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Bikash Pandey

Bikash Pandey

Bikash Pandey is Director of Clean Energy and Circular Economy at Winrock International. People Power is his new regular column in Nepali Times on global energy issues relevant to Nepal.

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30 years after Baby Arun

30 years after Baby Arun

Nepal’s power sector dramatically changed direction after the cancellation of Arun III in August 1995

Nepal as an AI power bank

Nepal as an AI power bank

The country can use surplus clean energy to attract climate-friendly investments in generative AI data centres

Nepal can level up tourism with electricity

Nepal can level up tourism with electricity

Extending the national grid to remote tourism areas will have a multiplier effect on the economy. Here is how.

Decentralising power in Nepal

Decentralising power in Nepal

The country’s distributed generation strategy also reduces new risks from climate breakdown

Nepal turns on the electric switch

Nepal turns on the electric switch

The country is very close to generating enough electricity to replace petroleum imports

Small is bountiful

Small is bountiful

New book on Nepal’s hydropower shows building capacity was more important than building infrastructure

Why Nepal needs Kyoto

Why Nepal needs Kyoto

There is a reward at the end of the rainbow

Inadvertent overachievement

Inadvertent overachievement

Everyone thought only 20 percent of Nepalis had access to electricity. A new study shows a figure double that. How did we get it so wrong?

People power

People power

Nepal can now generate cheap electricity with locally-built and locally-financed hydropower schemes like this one on the Chilime.

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Nepal meltdown

Nepal is not a substantial contributor to climate change and may not suffer its worst immediate impact, but it could be seriously affected by melting glaciers like Tsho Rolpa.