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by Dr Raghunath Jha The first ever elected government of Nepal after the People’s Movement in 2062/63 put forward a target of developing 10,000 MW of hydroelectricity in 10 years. In doing so, it ratified some of the existing rules and regulations. Increasing the license fees, decreasing the period of survey license, waiving projects below [...]
Kathmandu, June 7 – By next year, valley folks may no longer have to face power cuts, according to Technology Sales, a private company, which claims it has developed a project to curb load shedding imposed by Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). A presentation by the company on June 6 saw a unique idea being presented [...]
By: Ananth Chikkatur & Sunita Dubey "With Coal, we have light, strength, power, wealth, and civilization,” W J Nicolls, a 20th-century American writer, once marvelled. “Without Coal we have darkness, weakness, poverty, and barbarism.” A century later, civilisation itself seems to be threatened by the ‘black diamond’. Although breathing coal’s sulphurous smoke was once considered [...]
KATHMANDU, May 14: Senior government officials and noted experts have come up with an idea that can be instrumental in tackling the country´s acute power shortage relatively cheaply and fast. Huge volumes of water can be stored during the monsoon season with dams built in open and flat areas in the foothills of the high [...]
KATHMANDU, May 13: Representatives of local bodies and private sector on Wednesday signed a letter of understanding to jointly promote small and medium-scale hydropower projects in rural areas. Representatives of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Federation of District Development Committee, Nepal (FDDCN), Municipalities´ Association of Nepal (MuAN) and National Federation [...]
By Shankar Karki Electricity is the backbone of the economy driving mainly services, industrial, tourism, and residential sector. With rolling blackouts expected more in the future, the country has to be prepared for even worse times ahead. We feel dignified on our enormous hydropower resource; because it is the only tangible and realistic potential we [...]
Kathmandu, Mar 24 (ANI): Power Trading Corporation (PTC) of India has proposed to supply additional 500 MW electricity to Nepal.Ministry of Water Resources, as saying that PTC had stated in a letter to the ministry that it could provide 500 MW in 18 months if Nepal government agreed to its proposal. PTC could maintain [...]
Nepal Telecom (NT) is planning to deploy a range of alternative power supplies for its base stations in the face of continuing supply problems from the national electricity grid. The mobile network operator has been blaming the ever-increasing power-cuts, which hit 20 hours a day last week, for its deteriorating GSM service. “It’s high time [...]
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