp
15/12/2017)
Lack
of motorable bridge: 4 hydro projects set to be delayed,
by Aash Gurung (kp 15/12/2017)
Pancheshwar
to spend Rs19.4b to cut impacts (kp 14/12/2017)
Himalayan
Hydro expo set for 2018 opening (kp 14/12/2017)
Nepal
to ask India for more electricity (rep 14/12/2017)
Renewable
agenda: South Asia’s quest for a ‘green economy’ based
on green strategies provides ample space for power
trading, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 13/12/2017)
Chameliya
project completed after a decade (erp 13/12/2017)
Nepal’s
largest hybrid wind-solar power system comes online
(kp 13/12/2017), Clean
energy mix (ht 14/12/2017)
Power
output takes hit as rivers shrink; down 35pc, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 13/12/2017)
85
families of Hariharpur get energy access, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (kp 13/12/2017)
NEA
begins work on Nuwakot solar plant, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 12/12/2017)
IPPs
equal NEA in terms of installed capacity: Both have
installed capacity of 478 MW each, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep 11/12/2017)
Tanahu
hydro project all set to hire contractor, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 10/12/2017)
Struggle
for power: New technologies and sustainable practices
are needed to overcome the energy crisis, by Ramhari
Poudyal (kp 07/12/2017)
Betan
Karnali and Bheri-1: IBN seeks rights for two hydro
projects, by Bibek Subedi (kp 05/12/2017)
Mutually
inclusive
benefits: Mutual fund set-ups, rather than equity
shares, would be more beneficial to investors as well as
hydro-power project affected people, by Semanta
Dahal (kp 04/12/2017)
IBN,
MoE lock horns on dealing with hydel projects: Fate of
680-megawatt Betan Karnali in limbo (ht 03/12/2017)
Energy
sector can attract Rs28.93t in foreign capital (kp
02/12/2017)
Defunct
Likhu
4 hydro revived after 7 years: the estimated power
output has now been revised down-ward to 52.4 Mw by the
new promoters. the project has aimed to start generating
power within 30 months, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp
02/12/2017)
1,200MW
Budhi Gandaki hydropower project: Ousted Chinese
contractor asks govt to revisit decision (kp
29/11/2017)
Hopefuls
pledge to turn Kaski into hydro hub, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 29/11/2017)
Power
output falls due to reduced river flow, by Aash
Gurung (kp 27/11/2017)
Government
to
build Budhi Gandaki project on its own: Decision comes
two weeks after contract to China Gezhouba Group
Corporation terminated (kp 25/11/2017), Govt
hands over Budhigandaki hydel project to NEA, by
Sabin Mishra (ht 25/11/2017)
Universal
access to electricity: Nepal on track to achieving
target by 2030 (kp 25/11/2017)
BPC,
Chinese firms to launch 1,000 mW hydro projects in Nepal
(kp 24/11/2017)
Chameliya
charges transmission line (ht 24/11/2017)
Construction
of Arun-3 hydro project to begin soon (kp
23/11/2017)
Time
for
change: Edison started the first grid in New York over
100 years ago; Nepal’s first hydroelectric facility
followed soon, by Richard Kauffman (kp 20/11/2017)
Upper
Tamakoshi hydro project achieves major milestone, by
Rajendra Manandhar (kp 20/11/2017), Breakthrough
in Upper Tamakoshi hydro-electric project (ht
20/11/2017), Very
encouraging (ht 21/11/2017)
KMC
to build bio-gas plant at Ratnapark (kp 19/11/2017)
Budhi
Gandaki hydro to compensate landowners in 2nd phase soon,
by Harihar Singh Rathore (kp 19/11/2017)
Kabeli
B1 hydro project to be completed in mid-Feb, by
Shahi Man Rai (kp 19/11/2017)
750MW
West Seti hydropower project: NEA, CTGI seal deal,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 17/11/2017)
Seti
River hydropower project gains traction, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 16/11/2017)
Budhi
Gandaki
project uncertain: Cabinet scraps deal sealed with a
Chinese company on the basis of ‘instructions issued by
two parliamentary committees’ in September (kp
14/11/2017), ‘Next
Cabinet
meeting to decide further on Budhi Gandaki project’:
Energy Minister Kamal Thapa claims the next Cabinet
meeting will take a concrete decision (kp
15/11/2017), NC
defends move over Budhi Gandaki project (kp
16/11/2017), Oli,
Dahal accuse govt of working ‘on a whim’: Say decision
to scrap Budhi Gandaki deal with Chinese firm ‘a
mistake’ (kp 16/11/2017)
A
new way forward: The electricity sector regulator will
be a referee that uses regulations and directives to
create a level playing field, by Satish Joshi (kp
13/11/2017)
Suspend
Tamakoshi survey licence: SC (kp 09/11/2017)
Call
for renewable energy technology in rural areas (kp
05/11/2017)
Chameliya
hydropower project: Technical glitch puts off
transmission test (kp 05/11/2017)
An
idea that can drastically cut household energy bills,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 05/11/2017)
NEA
to sign PPA in dollars after 4-year gap, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 05/11/2017)
20
MW Lower Modi likely to come online in December, by
Agandhar Tiwari (kp 04/11/2017)
Sikles
Hydro starts trial production, by Lal Pasad Sharma
(kp 04/11/2017)
West
Seti hydropower project: NEA, CTGC to hold final talks
to form Joint Venture firm, by Bibek Subedi (kp
03/11/2017)
Upper
Tamakoshi
likely to come online in July: the first of six units of
456 MW project is expected to add 76 MW to national grid
by the end of this fiscal, by Bibek Subedi (kp
01/11/2017)
Nalsingad
hydel project in limbo, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp
30/10/2017)
Bhutan
lessons: Nepal has a lot to learn from Bhutan on how to,
and how not to, deal with India on hydropower, by
Shraddha Gautam (rep 30/10/2017)
Resettlement
process: Locals affected by Budhi Gandaki hydro project
warn to boycott polls, by Sudeep Kaini (kp
29/10/2017), Locals
warn of boycotting polls unless they get compensation,
by Naraharii Sapkota and Devendra Basnet (rep 30/10/2017)
Agitating
locals threaten to obstruct NEA project (ht
27/10/2017)
Chameliya
to start test production on November 4 (kp 25/10/2017)
Tamakoshi-3
hydro: Govt set to hand over project licence to TBI,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/10/2017)
Tanahun
hydro can use forest land (ht 23/10/2017)
NEA
to
take lead to promote electric vehicles: Says will start by
installing charging stations at different parts of
Kathmandu in the first phase, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 20/10/2017)
No
power cuts this Tihar, says NEA, by Bibek Subedi (kp
20/10/2017)
Upper
Karnali Hydro receives forest clearance (kp
19/10/2017)
NEA
steps up Tihar anti-leakage drive (kp 18/10/2017)
Waste
to be used to produce biogas (ht 16/10/2017)
NEA’s
bid to complete remaining works of Dhalkebar sub-station,
by Bishnu Belbashe (rep 16/10/2017)
Light
up: Could microgrids be the efficient way to overcome
Nepal’s energy crisis?, by Ramhari Poudyal (kp
15/10/2017)
Stay
on
the right track: With new plans and investments pouring
into the hydro power sector Nepal should now focus on
turning its dream into reality, by Saurav Bashyal
(ht 15/10/2017)
Nepal
153rd
nation to endorse IRENA Statute: IRENA is an
organisation that supports countries to a
sustainable energy future by promoting renewable
energy (kp 12/10/2017)
West
Seti deal with Chinese company likely to be scrapped
(ht 12/10/2017)
Upper
Karnali project starts distributing compensation (ht
12/10/2017)
Kulekhani
3 deadline extended for fifth time (kp 11/10/2017)
NEA
invites CTGC to sign joint venture deal (kp
10/10/2017)
MoF,
NEA asked to arrange fund for Upper Trishuli 3A (kp
08/10/2017)
Study
on methane gas availability in limbo (ht 06/10/2017)
Renewable
energy: Huge potentials, by Sudeep Ghimire and
Zulker Nafen (ht 06/10/2017)
Delays
at Dhalkebar may hamper energy imports (kp
05/10/2017)
NEA
terminates Dhalkebar contract: Says Chinese contractor
intentionally delayed construction of substation (ht
04/10/2017)
Penny
wise, Pound foolish: Parliament’s Public Accounts
Committee needs to do more than just nit-picking on
project costs (kp 04/10/2017)
Chameliya
hydropower to start trial production ‘soon’, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 04/10/2017)
Kulekhani
III to come online by Jan, by Pratap Bista (kp
04/10/2017)
World
Bank backs NEA’s solar plant contract, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 03/10/2017)
Govt
asked
to scrap Budhi Gandaki deal with Chinese firm: Two
parliamentary panels jointly direct government to scrap
contract with the China Gezhouba Group Corporation,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 26/09/2017), Govt
told to scrap Budhigandaki deal with Chinese contractor
(ht 26/09/2017)
Blanch-Attariya
power line testing goes well, by Manoj Badu (kp
25/09/2017)
Upper
Trishuli 3A hydroelectric project: Chinese bank renews
loan grace period, by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/09/2017)
Hydro
expo slated for January (ht 21/09/2017)
PAC
instructs govt to furnish documents of Budhigandaki deal
(ht 21/09/2017)
Risen
Energy seeks $27 million compensation for grid solar
project (ht 20/09/2017), Raijin
Energy claims Rs2.8b in compensation from NEA, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 21/09/2017)
Upper
Tamakoshi
receives Rolwaling survey licence: Water in the tailrace
of the Rolwaling scheme will be channeled into the
intake of the Upper Tamakoshi project to boost its
electricity generation capacity (kp 19/09/2017)
Saptakoshi
high dam project: ‘Extensive homework must before DPR
study' (kp 18/09/2017)
Kulekhani
3
hydro project likely to get new deadline: The project’s
completion deadline has been extended four times since
construction began in April 2008 (kp
17/09/2017)
Middle
Modi hydro project further delayed, by Chhabi Lal
Tiwari (rep 17/09/2017)
Over
a dozen hydropower companies not paying government
royalty, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 17/09/2017)
Financial
closure deadline likely to be extended again, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 16/09/2017)
No
load-shedding during dry season, says NEA (kp
15/09/2017), NEA
plans to make distribution system robust (ht
15/09/2017)
Upper
Karnali hydropower project: GMR starts distributing
compensation payments (kp 15/09/2017)
Lack
of law delays hydropower royalty distribution to local
units (rep 14/09/2017)
NEA
compelled to change route for Butwal-Mainahiya
transmission line, by Sher Bahadur KC (rep
13/09/2017)
No
rational in retendering 25-megawatt grid-tied solar
project: World Bank (ht 12/09/2017)
Indu
Shankar, Everest sugar mills to generate electricity,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 12/09/2017)
Budhigandaki
affected seek compensation (ht 11/09/2017)
Switch
on: Electricity Authority needs to explore decentralised
solutions to ensure emergency power supply, by Bibek
Raj Kandel (kp 08/09/2017)
Pancheshwar
multipurpose project: Nepal set to get 462.5MW of ‘firm
energy’ (kp 08/09/2017), Nepal-India
talks on Pancheswar DPR end inconclusively (ht
08/09/2017)
Korean
JV on track to get licence for Upper Trishuli Hydropower
Project (kp 08/09/2017)
AIIB
team
to visit Nepal to appraise energy projects: Top on the
list are rural electrification project in the hilly
districts of Province 6 and Tamakoshi 5 Hydropower
Project, by Bibek Subedi (kp 07/09/2017)
Madi
in darkness since past week, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel
(rep 06/09/2017)
Budhi
Gandaki listed as component of BRI, by Binod Ghimire
and Bibek Subedi (kp 05/09/2017)
Plugged
in: Nepal should look beyond hydroelectricity even as
the need for more electricity emerges (kp
04/09/2017)
Govt
starts managing messy overhead cables in Valley (ht
04/09/2017)
Into
thin air: Urgent steps are required to stem electric
power transmission and distribution losses, by Sagar
Gnawali (kp 03/09/2017)
NEA
to
finally connect Farwest hills to nat’l grid: The 132kV
transmission line will be initially used to evacuate
energy generated by 30MW Chameliya hydro project, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 03/09/2017)
500
households left in darkness due to damage in power plant
canal: Budhathok Small Hydropower Project turning into a
white elephant, by Sangam Gharti Magar (rep
03/09/2017)
Locals
refuse to cede land for hydel project in Doti (ht
01/09/2017)
Govt
to provide 19,600 ropanis of land to Tanahu hydro
project (ht 01/09/2017)
West
Seti hydropower project: Chinese developer approves JV
pact (kp 31/08/2017)
Construction
resumes
at Rasuwagadhi project: The chinese contractor has
completed 40 percent of construction work at the 111 MW
hydro project, by Balram Ghimire (kp 29/08/2017)
Private
companies may be enlisted to install electricity lines,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 29/0872017)
Upper
Tasmakoshi hydel: 456MW project to float shares to
public in Dec, by Rajendra Manandhar ( 27/08/2017)
Electricity
authority will not be able to end load-shedding this
winter (ht 27/08/2017)
Five
hydels in Manang, Lamjung to lose licence (ht
26/08/2017)
Pancheshwar
multipurpose project: Project suffers setback as DPR
talks falter, by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/08/2017)
NEA
signs PPA with Upper Trishuli hydel project (kp
24/08/2017)
NEA:
Traditional electric meters will become history (kp
23/08/2017)
NEA
goes digital, introduces online bill payment system in
Valley (kp 22/08/2017), Valley
residents no longer required to visit NEA to pay
electricity bills (ht 22/08/2017)
Power
cables to be laid underground in central KTM,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 20/07/2017)
Fate
of grid-tied solar project in limbo (ht 20/08/2017)
NPC
decides to list all hydels under national priority
projects, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 20/08/2017)
Developing
Water Resources, by Biswo Pradhan (rn 19/08/2017)
NEA:
Electricity leakage down to 22.9 percent (kp
18/08/2017), Power
authority’s loss below Rs 1bn (ht 18/08/2017)
Mustang
starts generating electricity from wind, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 18/08/2017)
Upper
Trishuli-1 hydel project: IFC requests Energy Minister
to expedite PPA (kp 17/08/2017)
Chameliya
hydro wet test slated for Sept (kp 17/08/2017)
Govt
to rid Valley of messy overhead cables: MoE is preparing
to lay underground power lines (ht 17/08/2017)
Budhigandaki
project:
Pricey power; The Maoist-led government bypassed Public
Procurement Act, Good Governance Act and Financial Act
in giving the project to CGGC, by Satis Devkota (rep
16/08/2017)
Power
distribution affected across the country: NEA, by
Sabin Mishra (ht 14/08/2017), NEA
lowers power generation, imports as demand falls: Power
supply halted in eastern region (rep 14/08/2017), Power
restored in most districts in eastern Nepal
(kp 15/08/2017)
Passing
on the light: 20 years of renewable energy
development for rural communities, by Kjell Tormod
Pettersen, Ram Prasad Dhital and Ingrid Dahl-Madsen (kp
13/08/2017)
Parliament
passes NERC Bill (ht 12/08/2017), Parliament
enacts law to govern power sector (kp 13/08/2017)
Cross-border
power line added to PM’s wish list, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 11/08/2017)
PM
to ask India to amend power trade guidelines, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 10/08/2017)
Bheri
Babai diversion multipurpose project: Tunnel boring
machine set to arrive in Nepal, by Janak Nepal and
Kamal Panthi (kp 10/08/2017)
LCFs
formed to facilitate Tanahu Hydro project (ht
10/08/2017)
India
agrees to reduce energy prices, by Bibek Subedi (kp
09/08/2017)
Nepal-India
Power Exchange Committee: Ghising off to Delhi to
negotiate prices (kp 08/08/2017)
NEA
asks ETFC to hike power tariff (ht 08/08/2017)
Kulekhani
3 hydropower project: Shahi to talk to Chinese envoy about
contractor, by Bibek Subedi (kp 07/08/2017)
220
kV substation project: Contractor okays Dhalkebar project
October deadline, by Bibek Subedi (kp 06/08/2017)
Erratic
power supply irritates Rupandehi locals, by Rekha Bhusal
(rep 06/08/2017)
Works
resume on Upper Trishuli 3A project (kp 06/08/2017)
90
pc work on Upper Tamakoshi completed (ht 05/08/2017)
Lawmakers
bat for higher preference to Tamor hydel (ht 05/08/2017)
IBN
tells Forest Ministry to grant forest clearance (kp
03/08/2017), IBN
decides to provide forest land on lease, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 03/08/2017) [???]
WB
likely to pull the plug on $37m solar project, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 02/08/2017), NEA
asked to retender grid-tied solar project (ht 02/08/2017),
PAC tells NEA
to scrap solar plant contract (rep 02/08/2017), WB
defends NEA’s move to hire Chinese firm (kp 05/08/2017)
Nepal-India
power panel to meet after six year hiatus, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 02/08/2017)
Snail
paced
construction: Kulekhani 3 hydel misses deadline; Project’s
completion deadline has been extended 4 times
since construction began in ’08, by Bibek Subedi (kp
01/08/2017)
Solu
hydro projects: Hydro projects pose high risk to human
settlements, by Radha Dhungana (rep 01/08/2017)
Climate
change: Green energy solutions, by Monica Pandey (ht
31/07/2017)
NEA
reduces losses by 88pc to Rs970m, by Bibek Subedi (kp
31/07/2017)
Natural
gas production test to be done at Teku (kp 31/07/2017)
Germany’s
Voith Hydro opens branch in Nepal (kp 31/07/2017)
‘Bheri-Babai
diversion project to meet deadline’ (ht 31/07/2017)
220
kV substation project: Chinese contractor resumes work at
Dhalkebar (kp 30/07/2017)
Kabeli-A
hydel project gains momentum (kp 28/07/2017)
NEA
calls for PPA with PRoR project developers, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 28/07/2017)
Pancheshwar
multipurpose project: Experts visit project site to finalise
DPR, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 27/07/2017)
Govt
should
have built Budhigandaki utilising own resources: Experts:
Decision to award the 1,200MW project to a Chinese company has
essentially blocked the chances of benefit sharing with India
(ht 27/07/2017)
NEA
calls for bids to install underground power cables, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 25/07/2017)
Dhalkebar
substation project: Power imports may be hit by project delays,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/07/2017), Contractor
halts work at Dhalkebar substation (ht 24/07/2017)
Protest
halts Kabeli Corridor project in Ilam (ht 24/07/2017)
Potential
windfall: Hydro companies, banks to issue over 56 million
shares (kp 24/07/2017)
Tamakoshi
3
hydro project stuck in limbo: The IBN had proposed to develop
the 650MW hydropower project under public private
partnership (PPP) model, by Bibek Subedi (kp 23/07/2017)
Power
outage leaves Chainpur in the dark (ht 22/07/2017)
Power
generation
up in Upper Madi (ht 20/07/2017)
Financial
closure
of Upper Karnali hydropower project: GMR seeks more time,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 18/07/2017)
Maoists
for requesting China to generate 5,000 MW of hydropower,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 18/07/2017)
Two
projects
with 857MW installed capacity bag licences (kp 17/07/2017)
Load
shedding
hits Udayapur Cement Industry hard (ht 17/07/2017)
NEA
slashes
industrial loadshedding by an hour, by Bibek Subedi (kp
16/07/2017)
New
regulation
may stunt the growth of hydropower sector, by Saurav
Bashyal (ht 16/07/2017)
New
Manasarovars:
Storage is possible, by Pramod Raj Pokharel (ht
13/07/2017)
Village
women
transform into clean energy entrepreneurs in Nepal initiative:
Empower Generation plans to expand the number of female
energy entrepreneurs to all 75 districts from the current 11
(kp 13/07/2017) [see website]
Heavy
flooding
hinders electricity generation, by Bibek Subedi (kp
11/07/2017), NEA:
Flooding
caused problems in power system (kp 12/07/2017)
Electricity
transmission
yet to start through Raxaul-Parwanipur line, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 10/07/2017)
GMR,
B’desh
to sign deal to evacuate power, by Bibek Subedi (kp
06/07/2017), GMR
to
sell Upper Karnali’s energy to BPDB and HPGC (ht
06/07/2017)
Acquiring
forest
a stumbling block for Upper Karnali, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
06/07/2017), Forest
clearance
issue to be taken to Cabinet, by Bibek Subedi (kp
07/07/2017)
Cross
border
power trade: Indian regulations a jolt for would-be
electricity exporters from Nepal, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(ht 06/07/2017), Reconsider
it:
India needs to reconsider the regulation as per the Power
Trade Agreement signed between Nepal and India in 2014 (ht
07/07/2017)
Sindhupalchok
villages
facing power outage after landslide (kp 05/07/2017)
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