Tag: Energy development
Securing Nepal’s Energy Future: Hydropower and Solar Together
For a long time in Nepal, the energy sector has been understood primarily as hydropower. Big rivers, large dams, and the dream of megawatts...
Nepal Electricity Authority Progresses With Butwal–Lamahi Transmission Project
Kathmandu: The Nepal Electricity Authority has moved forward with the construction of the new Butwal–Lamahi 400 kV electricity transmission line project. It has issued...
ERC Drafts Directive to Attract Investment in Reservoir-Based Hydropower
Kathmandu: The Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) has proposed determining the electricity purchase and sale rates (PPA) for hydropower projects with reservoirs at different rates,...
Budhigandaki ‘A’ and ‘B’ Hydroelectric Projects: Construction Preparations Underway
Gorkha: Preparations have been advanced for the construction of two large hydroelectric projects based on the Budhigandaki River in Gorkha. The Budhigandaki ‘A’ Hydroelectric...
Construction Begins on 20-MW Solar Power Plant in Bardibas
Mahottari: Construction of a 20-megawatt solar power project has begun in Chaulikha, Bardibas. Terra Sol Energy Company, which has received approval from the Nepal...
10,800 MW Karnali Chisapani Hydropower Project Moves Forward: Minister Kulman Ghising
December 16- Kailai, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Physical Infrastructure and Transport, and Urban Development, Kulman Ghising, has stated that a detailed...
Nepal–Korea Energy Seminar Held to Promote Private-Sector Collaboration
At the Nepal–Korea Energy Cooperation Seminar 2025, organized with the objective of expanding investment cooperation in the energy sector between Nepal and Korea, the...
Delays in Electricity Expansion Push Back ‘Ujyalo Gandaki’ Initiative
The Gandaki Provincial Government’s eight-year-old goal of providing electricity service to all households in the province has still not been achieved. After the establishment...
Government’s Competitive PPA: A Leash on the Private Sector, a Game...
Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Kulman Ghising has initiated efforts to modernize the pricing system of the electricity purchase–sale agreement (PPA) for hydropower...
Government Designates 16 Irrigation and Water Resource Projects as National Priorities
Kathmandu — The government has declared 16 projects under the water resources and irrigation sector as national priority projects.
According to the notice published in...
