Tag: Hydropower
Energy Sector PPP to Be Taken to New Level: Minister Shrestha
Kathmandu: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has stated that Nepal’s energy sector has entered a decisive phase of transformation...
Dhirghayu Kumar Shrestha Highlights Forest Bottlenecks in Energy Sector Development
Kathmandu — Acting Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority, Dhirghayu Kumar Shrestha, has said he is positive about allowing the private sector to...
Government urged to cancel inactive hydropower licenses, push major policy reforms...
Kathmandu: A high-level committee formed to review hydropower project licenses issued by the Department of Electricity Development (DoED) has recommended that the government initiate...
Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Suspends Generation Until June 27 for Reconstruction
Kathmandu: Power generation from the 111 MW Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Plant, operated by Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Company Limited at Timure in Gosainkunda Rural Municipality, Rasuwa District,...
Dangi Initiates Consensus Drive, Proposes Five-Member Panel for Leadership Selection
Kathmandu: As the 24th Annual General Meeting and 8th Convention of the Independent Power Producers' Association, Nepal (IPPAN) draws closer, efforts to elect the...
Prosperity Should Be Measured by Energy Use, Not Megawatts: MP Neupane
Kathmandu: Member of the House of Representatives, Shriram Neupane, has said that Nepal should no longer remain limited to merely counting electricity generation in...
New Energy Era in Nepal: Renewable Energy Law, Green Hydrogen Pilot...
Kathmandu: Nepal has placed green hydrogen development among its national priorities as it takes a new strategic step toward clean energy transition and green...
IPPAN Leadership Highlights Key Gains in Energy Sector Under Ganesh Karki’s...
Kathmandu: As the three-year tenure of Ganesh Karki, President of the Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN), nears its end, the organization has achieved...
DoED Pauses New Survey Licenses for Hydropower and Renewable Projects
Nepal’s Department of Electricity Development has temporarily suspended the issuance of new survey licenses for hydropower, solar, and other energy projects.
The suspension...
Power Prices Across South Asia: Who Pays What — and Why...
Nepal remains the cheapest electricity market in South Asia, but rising fiscal pressures across the region are forcing every government to rethink how they...
