What’s cooking in Nepal besides politics?
Over-reliance on hydroelectricity at the cost of solar power is high-risk and high-cost
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Blueprint for Nepal-India electricity trade
A new 25-year bilateral power trade deal raises concerns about India ‘capturing’ Nepal’s rivers
Missing pieces of the hydropower jigsaw
Hydroelectricity supply will soon catch up with demand, and focus is shifting to reservoirs to store energy and regulate water
Nepal’s curse of the white gold
Rasuwa villagers say they are yet to see promised economic bonanza from hydropower projects on their river
The geopolitics of Nepal’s water and electricity
A rapidly warming atmosphere is melting Himalayan glaciers, changing the seasonal flow of water in Nepal’s rivers, and increasing the interest of downstream India...
All politics is local
KhotangLast year, as Nepal plunged headlong into the second wave of Covid-19, cities around the country including Kathmandu Valley announced lockdowns, and people of...
Nepal backs EVs to boost hydro-electricity uptake
Nepalis with battery-operated vehicles can now install a separate household meter to charge their vehicles as part of a drive by the...
Happy New Air
On Thursday morning, Nepali Times photographer Amit Machamasi was greeted with a shocking sight when he drove up to Nagarkot to take...
Nepal electricity demand soars
Household electricity consumption with the onset of winter, dedicated supply to industries and increase in electric vehicles is fuelling demand for hydropower, reducing...
Asian Development Bank Loan received
T he Electricity Grid Modernisation Project that was signed between the Asian Development Bank and the Ministry of Finance in November 2020...
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