Tag: cross-border electricity trade

Flood Damage to Hydropower Plants Disrupts Nepal-Bangladesh Power Trade

Kathmandu: Nepal's electricity exports to Bangladesh have been suspended after severe flooding in the Bhotekoshi River damaged power generation and transmission infrastructure of several...

Hydropower Gets Less Than 29 MW in 54 PPAs, Solar Secures...

Kathmandu: Nepal Electricity Authority’s (NEA) new power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed in fiscal year 2025/26 show a sharp decline in the share of hydropower...

Sarita Dawadi Outlines New Priorities for NEA: Reliable Power, Higher Consumption...

Kathmandu. Sarita Dawadi, Secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation and a member of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Board of...

IPPAN Urges Rabi Lamichhane to Introduce New Electricity Bill, Open PPAs...

Kathmandu: The Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) has called for the introduction of a new Electricity Bill that would make the private sector...

Existing Law Allows Private Sector to Enter Power Trading

Kathmandu: Stakeholders in the energy sector have said that expanding electricity trading is essential to market domestically and internationally the electricity produced in Nepal....

Nepal Targets Stronger Grid, Higher Power Use and Expanded Electricity Exports

KATHMANDU: Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has said that although electricity generation is expanding in Nepal, the country must expand...

NPTC Gets Nod to Trade 100 MW of Electricity

Kathmandu — Nepal Electricity Authority’s (NEA) subsidiary, Nepal Power Trading Company Limited (NPTC), has now been cleared to engage in electricity trading. A meeting...

Nepal Set to Add 1,040 MW of Electricity to National Grid

KATHMANDU: Nepal is set to significantly expand its electricity generation capacity in the current fiscal year as private investment in the hydropower sector continues...

Private Sector Participation in Electricity Trade Essential: Energy Minister Shrestha

Kathmandu: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has said that private sector participation has become essential for expanding Nepal's clean,...

IPPAN, Indian Ambassador Discuss Nepal-India Power Trade and Hydropower Cooperation

Kathmandu. A meeting was held between the Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, and the new executive committee of the Independent Power Producers' Association,...

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