A third of Nepal’s population will be at risk from heat stress due to climate change and lack of cooling
Surplus clean energy and cold mountains make country ideal, but many hurdles remain
Over-reliance on hydroelectricity at the cost of solar power is high-risk and high-cost
A new 25-year bilateral power trade deal raises concerns about India ‘capturing’ Nepal’s rivers
Hydroelectricity supply will soon catch up with demand, and focus is shifting to reservoirs to store energy and regulate water
Rasuwa villagers say they are yet to see promised economic bonanza from hydropower projects on their river
The Kulekhani Dam opened in 1982, and is still the only large reservoir project in Nepal. Photos: NT ARCHIVEA rapidly warming atmosphere is…
When the only ambulance in Diprung Chuichumma could not attend to all the emergencies, Chair Bhupendra Rai himself drove the infected to health…
Nepalis with battery-operated vehicles can now install a separate household meter to charge their vehicles as part of a drive by the state-owned…
On Thursday morning, Nepali Times photographer Amit Machamasi was greeted with a shocking sight when he drove up to Nagarkot to take pictures of…
Household electricity consumption with the onset of winter, dedicated supply to industries and increase in electric vehicles is fuelling demand…
T he Electricity Grid Modernisation Project that was signed between the Asian Development Bank and the Ministry of Finance in November 2020 has…
Nepal could lose Rs142 billion a year in wasted surplus energy if the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project designed to upgrade the…
The south face of Mt Gauri Shankar (7,134m) on the border between Nepal and China is bare rock, and shows how dramatically the snowline has…
Youth staged a demonstration protesting the US-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIFor…
Climate change, pollution, and lack of infrastructure restrict water access in Nepal. Madhav Belbase, retired Secretary of the Ministry of Water…
Exploring Nepal’s largest river during a destructive monsoon
Nepal's prolonged political deadlock has not just affected the country’s response to Covid-19, it has also delayed the implementation of an…
Reservoir pond of the Pharping hydropower project 12 km south of Kathmandu Valley. Photo: ASMIT RAJBHANDARIIt was 6:30pm on 22 May 1911, and the…
A combination of low river flow, high winter power demand and old-fashioned mismanagement have meant that Nepalis are once more suffering from…
An indication of the kleptocracy we live in is that an honest government official who performs well is regarded as a messiah. Doctors who do not…
The Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising, who is largely credited with ending Nepal’s ruinous daily power…
Kulman Ghising, the man widely credited with ending daily 14 hours of power cuts is due to step down next month after four years as head of the…
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