Tag: Hydropower

Nepal’s Hydropower Struggles: Energy Entrepreneurs Demand Urgent Reforms

KATHMANDU: The private sector has become a vital contributor to Nepal’s hydropower development, currently producing 2,700 MW of electricity out of the country’s total...

India: Unlocking Boundless Opportunities for Nepal’s Energy Sector

Nepal's vast hydropower potential lay untapped for over a century, but that is finally changing. With a bold Energy Development Roadmap aiming to generate...

Nepal at COP-29: Addressing Climate Challenges on the Global Stage

Nepal should showcase its best practices, such as forest conservation, investments in clean energy, and the promotion of hydropower, more prominently on the international...

Beyond Dams: The Future of Sustainable Hydropower

5 Facts You Should Know about Hydropower Hydropower is one of the most established and the biggest source of renewable energy in the world. Often,...

Nepal, Bhutan Seek Indian Investment for Hydropower Expansion

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Nepal and Bhutan are seeking Indian investment to boost their hydroelectric output and export surplus power to New...

Reviving Bhutan’s Hydropower Ambitions: Government Plans 10 New Projects in 13th...

Dechen Dolkar After a lull caused by delays in completing two mega hydropower projects – Punatshangchhu-I and Punatshangchhu-II – and the deferral of the Kholongchhu...

FNCCI President Dhakal Calls on OPEC Fund to Boost Investment in...

Kathmandu, June 26: President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Chandra Prasad Dhakal, has urged the OPEC Fund to...

Bhutan’s Bold Energy Vision: 2024-25 Budget Introduces Major Hydro and Solar...

A budget document or plan document does not reveal much beyond budgetary information of government agencies but this time around the 2024-25 budget document...

How World Bank support for a dam kept the lights on...

By PRAVIN KARKI & DEEPAK SUBEDI  JUNE 03, 2024 Since 1982, the Kulekhani hydropower dam has played a key role in Nepal’s development. Co-financed by the World...

At Least 3 Dead, 4 Missing After Explosion at Hydroelectric Plant...

MILAN (AP) — An explosion Tuesday at a decades-old hydroelectric plant in northern Italy killed at least three workers and injured five others, a...

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