Tag: energy policy Nepal
Supreme Court Directs Increase in Free Electricity from 480 MW Phukot...
Kathmandu — The Supreme Court has issued a directive order to increase the proportion of free electricity Nepal will receive from the 480 MW...
Draft Plan Targets Higher Energy Consumption and Export Growth
Emphasis has been placed on encouraging the use of electric household appliances and reducing LPG consumption by improving transformer capacity.
Kathmandu — The Ministry of...
NEA Calls on Solar Power Producers to Sign PPAs
Kathmandu: Nepal Electricity Authority has invited applications to sign power purchase agreements (PPAs) with solar power projects developed with investment from local governments.
The authority...
Energy Cooperation Discussions Held with China and India
Kathmandu, April 25: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zhang Maoming and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava met Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation...
IPPAN Plans to Abolish Senior VP-to-President Automatic Succession
Kathmandu: The Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) is preparing to remove the provision that automatically promotes the Senior Vice President to the position...
Bhattarai Praises Government Initiative to Revive Budhi Gandaki Project
Kathmandu: Former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has described the current government’s renewed initiative to move forward the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project—after a long period...
Hydropower Developers Cite Protected Area Rules as Operational Challenge
The biggest obstacle to hydropower development is, first and foremost, the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act itself. We are dreaming of economic prosperity...
Nepal Targets 30,000 MW Power Generation in 10 Years
The government has set a target of producing 30,000 megawatts of electricity within the next 10 years. The target has been included in a...
NEA Raises Reserve Margin to 20% Increasing Risk for Private Hydropower...
Kathmandu: After the Nepal Electricity Authority decided to increase the “reserve margin” in Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) from 10 percent to 20 percent, private...
Nepal’s Untapped Natural Gas Potential: Why Dailekh Exploration Must Move Forward
The study and exploration of natural oil and gas reserves in Nepal began several decades ago. Initially, the focus was on drilling deep boreholes...
