NEA
signs agreement for construction of electric charging
stations (rep 14/04/2021)
Nepal’s
1st hydroelectric plant is a museum piece : Built in
1911, the Pharping power plant is now a neglected part
of Nepal’s heritage, by Ramesh Bhushal, by
Ramesh Bhusal (nt 09/04/2021)
Works
On Upper Tamakoshi In Full Swing (ht 08/04/2021),
Upper
Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project set to start producing
electricity from mid-May (rep 08/0472021)
Manufacturing
encounters energy problems just as industries were
recovering from pandemic blow : Factories in
Bhairahawa have again been forced to slash production
due to insufficient electricity supply, by Madhav
Dhungana (kp 07/04/2021)
NEA
hires Chinese company to install 50 charging stations
(rep 25/03/2021)
Rural
Electrification Project worth Rs 4 billion to start in
Province 2 (rep 20/03/2021)
Nepal
To Export Electricity To Bangladesh In Four Months,
by Modnath Dhakal (rn 20/03/2021) [How
can Nepal export electricity if many people in the
country do not have access to it?]
67
percent Karnali folks have no access to electricity
(rep 15/03/2021)
Over
Half A Dozen Hydel Projects Under Construction In
Darchula (rn 12/03/2021)
20-hour-long
load shedding in Humla (kh 12/03/2021)
Small
hydro projects become eligible for refinance facility
: Central bank expanded eligibility citing poor
interest from small and medium scale firms (kp
09/03/2021)
10
megawatts of solar power evacuated to national grid in
Province 2 : Nepal needs at least 200MW of energy to
become self-reliant during the dry season and solar
energy is the best option, by Ajit Tiwari (kp
01/03/2021)
Nepal’s
mega-dam is a mirage : The Budhi Gandaki project will
be Nepal’s biggest and displace 50,000 people, by
Ramesh Bhushal (nt 26/02/2021)
Nepal’s
first 10 MW solar plant evacuate power in Dhalkebar
Grid (kh 25/02/2021)
Harnessing
Wind Energy, by Khilendra Basnyat (rn 09/02/2021)
Hitendra
Dev Shakya is new managing director at Nepal
Electricity Authority (rep 09/02/2021)
Nepal
to use excess electricity for hydrogen fuel production,
by Rajesh Verma (ae 05/02/2021)
Nepal’s
flawed hydro strategy : Nepal’s power is simply too
expensive for India’s power market. NEA’s failed bid
could be the first indicator of that harsh reality,
by Bishal Thapa (ae 05/02/2021)
Dana-Khurkot
transmission line and substation ready (rep
04/02/2021)
Dhalkebar
substation comes online, enhancing Nepal’s capacity
for cross-border energy trade (rep 01/02/2021)
Power
outage in 21 places of Kathmandu Valley today (rep
16/01/2021)
Potential
Of Solar Energy, by Khilendra Basnyat (rn
12/01/2021)
PMO
directs NEA to ensure regular power supply (rep
11/01/2021) [Wow, if the PM
orders this, then everything will be fine immediately.
Wouldn't it be better to make the extremely competent
Luman Ghising the manager in charge again?]
Locals
upbeat as work starts on Phukot-Karnali hydel project
: The $1 billion plant is expected to transform the
economy of the impoverished region, by Tularam
Pandey (kp 11/01/2021)
Construction
of largest solar power project of Nepal gains speed
(kh 10/01/2021)
Regular
power outage raises fear among Kathmanduites : Former
NEA MD Ghising says it’s not the time for power cuts,
by Amrit Raj Kafle (kh 06/01/2021)
Capacity
of Dhalkebar substation increased, 315 MVA capacity
power transformer charged (rep 05/01/2021)
11
hrs power outage in Simikot (rep 03/01/2021)
NEA
Must Get Its Act Together, by Aashish Mishra (rn
02/01/2021)
Rethinking
the royalty sharing provision : Provinces with no
hydropower potential should get a piece of the revenue
pie too, by Prience Shrestha (kp 01/01/2021)
There
will be no load-shedding now: NEA (rep 01/01/2021)
Is
load shedding back? What is the NEA doing? (rep
31/12/2020) [Nepal's most
incompetent government ever, that of KP Oli, has gone
all out to prevent an extension of the capable Kul Man
Ghising's tenure as NEA Manager!], People
are closely watching NEA; and warn of massive outrage
if power cuts continue (rep 31/12/2020)
Families
affected by Dudh Koshi Hydropower Project demand
resettlement : The project is estimated to displace
162 houses including 80 Majhi households, by
Dambar Singh Rai (kp 31/12/2020)
MoF
signs loan agreement with ADB for grid modernisation
(ht 31/12/2020)
Electricity
imports from India reach 44 percent of the total
consumption amid soaring demand for energy (rep
27/12/2020)
Access
to electricity is making new entrepreneurs in rural
areas : As electricity reaches rural areas at
affordable rates, local communities are utilising the
resource for income generating activities, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/12/2020)
Investment
pledges in hydro projects drop (ht 24/12/2020)
Nepal,
India close to finalising regulatory modality for
power trade (kp 12/12/2020)
Middle
Bhotekoshi hydropower in limbo even 3 years after
deadline expiry : Govt mulling to scrap contract
awarded to Chinese company Guangxi Hydroelectric
(kh 10/12/2020)
Solar
energy : Nepal’s most sustainable resource, by
Andrew Blakers and Sunil Prasad Lohani (ht 01/12/2020)
People
in Ilam benefit from green electricity (kh
28/11/2020)
NEA
starts adopting technology for efficient power supply
(ht 27/11/2020)
10
MW solar plant to be installed at Gautam Buddha
Airport (rep 2/11/2020), Plan
to run Bhairahawa international airport entirely on
solar power gathers momentum : The solar plant is
estimated to cost nearly $10 million, or $1 million
per megawatt, and will take around six months to
complete, by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/11/2020)
Bajhang
villagers await electricity connection, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 25/11/2020)
250
MW Of Electricity To Be Imported From India For Winter
(rn 22/11/2020)
Budhiganga
Municipality gets power connection (kh 22/11/20209
Around
3,000 Houses In Panchthar Illuminated (rn
21/11/2020)
Tamor-Mewa
Hydel Project To Be Constructed In Taplejung
(rn 19/11/2020)
Dhalkebar
substation charged at full capacity (ht
13/11/2020), Manage
surplus power : We need a plan to make full use of all
available electricity in the country or look for ways
to export it (ht 19/11/2020)
Shakya
appointed NEA’s officiating managing director (ht
10/11/2020) [This is not
against the qualification of Mr Shakya, but the
question remains why the tenure of the most qualified
person for the job was not extended in a Trumpian way
of procedure!]
Construction
of hydro projects delayed in Lamjung district (ht
08/11/2020)
Tarakhola
Becoming Hydropower ‘Hub’; Four Mega Projects To Be
Added (rn 05/11/2020)
Agreement
signed for construction of mini-grid project (ht
01/11/2020)
Foundation
stone laid for 40-MW Upper Chameliya project (kh
18/10/2020)
Decade-old
rural electrification project making slow progress, by
Madhu Shahi, Rupa Gahatraj and Sanju Paudel (kp
14/10/2020)
Solu
Corridor transmission line project to resume work
(rep 14/10/2020)
Electricity
tariff will be reduced next year: Energy Minister Pun
(kh 13/10/2020)
Coming
clean on energy in South Asia : South Asian economies
are growing at a rapid pace, but so are their carbon
footprints, by Pramod Rijal (kp 07/10/2020)
Construction
Of Kalanga Hydropower At Final Stage, To Produce 65 MW
Electricity From February, by Shailendra Rokaya
(rn 06/10/2020)
Process
To Fix Compensation For Land To Build Dam In Sunkoshi
Initiated, by Babau Ram Devkota (rn 29/09/2020)
27
MWs of power to be added to national grid by January
(rep 29/09/2020)
DHN
receives license to develop 70MW Dudhkoshi-2 (rep
29/09/2020)
Construction
of 40 MW Upper Chameliya Hydropower project starts
(rep 27/09/2020)
Prabhu
Bank executes financial closure for Super Ankhu Khola
Hydro Project (kh 27/09/2020)
Nepal
will never experience load-shedding again: Kulman
Ghising, by Anjali Subedi (rep 26/09/2020)
Energy
minister directs NEA to address power outage problem
(rep 25/09/2020) [???]
Solu
corridor transmission line project deadline extended
for the fourth time (kp 14/09/2020)
Micro
hydroplants destined for oblivion in rural Nepal : The
Nepal Electricity Authority will shut them down after
connecting villages to the national grid as part of
the government’s electricity roadmap, by Kumbha
Raj Rai (kp 03/09/2020)
Upper
Dordi ‘A’ hydel project in final phase (kh
26/08/2020)
Kulman
Ghising’s tenure at NEA in doubt: Man credited with
ending power cuts may not get an extension next month,
by Ramesh Kumar (nt 21/08/2020) [Not
competence and and correctness have priority in
Nepal's political decisions, but nepotism,
partisanship, corruption ability and ethnicity!],
First
came candles then came Kool Man, by Jackie Taylor
(ae 11/09/2020) [Incompetent
Oli and his incompetent government and party do not
want competent administrators to stay in office!!],
Four-year
tenure of Kulman Ghising ends (ht), #ThankYouKulman
trends on social media as NEA MD Kulman Ghising
retires (ht) [Thank you,
incompetent Oli government, for dismissing the
country's most competent administrator!],
Ghising
says NEA faces massive managerial challenges (rep
16/09/2020), Youths
stage demonstration demanding Ghising’s reappointment
as NEA MD (rep 17/09/2020), Transformer
Man
Kulman Ghising should not be renewed as MD, he can be
an MP (nt 18/09/2020)
Landslide
damage holds up Kali Gandaki transmission corridor
project progress: The delay means that 19 megawatts
produced by the Thapa Khola and Ghalemdi plants will
go to waste, by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 18/08/2020)
Over
86 percent households have now access to electricity
through national grid (rep 15/08/2020)
NEA
will cut power supply to consumers not paying
electricity bills for two months (rep 10/08/2020)
NEA
Makes Notable Progress In Capital Expenditure, Power
Generation (rn 04/08/2020), NEA
projects achieve 81 pc financial and 82 pc physical
progress (rep 04/08/2020)
NEA
falls short of its target to expand electrification,
blames coronavirus for the failure (rep
03/08/2020)
Electricity
going to waste for lack of power lines, auditor
general says: Private power producers incurring losses
amounting to more than Rs 382 million annually, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 23/07/2020)
NEA
allowed to trade power with India, Bangladesh (ht
23/07/2020)
Power
supply disrupted for 15 days in western Myagdi
(rep 23/07/2020)
Govt
yet to take 50pc ownership of Khimti hydel (ht
13/07/2020)
Hydropower
plants temporarily halt output as floods wreak havoc
across Nepal: The loss in output was offset by
electricity imports from India (kp 11/07/2020)
Workers
finish installing penstock shaft at Upper Tamakoshi
project: The 456 megawatt plant is likely to begin
production in October, making Nepal an energy surplus
country (kp 02/07/2020)
ADB
approves $200 million loan to modernize power supply,
distribution system in Nepal: The project is aligned
with the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation
program on intraregional power trade through
cross-border power exchange (kp 30/06/2020)
Electricity
regulatory body releases new power tariff rates:
Abolishes dedicated feeder, trunk line system;
Rate for charging electric vehicles fixed (ht
18/06/2020)
Power
authority set to lose Rs 25bn annually: Govt fails to
address electricity demand with wrong taxation (ht
17/06/2020)
MoEWRI
allocates Rs 40 billion for transmission line projects
(ht 17/06/2020)
Energy
consumption up as industries resume (ht
14/06/2020)
New
NERC directives to allow merger of hydropower firms
(ht 07/06/2020)
1.25
MW Solar Energy Added To National Grid (rn
04/06/2020)
IPPs
threaten to halt power generation (ht 03/06/2020)
8,00,000
customers to enjoy free electricity (kh
01/06/2020)
Nepal
Electricity Authority to launch mobile app on Tuesday
(ht 31/05/2020)
How
can we revive the energy sector post-COVID-19?, by
Samrat KC (rep 31/05/2020)
Budget
to promote green energy (rep 28/05/2020)
Construction
work at Mid-Tamor project goes on despite lockdown:
The 73 megawatt hydropower plant in Taplejung is
slated to be completed next year, by Ananda Gautam
(kp 26/05/2020)
Anxiety
of surplus electricity: If NEA cannot sell the surplus
electricity generated in the wet season, it will be
unavoidably bound to incur huge financial losses,
by Prabal Adhikari (rep 23/05/2020)
Construction
of hydels with total capacity of 3,000MW stalled
(ht 22/05/2020)
Hydel-affected
locals seek compensation amid lockdown (kp
20/05/2020)
Dudhkoshi
reservoir hydro project: Government starts discussion
with donor agencies to raise investment (ht
17/05/2020)
Work
On Solu Corridor Project Stalled (rn 28/04/2020)
Irrigation
projects in priority, no new hydels included (ht
26/04/2020)
New
Electricity Bill sent to Parliament for ratification
(ht 23/04/2020)
Consumers
urged to pay electricity fee: Power utility says it is
running out of cash (ht 19/04/2020)
How
lockdown is impacting power sector: With businesses
and industries closed and economic activities
contracted, Nepal’s electricity industry is facing the
adverse impacts, by Ram Prasad Dhital and Bibek
Raj Kandel (rep 15/04/2020)
NEA
to build 1,200MW transmission line on valley outskirts
(ht 14/04/2020)
Lack
of workers and construction materials affect work at
Chilime Trishuli, by Himnath Devkota (rep
14/04/2020)
Rasuwagadhi
Hydropower Project receives 60 tons of cement after 17
days (rep 12/04/2020)
NEA
losing Rs 1.8 billion per month as energy consumption,
by Muna Sunuwar (rep 09/04/2020)
Sanjen
hydropower project: Blasting for installation of
penstock pipe resumes, by Himnath Devkota (rep
06/04/2020)
NEA
makes profit of Rs 10.67 billion (rep 04/04/2020)
MoF
proposes steep discount on electricity bills of
industries operating in off-peak hours (ht
02/04/2020)
After
gathering dust for 4 years, induction stoves gifted by
China flying off the shelves: Only 742 units remaining
(rep 02/04/2020)
Construction of several
hydel projects stalled (ht 31/03/2020), Lockdown
Halts Construction Of 9 Hydro Projects In Lamjung,
by Belina Thapa (rn 31/03/2020)
Government
to slash 20 per cent electric tariff for households
using upto 150 units: The government has also asked
the traders of daily essentials to start home delivery
services during the lockdown period, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 27/03/2020)
Electricity
demand slumps drastically: NEA implores consumers to
ramp up use of electrical appliances (kp
26/03/2020), Demand
for electricity falls due to lockdown: NEA reducing
imports from India to 50 MW from today (rep
26/03/2020)
ADB,
UNDP join hands with AEPC to promote renewable energy
(rep 20/03/2020)
Upper
Tamakoshi starts headworks tests (ht 16/03/2020),
Technical
assessment of Upper Tamakoshi dam site begins, by
Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 16/03/2020), Upper
Tamakoshi hydropower project successfully tests dam
(ht 23/03/2020), Upper
Tamakoshi to start generation from mid-June (rep
23/03/2020)
Malaysian
firm to invest in Myagdi Khola hydel (ht
15/03/2020)
Dana-Kusma
transmission line to come into operation by April
(rep 11/03/2020)
West
Seti Hydropower Project: Time to revive it, by
Uttam Maharjan (ht 10/03/2020)
One-third
of Darchula’s population is without electricity: The
district produces 46MW of electricity, but over 70
percent of its population are compelled to live in the
dark, by Manoj Badu (kp 06/03/2020)
Locals
of Sherabesi demand to not build transmission line
through residential area: There are around 150 houses
and a secondary school in the area that will be
affected if the transmission line is to cut through
the settlement, say locals, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp
03/03/2020)
Coronavirus
affects construction of Chilime Trishuli transmission
line, by Himnath Devkota (rep 29/02/2020)
Locals
obstruct construction of Singati-Lamosanghu
transmission line (rep 29/02/2020)
Message
from Arun-3 Financial Closure: The most important
message of Arun-3 Financial Closure is that
international lenders are beginning to trust Nepal for
investment. This is remarkable for the country, by
Ghanashyam Ojha (rep 24/02/2020)
Foundation
for sustainable progress: Improved environmental
legislation is needed to portray the consequences of
hydroelectric development, by Sanjila Neupane (kp
25/02/2020)
Nepal-China
transmission line: Nepal completes load flow test,
by Himnath Devkota (ht 23/02/2020)
Bheri-Babai
Diversion Multipurpose Project completes 40% work,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 22/02/2020)
NEA
starts laying underground cables in valley (ht
18/02/2020)
Land
acquisition process begins at dam site, by Anil
Bhandari (rep 17/02/2020)
NEA
reduces power leakage to 9.78pc in H1 (ht
17/02/2020)
Blessed
by the sun: Nepal should learn from India and China,
who have fully adopted solar photovoltaic in their
energy mix, by Ramhari Poudyal (kp 17/02/2020)
Lower
Arun hydropower project: IBN seeks proposals from
three shortlisted companies (ht 16/02/2020)
12
years on, Darkhe Khola hydro project still incomplete,
by Suman Malla (rep 16/02/2020)
42,811
wooden poles in use for power transmission in Gandaki
Province: The provincial government plans to replace
them all with metal or concrete poles in four years,
but the work has not gained pace, by Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 15/02/2020)
Lack
of Chinese manpower halts work at hydropower projects
(rep 15/02/2020)
Dhunge
Sanghu electric sub-station completes 10% work, by
Khagendra Adhikari (rep 15/02/2020)
Electricity
consumption increases to 267 units (ht 14/02/2020)
Electricity
poles were installed seven years ago in Kalimati Rural
Municipality, but the villagers are still living in
darkness: Most of the poles are already bent with age
and neglect, by Biplab Maharjan (kp 13/02/2020)
Budhigandaki
Hydropower Project distributes Rs 28 billion
compensation, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 13/02/2020)
NEA
submits new electricity tariff to NERC for approval
(ht 12/02/2020)
Khimti
hydropower project: NEA delays process of taking 50pc
ownership, by Umesh Poudel (ht 11/02/2020)
Rasuwagadhi
Hydropower faces problem in tailrace tunnel digging
(rep 11/02/2020)
Government
to provide full compensation for land acquired for
transmission lines (rep 11/02/2020)
Solar-powered
electricity lights up Rupsa village in Kalikot: The
solar power was connected to a total of 4,200
households in Rupsa and its outlying villages such as
Lalu, Malkot, Kumalgaun and Kotwada, by Tularam
Pandey (kp 10/02/2020)
Bangladesh
issues letter of intent to purchase 500 MW from Upper
Karnali hydro project: The $1.5 billion hydropower
project was awarded to India’s GMR Group in 2008 after
an international competitive bidding process, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 10/02/2020)
Nepal,
China likely to trade 2,000 MW of electricity by 2030,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 09/02/2020)
Arun-3
hydropower project secures Rs 101 billion in
financing: As per the agreement reached on Thursday, a
consortium of five Indian banks will inject Rs 86
billion, and rest of the fund by two Nepali banks,
by Bijay Timalsina (kp 07/02/2020), Arun-III
financial closure deal inked: Seven banks agree to
invest Rs 101 billion in the project, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 07/02/2020), Arun-3
achieves financial closure: 7 banks of Nepal, India to
finance 70% of project cost or Rs 78.6 billion, by
Muna Sunuwar (rep 07/02/2020)
Regional
energy trade, cooperation sought (ht 07/02/2020)
Crucial
meetings and projects with China pushed back after
coronavirus outbreak: A number of Chinese-funded
hydropower plants are likely to be delayed as Chinese
workers who went home for the Lunar New Year are under
lockdown, by Anil Giri and Sangam Prasain (kp
06/02/2020)
Pancheshwar
Multipurpose Project: India allocates Rs 12 billion to
finalise DPR (ht 03/02/2020)
NEA
proposes power tariff reduction for households, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 29/01/2020), NEA
proposes tariff reduction for household users (rep
30/01/2020)
Palpa
village generates electricity from wind energy, by
Mukti Prasad Neupane (rep 28/01/2020)
Projects
in Mai Khola basin to add 22 MW to national grid
within a year, by Bhim Chapagain (kp 28/01/2020)
Bomb
set off at Arun III project site (ht 27/01/2020)
NEA
calls tender to instal charging stations (ht
26/01/2020)
Nepal-China
Cross-border Transmission Line: Load flow test to be
conducted within a month (rep 23/01/2020), DPR
of Nepal-China cross-border transmission line near
completion (ht 27/01/2020)
Solu
hydro project hamstrung by lack of transmission line:
The 23.5 megawatt plant located in Solukhumbu district
completed a trial run in November., by Deo Narayan
Sah (kp 23/01/2020)
To
save the earth, Nepal needs to invest in renewables:
Nepal’s geographical diversity, natural resources and
demographic dividend can be utilised to turn the
country carbon neutral, by Girish Chandra Pokharel
(kp 22/01/2020)
Marsyangdi-Syuchatar
transmission line tower faces risk of landslide
(rep 22/01/2020)
1
MW solar plant to be built in Jumla (rep
22/01/2020)
Hotel
construction mishap may lead to forced load-shedding
(ht 22/01/2020)
Marshyangdi
Corridor: Govt initiates process of resuming
construction (ht 21/01/2020), NEA
requests locals to accept new right of way (rep
21/01/2020)
IBN,
Power China ink pact to build 762-MW Tamor hydel
(ht 20/01/2020)
Nuwakot,
Rasuwa turning into hydro, solar hubs as investors
pour money: According to the available data, 1,093 MW
of electricity is being generated from Trishuli river
alone, by Krishna Thapa (kp 19/01/2020)
NEA
starts enhancing its distribution system (rep
17/01/2020)
Chinese
firm loses substation contract after being no-show:
The substations are part of a power line project to
bring electricity from Marsyangdi to Kathmandu, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 15/01/2020)
Upper
Tamakoshi likely to miss completion deadline (ht
15/01/2020)
UAE
giving $10m in subsidized loans to generate energy
from waste (rep 13/01/2020)
Locals
obstruct construction of Upper Mailung
Hydroelectricity Project, by Himnath Devkota (rep
12/01/2020)
‘Climate
change threatens hydropower sector’ (ht
12/01/2020)
Tanahu
hydro bogged down in the bidding process: This is the
third time the project is inviting global bids to
execute an important portion of the $550-million plant,
by Prahad Rijal (kp 11/01/2020)
Electricity
poles were installed in Rautahat local units, but
electric wires yet to be fixed: Locals have started to
pressurise the branch office of the Nepal Electricity
Authority to install electric wires on the poles,
by Shiva Puri (kp 09/01/2020)
Construction
of Dudh Koshi hydro project slated to begin this year:
Officials are currently finalising the detailed design
prepared by Japanese and Italian consultants, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 08/01/2020)
Road
office says halted expansion work to continue in
whatever space is available: After a Supreme Court
verdict in September 2017 to pay compensation before
acquiring land, locals have been obstructing road
expansion projects in various places in Kathmandu
Valley, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/01/2020)
Construction
of New Butwal substation nears completion: Butwal in
south-central Nepal is strategically located for
cross-border energy trade with India, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 07/01/2020)
Nepal-India-Bangladesh
talks: Tripartite meet on energy cooperation uncertain,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 06/01/2020)
Denizens
troubled as demand surge strains Kathmandu’s poor
electricity grid: The power utility has not been able
to reinforce the decades-old infrastructures, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 05/01/2020)
Govt
preparing to remove LPG subsidies: Amount to be
transferred to provide subsidy on electricity, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 05/01/2020)
Electricity
bill gives licensing authority for projects below 3MW
to local bodies (rep 04/01/2020)
This
is bullshit: Cow dung holds the key to Nepal’s green
economy, by Kunda Dixit (nt 03/01/2020
Ministry
panel to be formed to resolve row between the
electricity authority and industrialists: The
state-owned utility says 25 factories owe more than
Rs10 billion for electricity supplied to them through
dedicated feeders, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
03/01/2019)
Power
supply via national transmission line begins (ht
03/01/2019)
Arun-III
to ink financial closure in February (ht
01/01/2020)
Nepal’s
power trade plan faces hurdles aplenty: The
government’s plans to expand electricity access have
been hindered by high operational costs, unreliable or
unavailable grid and poor implementation of agreements
and legal reforms, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
31/12/2019)
The
future of energy in Nepal can be sunny, if it chooses
wisely: To become prosperous and energy secure, the
country must invest in solar as much as it does in
hydropower, by Kabindra Purush Dhakal (kp
31/12/2019)
Electricity
demand up at record 1,338 megawatts (ht
30/12/2019)
Locals
obstruct work at Arun III over land compensation
dispute: Residents blocked the access road complaining
that they had not been paid compensation for a 24-km
stretch, by Prahlad Rijal and Dipendra Shakya (kp
28/12/2019)
Kavre
braces up to reduce electricity leakage, by
Madhusudan Guragain (rep 28/12/2019)
Sunkoshi
Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project gathers steam:
The Rs83 billion scheme will provide round-the-year
irrigation facility to five drought-prone Tarai
districts, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 27/12/2019)
Hydels
with 6,000 MW capacity await PP (ht 27/12/2019)
Electrification
drive bears fruit in remote villages: Villages that
remain to be connected have been demanding an
electricity connection, after roads, by Mohan
Shahi (kp 26/12/2019)
NEA
to launch leakage control drive in Sudurpaschim
(ht 25/12/2019)
Upper
Bhotekoshi restarts commercial generation (ht
24/12/2019), Bhote
Koshi starts commercial production (rep
25/12/2019)
Trans-Himalayan
power line project remains on the drawing board: The
plan envisages building an electric transmission line
linking Rasuwagadhi and Kerung, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 22/12/2019)
China
ready to purchase electricity from Nepal, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 22/12/2019)
NEA
urged to electrify Karnali (ht 22/12/2019)
Solar
and wind energy project lights up four villages in
Palpa: Currently electricity is distributed between
4am to 10pm to 143 households every day, by Madhab
Aryal (kp 22/12/2019)
Bangladesh
agrees to pay 7.7 cents per unit for Upper Karnali
power: The energy-hungry country will pay out a
massive Tk381.60 billion (equivalent to Rs511.69
billion) over 25 years to procure 500 megawatts of
electricity, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 21/12/2019), Upper
Karnali project expected to resume after long hiatus:
Bangladeshi authority permits import of energy from
project to be built by GMR, by Nagendra Upadhyay
and Govinda KC (rep 22/12/2019)
How
Nepal lost Arun III: The debacle of Arun III has a
lesson: Project preparation and investment for the
scale of Arun III takes many years of time, money and
effort but it takes a few months of activism to
destroy it, by Ram Sharan Mahat (rep 19/12/2019)
Drive
to remove dangling wires hits Thamel businesses,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 19/12/2019)
Solar
power plants: Give them a place in the sun, by
Tapendra Chand (ht 18/12/2019)
Transmission
line projects entangled in compensation issues: The
utility was able to build 193 kilometres of power
lines in the first quarter, achieving 53 percent
progress, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 13/12/2019)
House
panel trashes govt’s proposal on nuclear power
(rep 12/12/2019)
Kalanga
Gad hydro in Bajhang likely to come online this year:
Officials say 70 percent of the construction work at
the 85-megawatt plant has been completed, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 11/12/2019)
Locals
affected by 1,200 MW project to get revised
compensation: Apart from revising the compensation,
the Energy Ministry has also decided to devise a work
plan on resettlement and rehabilitation of settlements
facing inundation from the 1,200 MW Budhi Gandaki
reservoir project, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
11/12/2019), Compensation
to be reviewed for Budhigandaki hydel project (ht
11/12/2019)
Nepal-India-Bangladesh
talks on power trade long overdue: Nepal hopes to
export projected excess power to Bangladesh using
Indian transmission lines, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
10/12/2019)
Upper
Bhotekoshi hydropower project starts test transmission
(ht 09/12/2019)
DPR
for Jagdulla Hydropower almost ready, initial estimate
at Rs 22b, by Bishnu Prasad Devkota (rep
07/12/2019)
Residents
of Annapurna Rural Municipality in Myagdi to be
relocated: A proposed high tension line of the
Kaligandaki Corridor is set to pass through three
villages in the rural municipality, by Ghanshyam
Khadka (kp 06/12/2019)
Dhalkebar
substation likely to start operation from January
(ht 06/12/2019)
US
suspends payment of $500 million pending ratification
of Nepal Compact: The money will be spent on the
Electricity Transmission and Transportation Project,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 06/12/2019)
Indian-Nepali
joint venture to carry out studies for three power
lines: The planned 400 kV transmission lines will
boost the capacity of Nepal's power grid, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 05/12/2019)
Locals
of power project catchment area protest, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 05/12/2019)
Province
2 aims to reduce electricity leakage to 10.97pc
(ht 04/12/2019)
Foundation
stone for dam, powerhouse of Bheri-Babai laid, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 04/12/2019)
Land
compensation amount fixed for Budhi Gandaki project:
Landowners will receive payment ranging from Rs50,000
to Rs700,000 per anna, according to an official,
by Hariharsingh Rathor & Prahlad Rijal (kp
03/12/2019), Compensation
for land in market areas fixed, by Sarita Shrestha
(rep 03/12/2019), Locals
protest land compensation in Budhigandaki
hydel-affected areas (ht 04/12/2019), Budhigandaki
hydel-affected locals halt agitation to continue talks
(ht 10/12/2019)
Industrialists
oppose paying pending bills (rep 02/12/2019)
Six
years on, Middle Bhotekoshi project is only half
complete: The latest completion deadline for the 102
megawatt run-of-the-river plant is November 2020,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 30/11/2019)
Govt
to subsidise induction stoves to raise power
consumption (ht 30/11/2019)
Cross-border
power line project stalls due to slow paperwork: Nepal
and India agreed to execute the 400 kV New
Butwal-Gorakhpur Transmission Line Project nearly two
months ago, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 28/11/2019)
Nepal
proposes collaboration with Qatar for rural
electrification (rep 27/11/2019)
Government
extends tenure of Budhi Gandaki compensation
distribution unit: The proposed 1200 megawatt scheme
has been entangled in land compensation issues for the
last five years, by Hariram Upreti (kp 26/11/2019)
‘Reformatory’
Electricity Bill bogged down in processes three months
on: Officials say more time is required to finalise
the draft and bring in much-needed reforms, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 24/11/2019)
Province
1 floats plans to develop a slew of hydropower
schemes: Projects with a completion deadline of one to
three years have been prioritised, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 23/11/2019)
Call
to raise investment in hydel sector of the country (ht
23/11/2019)
Power
to the people is close to realisation in Nepal, says
World Bank report: Electricity now reaches 95 percent
of households, and the government is trying to get
people to use more of it, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
22/11/2019), Clean
cooking still a challenge in Nepal: World Bank report
(ht 22/11/2019)
Decentralising
(hydro)power: Fast-tracking 6 projects in 6 provinces
in 6 years would catapult Nepal’s development, by
Gyanendra Lala Pradha (nt 22/11/2019)
An
energy windfall for Nepal? Wind and solar farms in
Mustang can complement Nepal’s hydropower
possibilities, by Kushal Gurung (nt 22/11/2019)
GMR,
B’desh finalise PPA rate of UKHEP (ht 22/11/2019)
India
to buy at least 5,000 MW by 2030: ‘Nepal needn’t worry
about market for its surplus power’, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 22/11/2019) [Without
any guarantee??]
Two-day
Power Summit to kick off today (ht 21/11/209)
Bhotekoshi
Hydropower starts preparations for test transmission:
Reconstruction of the project cost it Rs 7 billion,
by Dhurba Dangal (rep 21/11/2019)
Private
power producers seek laws allowing them to export
electricity: Nepal is projected to have 1000 megawatts
of surplus power by 2021-22, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
20/11/2019)
Budhigandaki
hydel-affected locals protest seeking compensation
(ht 20/11/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3A and Upper Bhotekoshi poised to churn out
105 megawatts: The two hydropower projects are finally
ready to go into action after being hit by natural
disasters and delays, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
19/11/2019), UT
3A finally connected to national grid in full capacity
(ht 19/11/2019), PM,
Energy Minister inaugurate Upper Trishuli 3A
hydropower project, by Himnath Devkota and
Bhagwati Lama (rep 19/11/2019)
Electricity
regulatory commission introduces tariff guidelines
(ht 18/11/2019)
Nepal
faces a tough test of increasing electricity use: The
country is witnessing a decline in the import of
electrical appliances including induction cookers,
ovens, toasters, coffee and tea makers, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 17/11/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3A to start commercial generation from Monday,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 17/11/2019)
NEA
plans to minimise energy wastage (ht 17/11/2019)
Upper
Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project slated to restart
operations next week: The 45-megawatt plant was shut
for five years for repairs after being damaged by a
series of mishaps, by Anish Tiwari (kp 15/11/209)
NT
gets tender to lay underground cables in Kathmandu
Valley (ht 15/11/2019)
Chitwan
to be fully electrified in current fiscal year, by
Sabita Shrestha (rep 15/11/2019)
NEA
mulls 15% power tariff hike: Experts say this could
widen trade deficit, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
14/11/2019)
Regulatory
body rejects Nepal Electricity Authority’s tariff
proposal: Electricity Regulatory Commission is mulling
to enforce a new directive on tariff fixation, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 13/11/2019)
Hydropower
projects: Locals threaten to disrupt hydel projects
(ht 13/11/2019)
Non-paying
utility customers take advantage of instalment option:
Factories that received power through dedicated
feeders owe the utility Rs11 billion in unpaid bills,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 12/11/2019)
Death
of Nepali Hydro: The new India-Nepal transmission
lines will not lead to export of Nepali hydropower. It
will limit additions of new hydro plants in Nepal and
increase the dependence on Indian electricity imports,
by Bishal Thapa (rep 12/11/2019)
Draft
of Electricity Act gathering dust for over a month,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 11/11/2019)
Power
utility tables tariff proposal on charging stations in
haste before building them: The rates are higher than
the electricity tariff proposed for the public
transportation sector, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
10/11/2019)
Delay
in fixing compensation amount leaves locals confused
(ht 10/11/2019)
Bheri-Babai
project to issue 49pc shares to public (ht
10/11/2019)
Dharche
locals in Gorkha see light after four years: When the
Nauli Khola Micro Hydropower Project was destroyed in
the 2015 earthquake, it left many villages in darkness,
by Hariram Uprety (kp 07/11/2019)
Utility
will have to submit projected revenue requirement to
revise tariff: Charges likely to be slashed for
industrial consumers receiving energy through
dedicated feeders, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
07/11/2019)
NERC
drafts electricity tariff guidelines (ht
07/11/2019)
Six
international firms vying for 821MW Uttar Ganga
consulting contract: The Baglung-based hydropower
project is one of the 11 strategic schemes prioritised
by the government, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
06/11/2019)
Utility
says delinquent industrial customers can pay in
instalments: These clients who received electricity
through dedicated feeders owe Rs11 billion in unpaid
bills, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 05/11/2019)
Rs
37 billion collected so far to build Budhi Gandaki
Hydroelectric Project (rep 05/11/2019)
NEA
proposes to reduce power tariff (ht 04/11/2019), NEA
moves to lower premium tariff for commercial users:
Proposes a 30% premium on power supplied through
dedicated feeders, trunk lines (rep 04/11/2019)
To
reduce the trade deficit, Nepal has to rely on
agriculture: In the short term, the hydropower and
agricultural sectors offer Nepal’s best hope, by
Jagadish Prasad Bist (kp 03/11/2019)
Land
compensation and right-of-way issues delay power line
projects: Experts say there has to be coherence
between the social, technical, financial and political
factors surrounding transmission line projects, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 01/11/2019)
Upper
Trishuli Hydel Project: Nine int’l lenders to invest
Rs 51bn, by Umesh Poudel (ht 01/11/2019), Nine
international lenders agree to inject $453 million in
Upper Trishuli-1
The Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project is designed to
generate annual energy of 1,533 GWh from three power
generating units of total installed capacity 216 MW
(kp 02/11/2019)
Cross
border transmission line faces opposition from
Nawalparasi locals: Nearly 200 kathhas of arable land
will be acquired to erect 120 pylons on Nepal’s side,
by Prahlad Rijal and Narayan Sharma (kp 31/10/2019), Local
people agitated with various demands along
Butwal-Gorakhpur 400 KV cross-border transmission line
(rep 31/10/2019)
Kaligandaki
Corridor Transmission Line Project hits snag:
Electricity generated by hydel plants with a combined
capacity of 28.6 megawatts is laying to waste, by
Ghanashyam Khadka and Aash Gurung (kp 28/10/2019)
Generation
survey for the construction of the Upper Arun
Hydroelectric Project to be done: The 1,061-megawatt
scheme is located in Sankhuwasabha district in eastern
Nepal, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 24/10/2019)
Works
begin on multipurpose high dam in Lamiraha: Sainamaina
Municipality plans to build a multipurpose water park,
promote tourism and irrigate fields through the dam,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 23/10/2019)
Austria
interested in investing in Dudh Koshi hydro project,
say officials: The reservoir type scheme will produce
3,443 gigawatt hours of electricity per year, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 23/10/2019)
Bangladesh
keen on funding 20 hydropower projects in Nepal: Nepal
also asked Bangladesh to allow the export of local
cardamom, yarn and broom grass (amriso) without any
hurdles during the first day of trade talks, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 23/10/2019)
Upcoming
Bheri-Babai project unsettles squatter communities in
the area: The embankments being built for the project
will likely deluge 30 houses in the banks, by
Chandani Khatayat (kp 22/10/2019)
Sunkoshi
II and Sunkoshi III hydels: Feasibility, ESIA studies
to be completed by July (ht 21/10/2019)
Power
utility inks agreements to reduce distribution losses:
The electricity authority will either reward or punish
the chiefs in line with their centre’s result in
reducing distribution losses, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
20/10/2019)
Duhabi-Katari
33 KV transmission line to be completed within 45 days
(kp 19/10/2019)
Technical
and legal issues delay Nepal's participation in Indian
power market: An official said the Nepal Electricity
Authority has to ensure that Nepal’s grid is reliable
and fully synchronised with India’s, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 19/10/2019)
Nepal
second fastest improver in power equity: Energy
council: Cambodia, Nepal and Myanmar have made access
improvements of over 100 percent above their 2000
baseline, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 18/10/2019)
Nepal
likely to export power to Bangladesh using Indian
grid: Tripartite meeting to be held within three
months to fix transmission modalities and commercial
terms, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 17/10/2019)
Power
supply to 1,000 households cut off (ht 17/10/2019)
Nepal,
India agree to build New Butwal-Gorakhpur transmission
line with equal equity investment: A company is
expected to be formed under the modality within three
months, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 16/10/2019)
Kulekhani
III stirs to life after 12 years in development: The
14-megawatt plant can churn out 40.85 gigawatt hours
of electricity annually, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
16/10/2019)
Land
acquisition in Arkhet, Khahare and Arughat for Budhi
Gandaki hydel project in limbo: The government has
spent around Rs26 billion so far acquiring land from
27 settlements in Gorkha and Dhading districts, by
Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 16/10/2019)
Electricity
authority looking for new contractor to build
transmission line: The 74-kilometre Hetauda-Bharatpur
transmission line will facilitate electricity trade
with India, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 15/10/2019)
Nepal-China
cross-border transmission line in G2G model, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 15/10/2019)
HIDCL,
Power China to build 762MW Tamor hydel: The
state-owned Chinese company to invest nearly $1.60
billion in two hydropower projects (ht 14/10/2019)
Lo
Manthang to be electrified, by Dhana Basnet (rep
14/10/2019)
Nepal,
India officials to hold power trade talks from Monday
in New Delhi: The two-day meeting is expected to
resolve issues related to financing and implementation
modality of the second high capacity cross-border
transmission line and energy banking mechanism, among
others, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 13/10/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi project makes progress on penstock
installation: Construction work on the 456 megawatt
run-of-the-river scheme began in 2012, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 12/10/2019)
Load
dispatch centre gets modern power flow management
system: The system gathers and analyses real-time
power flow data throughout the country, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 05/10/2019)
Hydropower
firms not allowed to take more than 17 per cent
profit: New bylaw has scrapped the rule that required
developers to pay fine if they failed to generate
electricity as per power purchase agreement
(ht 04/10/2019), Small
hydropower plants exempted from penalties for falling
short of production forecasts: Independent power
producers welcome the Electricity Regulatory
Commission's move, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
04/10/2019)
Kulekhani
III likely to commission power before Vijaya Dashami
(ht 02/10/2019)
NEA
expedites work to install smart meters in Kathmandu
(ht 02/10/2019)
75
per cent work on Nyadi power project completed (ht
01/10/2019)
Hydropower
developers seek removal of credit rating provision
(ht 30/09/2019)
Japan
to provide a soft loan to build Nalsing Gad Storage
Project: The 410 megawatt scheme located in Jajarkot
will have a 200-metre-high rock dam, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 27/09/2019)
Power
utility aims to bring down distribution losses to 8.5
percent: Last year, it lost 1,156 gigawatt hours out
of the total available 7,551 gigawatt hours, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 26/09/2019)
Talks
over funding modalities for Nalsing Gad project
revive: The Japan International Cooperation Agency has
proposed to provide a $500 million soft loan to build
the 410 megawatt scheme, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
25/09/2019)
Modi
Khola hydropower projects are not abiding by EIA
compliance: Report: The hydel projects have failed to
maintain a minimum 10 percent of water in the dry
season to maintain the aquatic life and their habitat,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/09/2019)
Transboundary
water governance: Despite massive hydropower
potential, the Hindu Kush Himalayan region remains
energy-poor, by Shekhar Koirala (kp 23/09/2019)
Reducing
fossil fuel consumption in Nepal: Nepal has largely
wasted its massive potential to switch to greener
energy options, by Tsewang Nuru Sherpa (kp
22/09/2019)
Energy
ministry and regulator at odds over hiring, authority:
Officials close to the situation say that the
regulator has been intentionally incapacitated by
ministry officials who have issues over the selection
of office bearers of the commission, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 22/09/2019)
Hydel
project starts power production (ht 19/09/2019)
Nepal
needs to increase investments in energy by fourfold,
World Bank says: Direct investment declined to Rs13.06
billion in 2018-19 from Rs17.52 billion in 2017-18,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 19/09/2019)
IPPs
demand revision of power purchase rates (ht
19/09/2019)
Religious
leaders and local authorities oppose Kaligandaki-Tinau
Diversion Multipurpose Project: The project is
expected to affect the lives of around 300,000 people
from 10 local units of Tanahun, Nawalparasi (East) and
Syangja, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 18/09/2019)
Draft
bill to amend Electricity Act provokes complaints:
Stakeholders say the proposed legislation will
restrain private power producers and the state-owned
power utility, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 18/09/2019)
Kabeli
B1 starts test power production (ht 18/09/2019)
Investment
Board summons GMR to discuss the fate of Upper
Karnali: The Indian company has been unable to perform
financial closure and begin construction of the hydro
project, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 17/09/2019)
HIDCL,
Power China to build 762MW Tamor reservoir project
(ht 17/09/2019)
NEA
says house owners will be penalised if extra
electricity fee is collected from tenants (ht
16/09/209)
Breakthrough
likely in Nepal-India energy talks slated for October:
The major sticking point is the financing modality for
the New Butwal Gorakhpur transmission line project
(kp 14/09/2019)
Make
power reliable: It is time to unbundle the NEA into
separate entities so that each of them can be handled
more efficiently (ht 13/09/2019)
NEA
to install 50 electric vehicle charging stations,
by Supriya Sharma (rep 13/09/2019)
Development
of hydropower in South Asia requires a perspective
makeover: The slow development of hydropower projects
in the region in the past decade has become a massive
concern, by Anish De (kp 12/09/2019)
Electricity
tripping a major hassle for consumers, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 12/09/2019)
Dudhkoshi
Storage Hydroelectric Project to affect 1,150
households (ht 09/09/2019)
Power
outage hits Damauli locals (ht 09/09/2019)
Final
test of state-owned Kulekhani 3 delayed: The Chinese
company hired for electro-mechanical works has still
not sent their technicians despite repeated summons,
by Pratap Bista (kp 08/09/2019)
Chilime
Trishuli Transmission Line project achieves 45%
physical progress, by Himnath Devkota (rep
08/09/2019)
Developers
complain tree clearance guidelines could push up their
costs: A project similar to the Tanahu hydel scheme
which cleared around 181,000 trees spread over 417
hectares of forests would have to pay Rs688 million
for forest clearance, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
07/09/2019) [???]
Energy
officials and private developers lock horns over
‘frail’ hydropower schemes: The row is largely
attributed to the government failure in delivering on
lofty promises which it made during the time of power
crisis to promote private investments in the
hydropower sector, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
06/09/2019)
Solar
energy promotion: Learn from Bangladesh, by
Devendra Adhikari (ht 05/09/2019)
Tunnel
breakthrough achieved in Dordikhola power project
(ht 05/09/2019)
Talk
resurfaces for unbundling the Nepal Electricity
Authority: Currently, it is under the purview of the
state-owned power utility to generate, transmit and
distribute electricity, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
04/09/2019)
Is
electricity cheap enough to replace cooking gas? To
increase demand, making the per unit cost of
electricity cheaper would make sense, by Saroj
Koirala (kp 03/09/2019)
Draft
Electricity Bill requires authorities to issue
licences through open competition: Under the existing
provision, permits are issued on a first-come,
first-served basis, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
03/09/2019)
Solu
Corridor project to face no more obstacles (ht
02/09/2019)
Delay
of Dana sub-station delays hydropower projects, by
Hari Krishna Gautam (rep 31/08/2019)
Energy
Ministry clears the way for investors to open charging
stations: Service providers may be allowed to add a
markup of up to 20 percent as service charge, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 30/08/2019)
EV
operation guideline prepared: Average
electricity tariff for charging stations to be
set at Rs 10.48 per unit for now, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 30/08/2019)
Trishuli
Hydropower Station to be shut down for a major
overhaul: The power utility has decided to
rehabilitate and modernise the venerable plant in 30
months, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 29/08/2019)
Sanjen
power project conducts breakthrough of pilot hole,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 29/08/2019)
Upper
Karnali Project in limbo, by Nagendra Upadhyay and
Govinda KC (rep 28/08/2019)
Contract
termination delays construction of Tanahu hydro: THL
plans to start work from January (ht 28/08/2019)
Delay
in fixing compensation amount hits people hard (ht
27/08/2019)
Making
renewable energy usage a reality: Providing minimal
incentives when importing solar panels undermines the
potential of the sector, by Nasala Maharjan (kp
27/08/2019)
NEA
to build 10 new hydropower projects (ht
26/08/2019)
Rasuwagadhi
power project to start production within this FY,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 25/08/2019)
NEA
to connect all households with electricity by 2022,
by Himal Lamsal (rep 25/08/2019)
Power
utility gets go-ahead to chop down 38,545 trees:
Forests will be cleared in Rautahat and Bara districts
for the planned Hetauda-Dhalkebar-Duhabi transmission
line, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 24/08/2019)
Energy
Ministry proposes check on power consumption by
businesses: The ministry made the move in a bid to
encourage usage of energy-efficient technology,
machines and equipment to reduce energy imports and
curb emissions, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 22/08/2019)
Groups
urge govt to scrap Upper Karnali contract with GMR
(rep 22/08/2019)
The
Nepal Electricity Authority stages a dramatic
turnaround: The state-owned utility has not only ended
load-shedding, it is actually making a profit, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 21/08/2019)
35
MW from eastern Nepal to be connected to national grid,
by Khagendra Adhikari (rep 21/08/2019)
NEA
prioritizes digitizing its services (rep
20/08/2019)
NEA
plans to connect all districts to national grid
(ht 19/08/2019), NEA’s
ambitious plan: Getting households to switch to
electricity in the kitchen would slash import of
cooking gas, which costs the country a whooping Rs 35
billion annually (ht 20/08/2019)
Nepal’s
solar aspirations: Planned and sustainable development
of solar energy as part of a larger green energy
development plan can truly help Nepal accelerate its
action for cleaner planet, by Tapendra Chand and
Manoj Paudel (rep 19/08/2019)
Energy
royalty soars 94 percent as hydel schemes age: Ten
years later, Nepal has still not made significant
strides in power generation, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
18/08/2019)
European
donor to audit power utility’s compliance with rules:
The Nepal Electricity Authority has been accused of
trampling on the concerns of indigenous communities,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 15/08/2019)
Tripartite
power trade meeting in September, by Umesh Poudel
(ht 15/08/2019)
NEA’s
profit soars 148 pc to Rs 7.2 billion, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 14/08/2019)
Floods
damage hydel projects in Lamjung (ht 12/08/2019)
Nepal’s
largest under-construction hydropower plant mired by
sluggish work: At the current pace of pipe
installation, completion of the much-touted Upper
Tamakoshi hydropower plant in the stipulated time is
no more than a pipedream, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
11/08/2019)
In
Province 2, people are getting electrocuted to
death—at a rate of one every day: Locals blame the
Nepal Electricity Authority for failing to repair
decades-old utility poles and loose live wires, by
Ajit Tiwari (kp 09/08/2019)
Utility
refuses to join resolution process proposed by
Complaints Mechanism: A rights group has filed a
complaint that the proposed power line passes over
houses against local regulations, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 10/08/2019)
Work
to move ahead at Bheri Babai despite ban on Nepali
contractor: The procurement office has forbidden Raman
Construction from taking new public contracts, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 07/08/2019)
60pc
work of 220kV Trishuli III B hub substation completed
(ht 05/08/2019)
Arun
III completes 22pc work (ht 05/08/2019)
45pc
progress in Chilime-Trishuli transmission line (ht
05/08/2019)
After
a decade of struggle, Kabeli Corridor finally gets
full shape: The energy slated to be produced by many
private projects in the region will not go to waste
now for lack of transmission infrastructure, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 03/08/2019)
60
MW electricity from Trishuli 3A connected to
transmission line, by Himnath Devkota (rep
03/08/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3A hydropower plant ready to go full
throttle: The scheme is expected to ease electrical
stress in Kathmandu during peak hours, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 02/08/2019)
Authorities
blacklist 3 Chinese contractors for noncompliance: The
firms had received contracts to implement transmission
line, substation and smart metering projects, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 01/08/2019)
Nepalis
are consuming 38 percent more electricity than 2 years
ago: The surge in electricity demand is largely driven
by a reliable supply of power and increased use of
gadgets, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 31/07/2019)
Call
to promote renewable energy at local level (rep
31/07/2019)
House
sub-committee begins discussion on the issue of unpaid
electricity bills: Nepal Electricity Authority says 25
factories need to be forced to disgorge an estimated
Rs10 billion, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 30/07/2019)
Rear
view imagination: The little tricks and technologies
we used to manage through the darkest days of
load-shedding has set us up for the future, if only we
had the courage to look forward, by Bishal Thapa
(rep 30/07/2019)
Nepal’s
power infrastructure continues to grow: However, the
country has fallen short by a wide margin in
generation of additional power as it only met 9
percent of its generation target in the last fiscal
year, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 28/07/2019)
Chinese,
Nepali firms sign deal to develop Tamakoshi 3 scheme:
Construction of the 200 MW plant is expected to begin
in 2020 and be completed in three and a half years,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 27/07/2019), Tamakoshi
III hydel project: Govt secretly allows capacity
reduction; Initially, the government had signed a pact
to develop 650 MW (ht 28/07/2019), Dolakha
protests Tamakoshi III capacity reduction, by
Gokarna Bhandari (ht 29/07/2019), Opaque
deal: There is no point in creating an institution
like Investment Board Nepal and then trying to weaken
it (ht 29/07/2019), Project
capacity reduced to prevent scrapping of license,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 31/07/2019)
India
proposes procedures for approving and facilitating
electricity trade: The proposed provisions contradict
India’s Cross Border Trade of Electricity Regulations,
2019, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 24/07/2019)
Electricity
in Dolpa village excites locals, by Bishnu Prasad
Devkota (rep 22/07/2019)
34
developers receive generation licences to build hydro
schemes: The planned projects have a combined installed
capacity of 1,842 MW, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
19/07/2019)
Developer
of Upper Trishuli 1 sees funding oversubscription by
$178 million, near financial closure: The company plans
to construct the powerhouse area and finish
electromechanical works by the third quarter of 2022,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 17/07/2019)
Electricity
import drops (ht 17/07/2019)
Nepal
practices energy banking; sends 200 MW electricity to
India (rep 17/07/2019)
NERC
approval must before inking PPA (ht
17/07/2019)
Three
days of non-stop torrential rain tops up Kulekhani
reservoir: Nepal Electricity Authority cuts down power
imports from India to 150 MW from 400 MW, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 16/07/2019)
Officials
working on alignment of Galchhi-Kerung transmission
line: Concerns have been raised as part of the line will
pass through Langtang National Park, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 12/07/2019)
Government
starts inking agreements for electrification: Government
starts inking agreements for electrification, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 10/07/2019)
Shift To
Renewable Energy, by Pratik Koirala (rn 10/07/2019)
Nepal,
India officials to meet to get cross-border transmission
line project moving forward: The proposed
Butwal-Gorakhpur power line is part of a $630 million
US-funded project, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 09/07/2019)
Govt
scraps Gezhouba’s survey licence for Jajarkot project
(ht 08/07/2019)
NEA
to track sub-stations and transformers via online system
(ht 08/07/2019)
600
MW Upper Marsyangdi negotiations stall over hedge fund
row: Energy Ministry against Finance Ministry’s proposal
to make the power utility the sole bearer of risks
associated with currency fluctuations, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 07/07/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3 'A' to start generation from first week of
August, by Himnath Devkota (rep 07/07/2019)
Land
acquisition and forest clearanceissues delay
transmission line project: The Kusma-New Butwal power
line project is part of a $180 million system expansion
project, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 06/07/2019)
Solar
mini-grids improve life in Surkhet, Kailali and Baitadi,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 04/07/2019)
Makwanpur
still relies on wooden utility poles for electricity
supply: Around 150,000 houses are connected to
electricity through 40,000 wooden utility poles, which
authorities say pose a danger to locals, by Subash
Bidari (kp 03/07/2019)
Construction
work at Upper Trishuli 3A project resumes, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 03/07/2019)
AEPC
mulls 2MW wind energy project in Kailali (ht
03/07/2019)
Electricity
dues for street lights cross Rs 6 billion, by Himal
Lamsal (rep 30/06/2019)
Energy
officials lean towards Dudh Koshi Hydroelectric Project:
The reservoir type project will produce 3,443 GWh
annually, higher than the expected annual output
of 3,383 GWh of the proposed Budhi Gandaki scheme,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 27/06/2019)
Upper
Karnali Hydropower Project bogged down in price
negotiations: Indian developer GMR has signed a pact to
export power to Bangladesh but they are still haggling
over the rate, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 25/06/2019)
Nepal,
Bangladesh to use Indian grid for power trade: The two
countries are also studying the prospect of building
dedicated power lines in the long term, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 23/06/2019)
Energy
Ministry officials leave for Bangladesh to talk
electricity trade, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 20/06/2019)
41
MW to be added to national grid by mid-September
(rep 20/06/2019)
Penstock
installation completed at Upper Tamakoshi hydro
project: Nepal will have surplus electricity after the
456 MW plant comes into operation in February, by
Rajendra Manandhar (kp 18/06/2019), Austrian
company starts penstock pipe installation task
in lower vertical tunnel (ht 18/06/2019)
400
kVA Dhalkebar substation likely to begin operation by
December (ht 17/06/2019)
Province
3 to receive lion’s share of energy royalties, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 16/06/2019) [???]
IPPs
establish power trading firm to export energy to
India, Bangladesh, by Umesh Poudel (ht 13/06/2019)
Electricity
Regulatory Commission begins work to formulate
directives: The directives will address the concerns
of the power utility and independent producers, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 12/06/2019)
Nepal
fails to meet energy sector targets in the current
fiscal: Only 71 MW has been added to the national grid
in 11 months of this fiscal against a target of 760MW
set by the Energy Ministry, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
09/06/2019)
Power
line project floundering eight years into
construction: The Nepal-India Electricity Transmission
and Trade Project is stuck at 70pc physical progress,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 07/06/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi looks for funds as completion deadline
looms: The project’s price tag has swelled to Rs49
billion from the initial cost estimate of Rs35 billion,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 06/06/2019)
Work
on Madhya Modi Hydropower Project resumes, by
Chhabi Lal Tiwari (rep 05/06/2019)
Sunkoshi-Marin
Diversion Project: Locals welcome budget allocation
for national pride project (rep 05/06/2019)
95.5
percent of Nepalis have an electricity connection,
report says, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 04/06/2019)
32
MW electricity could go to waste: AEPC , by Umesh
Poudel (ht 04/06/2019)
IBN
gives nod for study on 550 MW solar energy project
(rep 04/06/2019), Shine
on: Nepal should now focus on promoting more solar in
its energy mix (kp 06/06/2019)
Millennium
Challenge Account-Nepal invites prospective
contractors to share information on building power
lines: It is the first step in implementing a $630
million electricity transmission and road project
funded by the US, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 31/05/2019)
410
km of power lines built, 71 MW added to national grid
in eight months, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 28/05/2019)
Budhi
Gandaki project plans to complete compensation
distribution by next fiscal year: The 1,200MW project
located in Gorkha and Dhading districts is planning to
spend Rs18 billion on the endeavour, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 26/05/2019)
NEA
to prioritise distribution of smart meters next fiscal
year (ht 24/05/2019)
Government
urged to allow private sector to invest in power
transmission, by Umesh Poudel (ht 23/05/2019)
Locals
displaced by Budhigandaki Hydropower Project
dissatisfied with new location, by Narhari Sapkota
(rep 23/05/2019)
Power
utility chief butts head with ruling party lawmaker,
by Prahlad Rial (kp 22/05/2019), NEA
MD Ghising refutes corruption charges against him
(ht 22/05/2019), Let
Kulman Ghising work (rep 23/05/2019)
Disintegration
of business: Efforts by industries to contest the
retroactive electricity bills raised by Nepal
Electricity Authority illustrates how businesses have
lost control of their narrative, by Bishal Thapa
(rep 21/05/2019), High
court orders five firms to pay tariffs as determined
by NEA (rep 21/05/2019)
Koshi
corridor power line project faces new setback, likely
to miss deadline by 10 months, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 19/05/2019)
Panchthar
villagers ‘recharge’ their electricity supply, by
Giriraj Baskota (rep 19/05/2019)
Construction
work on 200kV substation resumes (kp 18/05/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3A hydroelectric project starts churning out
30 MW, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 17/05/2019)
Regulatory
body struggles with teething problems, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 17/05/2019)
Darchula
connected to national grid, eight more rural districts
to go, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 16/05/2019)
Compensation
distribution begins for Budhi Gandaki project, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 14/05/2019)
Tanahun
power project construction in full swing (ht
13/05/2019)
NEA
warns of blacklisting Kulekhani-3 contractor (ht
13/05/2019)
Proposed
NEA rental charges likely to skyrocket internet
prices: ISPs pay rent to use NEA infrastructure like
poles and optical ground wire, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 12/05/2019)
Nalsing
Gadh Hydropower Project: Consultant misses yet another
deadline to complete DPR, by Janak KC (rep
12/05/2019)
Arun
III project, locals locked in land compensation
dispute, by Dipendra Shakya (kp 11/05/2019)
Nepal’s
hydropower tends to displace expensive thermal power
in India: A combined India-Nepal system can reduce
cost by US$106 million a year (rep 11/05/2019)
Mired
in politics, chances of building Budhi Gandaki are
growing slim: Negotiations with China Gezhouba, which
was awarded contract without competitive bidding, have
stalled for months, by Anil Giri (kp 09/05/2019)
Guangxi
resumes work on Middle Bhotekoshi following warning,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 09/05/2019)
Four
border junctions: India could play a pivotal role in
interconnecting regional energy networks—creating a
resource pool for everyone’s betterment, by
Mahendra P Lama (kp 08/05/2019)
Industrialists
accuse Nepal Electricity Authority of charging them
illegally, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 08/05/2019), Private
industries refuse to pay extra energy bill (ht
08/05/2019), Industrialists
warned to pay dues or face theft charges for
unauthorised power consumption: Former electricity
officials supplied 315 megawatts to industries
and kept the country in the dark, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 10/05/2019), Industrial
sector power tariff hike on the cards, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 10/05/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi Project: Penstock installation delayed by
crane wire rope failure, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
07/05/2019)
NEA
plans to set up 10 electric vehicle charging stations
in Valley (ht 06/05/2019)
‘Final
study’ for Nepal-China transmission line starts in
Rasuwa (rep 06/05/2019)
Kabeli
transmission line to be completed by this fiscal year
(ht 06/05/2019), Phase
II of Kabeli Corridor Transmission Line ready (rep
06/05/2019)
Trishuli-Kathmandu
transmission line to come online this week (kp
05/05/2019)
Gandaki
Province govt against Kaligandaki-Tinau Multi-purpose
Project (ht 05/05/2019)
Independent
power producers seek measures to ease electricity trade,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 04/05/2019)
Dispute
emerges over Thankot transmission line alignment, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 03/05/2019)
Power
sector development: Attract Nepali investors, too,
by Devendra Adhikari (ht 03/05/2019)
Locals
obstruct transmission line tower work in Khokana (ht
03/05/2019)
Power
line projects to follow one basin, one hub concept,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 02/05/2019)
Upper
Trishuli 3A to start producing power by May 15 (kp
01/05/2019), Upper
Trishuli 3A passes generation test, commercial
production by May 15 (ht 01/05/2019)
Rukum
locals against diverting Uttarganga River, by
Lokendra Khanal (rep 01/05/2019)
Grid-connected
solar system: New step in Nepal’s energy mix, by
Sajendra Man Bajracharya (ht 30/04/2019)
Locals’
dream of lighting up their homes remains a distant dream,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 29/04/2019)
Studies
begin
for two storage-type hydro projects: Khimti Those
Siwalaya project has an installed capacity of 326 MW and
Bharbung project has a capacity to produce 512 MW,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 27/04/2019)
Tanahu
Hydropower
invites fresh bids after terminating contract: The
project developers scrapped the contract with CMC in
February after the Italian builder failed to resolve its
liquidity crisis, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 26/04/2019)
Middle
Bhotekoshi says it may cancel contract with Guangxi,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 25/04/2019)
Betan
Karnali DPR to be completed by August (ht
24/04/2019)
Electricity
commission remains without office bearers as energy
sector suffers, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 24/04/2019)
Government,
World Bank ink pact to scale up renewable energy options
(ht 23/04/2019)
Uttar
Ganga Water Diversion: ozens of micro hydro projects of
Rukum under threat, by Lokendra Khanal (rep
23/04/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi Hydropower Project: Installation of penstock
pipes likely to be completed in early May, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 23/04/2019)
Tamakoshi
transmission line project delayed due to change of
contractor, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 19/04/2019)
828
MW Uttar Ganga hydro project revived after 7 years,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 18/04/2019)
Early
breakthrough
in Bheri Babai tunnel sets a milestone—and a lesson for
other lagging national projects: The tunnel, which was
dug using a boring machine, has been completed a
year ahead of the original deadline, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 17/04/2019), Bheri-Babai
tunnel completed (ht 17/04/2019), That
was fast: The tunnel builders have shown that where
there’s a will, there’s a way (kp 18/04/2019), Two
Breakthroughs In Constructing Tunnels, by Siddhi B.
Ranjitkar (km 20/04/2019)
41
MW added to national grid in first nine months, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 17/04/2019)
Upper
Trishuli-3A, Kulekhani-3 plants nearing finish, by
Prahlad Rijal and Pratap Bista (kp 15/04/2019), Upper
Trishuli III A, Kulekhani III hydels to commission power
next month (ht 18/04/2019)
Civil
works of Upper Mailung to begin soon, by Himnath
Devkota (rep 14/04/2019)
Electricity
tariffs to be slashed for industrial users, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 11/04/2019)
Sanjen,
Rasuwagadi hydels to issue public shares from April 19
(ht 10/04/2019)
Forces
behind lenghty power cuts trying to weaken me: Ghising
(rep 09/04/2019)
Construction
of Koshi Corridor transmission line resumes (ht
08/04/2019)
Upper
Naugarh to start power generation by mid-May, by
Prem Chunara (rep 08/04/2019)
Bheri-Babai
multi-purpose project to be completed before deadline
(ht 02/04/2019), Bheri
Babai Project: One step forward, two steps back (ht
06/04/2019), Bheri
Babai
project finishes tunnel one year ahead of schedule: The
12-kilometre tunnel was dug using a tunnel boring
machine, the first time it is being used in, by
Khalendra Sejuwal (kp 07/04/2019), Replicate
the model of Bheri-Babai (rep 08/04/2019)
Work
at Kabeli Corridor halted (kp 27/03/2019)
Upper
Trishuli
3A slated to begin generation in April: On April 30, the
first turbine will be switched on to produce 30 MW and
the second turbine on June 30 (kp 20/03/2019)
Protestors
close road, market over Budhi Gandaki compensation
delays, by Narahari Sapkota and Sarita Shrestha (rep
19/03/2019)
Kabeli
transmission line awaits completion, contractor seeks
deadline extension, by Giriraj Baskota (rep
19/03/2019)
Electricity
output
slated to double in next fiscal year: The expected
increase in energy generation is almost equal to annual
production of 1,027 MW, by Sangam Prasain (kp
19/03/2019)
Energy
minister has little to show after a year in office,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 18/03/2019)
Role
of
solar in Nepal’s energy mix looks set to expand: More
private firms are showing interest in installing
solar plants across the country, by Bibek Subedi (kp
17/03/2019)
Kulekhani-3
project enters testing phase, by Bibek Subedi (kp
13/03/2019), Kulekhani-3 project fails to pay workers;
construction halted, by Pratap Bista (kp 17/03/2019)
Law
amended to ease acquisition of forest land, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 12/03/2019)
West
Seti
among projects government will showcase at investment
summit: Developers will be invited to present letters
of interest, investment board chief says, by
Mukul Humagain (kp 12/03/2019)
Middle
Bhotekoshi Hydroelectric project hits another setback,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/03/201)
Workers
start installing penstock pipesat 456MW Upper Tamakoshi
project, by Bibek Subedi (kp 08/03/2019)
Six
foreign firms bid for transmission line project, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 05/03/2019)
Udayapur
locals’ obstructions delay Saptakoshi DPR, by
Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 04/03/2019)
Indian
government
approves proposal to build transmission line in Nepal:
The approval will be crucial in the construction of a
high-voltage power line to transmit electricity to India,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 02/03/2019)
Upper
Bhotekoshi reconstruction work at 45 percent, by
Anish Tiwari (kp 02/03/2019)
46pc
of Arun III affected buy land with compensation
amount (ht 26/02/2019)
Pathway
to
prosperity: Energy efficiency in Nepal will do more than
just reduce energy use. It could open an additional
pathway to prosperity, by Bishal Thapa (rep
26/02/2019)
Kabeli
A Hydropower Project work halted (ht 20/02/2019)
NEA
awards tender to lay underground cables in Valley
(ht 25/02/2019), Underground
wires to beautify Kathmandu (ht 26/02/2019)
Budhigandaki
Hydropower Project: Locals demand immediate settlement
of compensation, by Narahari Sapkota (rep
25/02/2019)
80
percent work at Upper Sanjen project complete, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 24/02/2019)
NEA
to build, standardise 55 new substations (ht
23/02/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi work gaining momentum, by Ramesh Khatiwada
(rep 23/02/2019), Penstock
pipe-laying work commences at Upper Tamakoshi hydel
project (rep 25/02/2019)
Tanahu
hydel project to call tender (ht 22/02/2019)
Public
not getting promised returns from hydropower companies,
say investors, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 22/02/2019)
Italy’s
CMC Ravenna fired from Tanahu Hydro project, by Biek
Subedi (kp 20/02/2019)
8.63MW
hydel to be developed in Chepekhola (ht 19/02/2019)
Bagmati
Hydro project to begin test operation by mid-March,
by Pratap Bista (kp 18/02/2019)
Tanahu
hydel to terminate contract with CMC (ht 18/02/2019)
Kulekhani-3
project misses deadline for sixth time: Construction
began in 2008 and was expected to be done by 2012,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 17/02/2019)
Kul
Man Ghising: The man who gave us light, by Deepak
Adhikari (kp 16/02/2019)
Light
at the end of the tunnel (kp 16/02/2019)
Dordi
Khola Hydropower project on pace to generate electricity
by August, by Aash Gurung (kp 15/02/2019)
Govt
to allot hydel shares worth Rs 102.28bn to public,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 14/02/2019), Govt
mobilizing people’s money for hydropower development:
Prime minister launching program today (rep
14/02/2019)
India
proposes to construct Lower Arun Hydro Project (ht
13/02/2019)
Italian
contractor may be fired for being no-show, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 12/02/2019) [related to Tanahu Hydropower
Project]
RE
financing: Need for paradigm shift, by Devendra
Adhikari (ht 12/02/2019)
Construction
of 37MW Upper Trishuli III B hydel starts (ht
11/02/2019)
Unknown
group sets off three explosions at Arun-III hydropower
project site, by Dipendra Shakya (kp 09/02/2019), IPPAN
flays bombings in Arun III hydel project (ht
12/02/2019)
Municipality
requests change in transmission line alignment, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 06/02/2019)
Lack
of tree cutting permits holds up power line projects,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 02/02/2019)
Tanahu
Hydro Project stalls over payment dispute, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 31/01/2019)
Electricity
generated by Upper Tamakoshi hydro project could go to
waste, by Umesh Poudel (ht 30/01/2019)
Locals
halt Mid-Modi Hydropower Project (kp 29/01/2019)
Some
Dhading villages still deprived of electricity, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 29/01/2019)
Power
generation by domestic hydropower plants down 24pc:
Country is importing 565MW from India to meet shortfall,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 27/01/2019)
Transmission
line talks stall over operational modality (kp
26/01/2019)
Nepal
and India agree on energy bankind: Nepal allowed entry
into India’s Power Exchange Market (rep 26/01/2019)
Cabinet
puts appointment of Electricity Regulatory Commission
officials on hold, by Bibek Subedi (kp 25/01/2019) [They cannot find agreement on which
male Bahun shall head this commission!]
Nepal
to seek more energy from India (ht 23/01/2019), India
agrees to sell additional 100 MW power (ht
24/01/2019)
Construction
work of Chilime-Trishuli transmission line halted
(ht 23/012019), ‘Forest
office halts work on transmission line’ (rep
23/01/2019)
Upper
Tamakoshi to complete by 2019-end (rep 23/01/2019)
Solar
over
hydro: Without a massive and concerted effort to develop
solar power, unmet electricity demand will continue to
plague the energy sector, the economy, and the nation at
large, by Sukhdev Shah (rep 22/01/2019)
Arun
III Hydropower Project about 15 percent complete, by
Deo Narayan Sah (kp 21/01/2019)
Tanahu
Hydro asks firms to start work, by Bibek Subedi (kp
19/01/2019)
Sinohydro
completes work at Upper Tamakoshi powerhouse (rep
19/01/2019)
Kulman
Ghising recognized for ending power crisis in country
(rep 19/01/2019)
Panel
formed to resume work at Koshi corridor power line
(kp 14/01/2019), Task
force
formed to look into Koshi Corridor problems: Locals in
Dharan sub-metropolis obstruct construction work of the
220 kVA double circuit transmission line project (ht
14/01/2019)
Construction
of Lower Likhu hydel project partially halted (ht
14/01/2019)
Erratic
power supply hits locals hard (ht 13/01/2019)
Bheri
Babai calls bids for hydropower component, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 12/01/2019)
Construction
work at Solukhola Dudhkoshi Hydropower Project stalled
for 3 months, by Shikhar Jung Shrestha (rep
12/01/2019)
Kabeli
power line project receives forest clearance (kp
10/01/2018)
Andritz
to install penstock pipes at Upper Tamakoshi, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 19/01/2019)
Developer
threatens
to pull out over hedge fund row: The developer,
according to a highly placed source at the electricity
authority, is ready to contribute only $5 million to the
fund, by Bibek Subedi (kp 08/01/2019)
Upadhyay
tipped to head electricity commission, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 03/01/2019) [There
cannot be enough male Bahuns in such top positions!!]
Five
companies picked to set up solar plants, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 01/01/2019)
Enough
power, not enough power lines, by Bibek Subedi (kp
31/12/2018)
Chinese
contractor fired for poor project performance, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 31/12/2018)
Indian
firm to build 220kV power line, by Bibek Subedi (kp
29/12/2018)
Locals
protest transmission line expansion in Siraha (ht
28/12/2018)
Nepal
and India agree on energy banking, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 28/12/2018)
SDF
approves financing of two energy projects in Nepal
(ht 26/12/2018)
Austrian
firm to complete pipe installation in UTHL tunnel,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 24/12/2018), Penstock
installation task reassigned to Austrian company,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 25/12/2018)
India
relaxes
cross-border power trading guidelines: Move opens the
way for Nepal to export surplus electricity to
Bangladesh via Indian transmission lines, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 23/12/2018), India
relaxes hydropower import rules (rep 24/12/2018),
Indian
govt amends electricity regulation: Nepali hydel
developers can export power to third countries,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 24/122018)
CMC
scandal to affect Tanahu Hydro Project (rep
23/12/2018)
Bheri
Babai project in limbo due to approval delays, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 22/12/2018)
Kaligandaki
transmission line construction work hampered (ht
21/12/2018)
Dharan
sub-metropolis obstructs Koshi corridor transmission
line (rep 19/12/2018)
India’s
Sutlej
offers to sell Arun III power: The Indian developer of
the export-oriented 900 MW plant located in eastern
Nepal wrote to Investment Board Nepal asking if the
Nepal government would be willing to buy 10 percent of
the total energy available for export, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 18/12/2018)
Tanahu
Hydropower safe but Sahas Urja in trouble, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 18/12/2018), Fate
of Tanahu Hydropower Project uncertain, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 20/12/2018)
India
proposes talks on power line project, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 16/12/2018)
Electricity
imports during peak hours up 30 percent, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 13/12/2018)
Nepal
Electricity Authority agrees to take-or-pay plan,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 12/12/2018)
Tamakoshi
contractor pledges to pick up pace: Minister Pun tells
officials to come up with a work schedule within a
week, by Bibek Subedi (kp 11/12/2018)
Bhairahawa
SEZ fails to supply electricity to factories, by
Rekha Bhusal (rep 11/12/2018)
NEA
expedites process to sign performance contracts
(ht 10/12/2018)
18
in race for key posts in Electricity Regulatory
Commission, by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/12/2018)
Hewa
Khola
losing out on Rs200 million in revenue: The 15 MW
plant produces electricity worth Rs450 million
annually, but its entire output cannot be transferred
to the national grid over the existing 33 kV power
line, by Bibek Subedi (kp 07/12/2018)
Nepal,
Bangladesh
agree to build hydro projects: The electricity
produced by these schemes will be exported to
Bangladesh via India, by Bibek Subedi (kp
05/12/2018)
Koshi
corridor
transmission line: Project stumbles in delay of forest
clearance; NEA officials worry the delay may severely
affect timely power evacuation (rep 04/12/2018), Construction
of Koshi Corridor faces delay (ht 04/12/2018)
Detailed
feasibility study of Kaligandaki project begins,
by Chhabilal Tiwari (rep 03/12/2018)
Hydropower
projects: Private sector raises investment in the
Farwest, by Basanta Pratap Singh and Manoj Badu
(kp 02/12/2018)
No
smoke without fire: Replace household biomass with
renewable energy for a greener, healthier Nepal,
by Ajaya Dixit (nt 30/11/2018)
Ministry
of Energy, NEA clash over power purchase modality,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 27/11/2018)
IBN
to issue survey licenses for mega solar plants: 2nd
investment summit to be held in March 2019 (rep
26/11/2018)
Kulekhani
III to begin trial production in January, by
Pratap Bista (kp 26/11/2018)
Chinese-Nepali
consortium to build Upper Marsyangdi, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 23/11//2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi likely to miss completion deadline, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 22/11/2018)
Nepal-China
power line plan hits funding snags, by BBiibek
Subedi (kp 21/11/2018)
Bheri
Babai diversion Multipurpose project: Tunnel works
ahead of schedule by one year, by Kalendra Sejuwal
(kp 18/11/2018)
Tamakoshi
delay makes Nepal lean on power imports, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 14/11/2018), Hydro-mechanical
work
delay hits progress of Upper Tamakoshi: Mega project
is mulling over awarding Texmaco’s remaining work to
another contractor (rep 15/11/2018)
Khalanga
all set to be load shedding free, by DB Budha (rep
14/11/2018)
IPPAN
condemns hydro licensing directives (ht
14/11/2018)
Hedge
fund delay threatens hydropower projects, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 13/11/2018)
Solar
lamps to light up Bagmati corridor, by Anup Ojha
(kp 11/11/2018)
Kabeli
corridor transmission line: Forest Ministry’s
indecision delays project development, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 11/11/2018)
Electricity
demand drops this Tihar (ht 11/11/2018)
Bajhang
connected to national grid after 11 years, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 07/11/2018)
No
power
cuts during Tihar, declares NEA: The power utility has
forecast that energy demand will reach 1,270 MW on the
day of Laxmi Puja, by Bibek Subedi (kp 06/11/2018)
Hunt
starts
for firm to lay underground lines: The state-owned
power utility wants to move all power cables
underground in the northern and southern parts of the
Kathmandu Valley to improve distribution, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 02/11/2018)
Government
moves to establish electricity commission, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 02/11/2018)
From
a fossil past to an electric future: Nepal’s addiction
to petroleum is more an economic problem than an
ecological one, by Om Astha Rai (nt 02/11/2018)
The
cost of light, by Om Astha Rai (nt 02/11/2018)
456
MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower: Hydropower project
delayed yet again, by Bibek Subedi (kp 01/11/2018)
Himalayan
hydro expo to be held in January (ht 30/10/2018)
Govt
seeks assistance to develop four hydels (ht
29/10/2018)
Plans
to lay Valley’s electricity infrastructure underground
faces delay (ht 29/10/2018)
Formation
of
energy body bogged down by delays: Energy Ministry
says its plan to establish the NERC was held up
due to delays in preparing the required operating
regulations (kp 25/10/2018)
Cable
stringing work on Upper Trishuli-Matatirtha
transmission line begins, by Bhagawati Lama (rep
25/10/2018)
Bheri-Babai
project: 75 per cent tunnel work completed so far
(ht 25/10/2018)
International
conference on renewable energy from Oct 29 (ht
24/10/2018)
Simrutu
River Small Hydropower: Rukum’s largest hydropower
project nears finish line, by Hari Gautam (kp
22/10/2018)
Upper
Dordi to start production in 6 months, by Aash
Gurung (kp 16/10/2018)
Bheri-Babai
diversion tunnel: Project completes 70 percent works
(kp 14/10/2018)
Work
starts on Tamakoshi V cascade power project (kp
13/10/2018)
Harnessing
wind energy: The government must accept the essential
role of energy, especially green energy, by
Khilendra Basnyat (kp 12/10/2018)
NEA
regional chiefs sign performance contracts (kp
10/102018)
Budhigandaki
Hydropower Project: Two changes in compensation
worries affected families (rep 10/10/2018)
Power
supply restored in Dunai, Dolpa (kp 09/10/2018)
Kabeli
power
line to be completed this year: The construction of
the 132 kV double-circuit transmission line is divided
into three sections (kp 09/10/2018)
Priorities
for
power: Nepal can substitute almost 50 percent of
imports of petroleum products and coal, if the
government accords priority to development of
hydropower and renewable energy, by Amrit Nakarmi
(rep 09/10/2018)
Nepal-Bangla
power export: NEA ready to sign deal with Indian firm,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 07/10/2018)
Power
generation company to partner with private projects
(kp 05/10/2018)
Sugar
mills
in Nepal poised: to generate electricity: A study
estimates that sugar mills operating in Nepal can
generate up to 150MW of electricity (kp
30/09/2018)
Hydel
developers to benefit from new guidance: Manual to
help minimise negative impacts on ecosystem (ht
26/09/2018)
Nepal-India
Second Cross-Border Transmission Line: MCC official
hopeful Nepal, India will resolve differences soon
(rep 25/09/2018)
PM
asks ministry to rehire Chinese firm, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 24/09/2018), Chinese
company gets Budhigandaki hydel project, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 24/09/2018), Decision
to award Budhigandaki to Chinese company draws flak
(rep 25/09/2018), Congress
questions decision on Budhi Gandaki (kp
27/09/2018)
Upper
Arun Hydropower: Cabinet hands reins of hydel project
to NEA (kp 23/09/2018)
Construction
cost of hydro projects up with dollar strength (ht
22/09/2018)
West
Seti Hydropower project: Collapse of deal calls for
serious soul-searching, by Mukul Humagain and
Bibek Subedi (kp 20/09/2018), A
village on the waiting line: The planned West Seti
Hydropower Project set the village of Dhungad into an
eternal state of limbo, by Deepak Thapa (kp
20/09/2018), The
West Seti fiasco: Blessed with water resources, cursed
with governance failure (kp 21/09/2018)
World
Bank
okays $100m grant for energy sector: Despite having
huge hydropower potential, Nepal relies heavily on
electricity imports to reduce the electricity shortage
in the country (kp 20/09/2018)
Sugar
mills to generate 8 MW electricity this fiscal year
(ht 19/09/2018)
Upper
Sanjen achieves 68 percent work progress, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 17/09/2018)
Errant
hydropower
projects under scanner: These hydro projects were
awarded a generation licence before mid-August 2015
but majority of them have performed dismally in terms
of construction progress (kp 16/09/2018)
New
Butwal Gorakhpur Cross-Border Transmission Line
Project: Transmission line project modalities yet to
be fixed, by Bibek Subedi (kp 15/09/2018)
Betan
Karnali applies to build hydropower plant (kp
14/09/2018)
Bheri
Babai ready to start hydropower component (kp
13/09/2018)
Upper
Karnali hydel: Bangladesh set to buy power from Nepal
(kp 10/09/2018)
Nepal
must invest in Galchhi-Kyirong cross-border
transmission line (ht 10/09/2018), Joint
steering committee to discuss energy cooperation
(kp 11/09/2018)
Revive
the dam plan: A long-awaited dream was dashed when
China Three Gorges pulled out of West Seti, by
Khagendra Prasad Rijal (kp 09/09/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi project: PM’s direction to meet deadline to
be unmet due to poor access road (rep 09/09/2018)
400
households living in dark in Manthali (ht
09/09/2018)
Bio-gas
produced from human waste at Ratnapark benefiting
shopkeepers (ht 09/09/2018)
Dhalkebar
substation comes into operation (rep 06/09/2018)
World
Bank helps strengthen cross-border electricity trade
(ht 06/09/2018)
Illusions
of
cheap solar: Policy makers must offer a clearer set of
regulations on solar for Nepali consumers to benefit
from the significant reductions in the costs of solar
power being achieved elsewhere, by Bishal Thapa
(rep 04/09/2019)
NERC
regulations pave way for formation of energy
regulatory body> Commission responsible for fixing
electricity tariffs (ht 03/09/2018)
West
Seti project hangs in the balance: Power utility,
Three Gorges discuss capacity, power purchase rate,
by Mukul Humagain and Bibek Subedi (kp 29/08/2018), Project
doomed after Chinese company turns down proposal,
by Mukul Humagain and Bibek Subedi (kp 30/08/2018), After
over 6 yrs, Three Gorges walking away from West Seti:
Australian company had previously wasted 17 yrs,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 30/08/2018), West
Seti’s fate: With Chinese firm all set to return, govt
must pull out all the stops to develop West Seti
Hydropower Project (ht 31/08/2018)
Project
starts construction but yet to decide over land
acquisition, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
28/08/2018)
Budhi
Gandaki hydel project: Rejected contractor set to find
favour, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 28/08/2018)
Road
damage likely to affect Rasuwagadhi hydropower project,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 27/08/2018)
Upper
karnali
hydropower project: Four years elapsed, GMR is yet to
sign financial closure; Seeks another time extension
of one year (rep 26/08/2018)
Hydels
with collective capacity of 2,356 MW under
construction (ht 26/08/2018)
Uncertainty
hangs over Budhi Gandaki project, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 25/08/2018)
Generation
by hydropower plants declined last fiscal year
(rep 25/08/2018)
Energy
banking accord may be signed in Oct, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 24/08/2018)
Exporting
electricity: Energy Ministry looking for deal similar
to GMR, by Bibek Subedi (kp 23/08/2018)
Cross-border
transmission line: Nepal-China joint technical team to
meet next week (kp 22/08/2018)
Bheri-babai
multipurpose project: Powerhouse and dam construction
still in limbo, by Nagendra Upadhyay (rep
22/08/2018)
NEA
to buy 19MW of solar electricity (kp 21/08/2021)
Rasuwagadhi
hydro
project achieves major milestone: The Rasuwagadhi
project is being developed at an estimated cost of
Rs13.68 billion under a debt equity ratio of 50
percent, by Balram Ghimire (kp 21/08/2018), Rasuwagadhi
Hydropower Project achieves tunnel breakthrough,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 21/08/2018)
Dhalkebar
substation goes online: Facility will allow import of
large quantum of energy from India (kp 19/08/2018)
Floods
wreak havoc to hydro projects (kp 18/08/2018)
5%
more
people connected to power supply in FY2017/18:
Electricity supply up by 12.79 percent; NEA’s
income increase by 16.98 percent (rep 18/08/2018)
Garbage
in, garbage out: Publishing incorrect statistics will
lead to misguided energy related research studies,
by Sunil Malla (kp 17/08/2018)
Power
generation to increase by 750 MW, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 17/08/2018)
Bijuli
ko tar, tar, tar …: It may take a long time before the
capital’s streets become wireless, by Monika
Deupala (nt 17/08/2018)
West
Seti
hydro project: Government plans to scale down
capacity; CTGC had requested IBN to slash the
installed capacity of the project to 600 MW from 750MW,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 16/08/2018)
170MW
solar
power plant gets $200m investment: It is the first
phase of an ambitious project to generate 850MW of
electricity from solar power, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
13/08/2018)
Plan
to install power lines underground hits a snag: The
project’s financier, Asian Development Bank, is
threatening to pull back from the project if the power
utility fails to wrap up the bidding process
immediately and appoint contractors for the job,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 12/08/2018)
Nepal,
Bangladesh sign power cooperation deal (kp
11/08/2018), GMR,
Bangladesh to sign power purchase pact, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 14/08/2018)
Marshyangdi
corridor 220 kV transmission line: Indigenous people
demand their say in power project, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 10/08/2018)
Power
by the people, for the people: Electricity produced by
local cooperatives could repeat the success of
community forests, by Anil Chitrakar (nt
10/08/2018)
Nepal-China
power line panel plans first meet: The panel, which
consists of five representatives from each country,
will hire a consultant to prepare the DPR besides
finalising the construction and funding modality of
the first ever trans-Himalayan electricity line
(kp 08/08/2018)
Locals
obstruct forest clearance for Upper Karnali Hydropower
Project, by Govinda KC (rep 08/08/2018)
Hydro
is
dead: Nepal must shake off its curse of hydro and move
to a 21st century energy strategy that is in sync with
evolving trends, technological change and regional
context, by Bishal Thapa (rep 07/08/2018)
CTGC
officials coming for talks on West Seti project
(kp 07/08/2018)
Underground
power
line: Half of project works finished; The transmission
line will evacuate 60MW of electricity generated by
Upper Trishuli-A to Kathmandu (kp 06/08/2018)
Bheri
Babai
multipurpose project: More than 50 percent of tunnel
works completed; It is the first time that a tunnel
boring machine is being used in Nepal (kp
05/08/2018)
Power
line project to ask for national pride status, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 04/08/2018)
Nepal
turns
to solar and batteries to meet peak demand: As prices
fall, it is now feasible to store solar electricity to
cover the country’s energy shortfall, by Kunda
Dixit (nt 03/08/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi hydropower project: Hydro project starts
issuing shares to locals, by Rajendra Manandhar
(kp 02/08/2018), Upper
Tamakoshi likely to come online next year, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 03/08/2018)
Investors
to be allowed to pay in instalments, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 01/08/2018)
Flame
of hope: Biogas can help contribute to climate change
mitigation, adaptation and support households, by
Kantilata Thapa (kp 30/07/2018)
West
Seti
hydropower project uncertainty: IBN to give ultimatum
to China Three Gorges; The 750 MW project has been in
limbo after CTGC said it would not go ahead with the
scheme if the power purchase rate was not increased,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 28/07/2018)
Nepal-China
team to build cross-border power line (kp
26/07/2018)
CMC,
Sinohydro win 140MW Tanahu hydro contract (kp
25/07/2018), Tanahu
Hydropower Company picks contractors for civil,
mechanical works (rep 27/07/2018)
Researchers
underscore need of access to energy in slums, remote
areas (rep 25/07/2018)
Underground
cable plan stalls due to hefty price (kp
24/07/2018)
HIDCL
taking the initiative to create a ‘hedging fund’,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 22/07/2017)
Feasibility
study of Nepal’s largest hydel set to begin (kp
21/07/2018)
Upper
Trishuli 3A on track to meet deadline (kp
20/07/2018)
Talks
to be held with China Three Gorges on West Seti
(kp 19/07/2018)
400
marginalized families provided with solar lights,
by Nagendra Upadhyay (rep 19/07/2018)
FDI
in 170-megawatt solar plant approved (rep
19/07/2018)
Locals
encircle NEA after weeks of power cut, by
Maheshwar Chamling Rai (rep 18/07/2018)
PM
Oli seeks way out of West Seti conundrum, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 18/07/2018)
Locals
give up hope for West Seti Hydropower Project, by
Pusparaj Joshi and Arun Bam (rep 16/07/2018)
First
underground electricity line beset with problems,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 16/07/2018)
Power
output soars due to rain-swollen rivers (kp
13/07/2018)
Nalsing
Gadh hydro project likely to secure int’l financing
(kp 12/07/2018)
Fire
damages power station in Nuwakot (kp 11/07/2018)
Sinohydro
concerned by proposed hydro project: The letter
claimed that the peaking run-of-the-river scheme like
the Upper Marshyangdi would change the hydrology of
the river, affecting the operation of run-of-the-river
type projects downstream, by Bibek Subedi (kp
11/07/2018)
NEA
signs PPA with Ilep Khola hydel project (kp
11/07/2018)
Path
to
power: We need to do adequate homework to reduce the
cost of production of hydropower so that the goal of
affordable energy can be achieved, by Sushil
Pokharel (rep 11/07/2018)
Cabinet
okays electricity commission regulation: The
commission will fix the electricity tariff after
holding a public hearing (kp 10/07/2018)
Three
hydel projects in final stage (ht 10/07/2018)
Work
on hydel project sub-station expedited (ht
10/07/2018)
Nepal,
India mull power banking (kp 08/07/2018)
Locals
worried by ‘unmanaged’ high voltage power lines,
by Arjun Oli (rep 08/07/2018)
Vidhyut
gets permit for Mugu Karnali Hydro (kp 07/07/2018)
NEA
to urge India not to raise energy prices, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 04/07/2018), NEA
rejects India’s proposal to raise power price by 20pc
(kp 08/07/2018)
Transmission
System Master plan sheds light on power ambitions
(kp 02/07/2018), MoEWRI
unveils master plan of transmitting power (ht
02/07/2018)
'Valley
underground wiring to take time', by Dilasha KC
(rep 02/07/2018)
NEA
signs pact with Tanahu Hydropower (kp 30/06/2018),
NEA
signs
PPA with Tanahu Hydropower: PPA rate fixed at Rs 12.4
per unit during dry season and Rs 6.08 per unit during
summer months (rep 30/06/2018)
Investing
for change: Nepal’s first private equity impact fund
helps uplift Makwanpur and Tanahu villages, by
Siddhant Raj Pandey (kp (29/06/2018)
Newly
built substation eases power distribution: The new
infra in Dadeldhura district was built by a
Nepal-India joint venture (kp 28/06/2018)
Nepal
pitches Tamakoshi V for AIIB financing (rep
28/06/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi makes IPO worth Rs1.05 billion (kp
27/06/2018)
Bilateral
talks silent on West Seti, Budhigandaki (rep
27/06/2018)
AIIB
issues $1m grant to upgrade power grid (kp
26/06/2018)
Power
cuts in the country a regular phenomenon (ht
23/06/2018)
Hydel
projects should be developed with internal investment
(ht 22/06/2018)
Nepal,
China sign power grid pact (kp 21/06/2018)
The
fourth
element: Why should we wait at least ten years for a
storage hydro to be ready? If environment is
conducive, private sector is ready to launch rooftop
revolution, by Aashish Chalise (rep 21/0/2018)
NEA
set to charge Dhalkebar substation this month (kp
20/06/2018)
Village
shrouded in darkness as landslide destroys hydropower
canal (rep 20/06/2018)
NEA
cuts power imports as domestic output rises, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 19/06/2018)
Errant
Indian
firm to outsource remaining tasks: The project has
spent Rs37.71 billion and completed 95 percent of the
work so far, by Bibek Subedi (kp 18/06/2018)
4
workers killed in Arun III accident, by Dipendra
Shakya (kp 17/06/2018), 4
workers, trapped in Arun III tunnel, rescued safely,
by Dipendra Shakya (kp 18/06/2018), Four workers of Arun
III rescued alive after 39 hours, by Megh Raj Tamang
(rep 18/06/2018)
Cabinet
clears way for DPR of Nepal-China power line (kp
16/06/2018)
Kulekhani-3
languishing
due to tardy contractor: The performance of Jheijian
Jialin, a Chinese company hired by the Nepal
Electricity Authority to execute the electromechanical
works, has been very disappointing, by Pratap
Bista (kp 16/06/2018)
NEA
warns factories to install capacitor banks (kp
15/06/2018)
Ministries
join forces to fight electricity theft (kp
14/06/2018)
Nepal’s
largest hydro project in the offing (kp
13/06/2018)
Establishment
of NERC moves a step closer (kp 12/06/2018)
Realizing
energy
potential: Nepal’s approach to developing its
hydro-power for export to India appears to have missed
the larger context of India’s developments, by
Bishal Thapa (rep 12/06/2018)
19
cos
bid to prepare DPR of Lower Seti: The 105 MW project
will be built around 20 km downstream of the Tanahu
Hydropower Project powerhouse (kp 10/06/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi to issue shares to locals, public (kp
09/06/2018)
Load-shedding
cost GDP $11 bn from 2008 to 2016 (ht 09/06/2018)
Province
2 to strive for energy independence: Provincial govt
aims to generate 50MW electricity this year (kp
08/06/2018)
Talks
on Butwal-Gorakhpur power line project to be held
(kp 08/06/2018)
IBN
refutes
govt claim on West Seti Project: Says there has been
no decision to scrap pact signed with China Three
Gorges on 750MW undertaking, by Bibek Subedi (kp
07/06/2018)
NEA
begins constructing high voltage power lines (kp
07/06/2018)
UN
country office switches to solar power (kp
06/06/2018)
Powering
Nepal:
Development of power projects should be looked from a
larger perspective of increasing export of goods and
services, not through myopic lens, by Purushottam
Ojha (rep 05/06/2018)
Flip
the dam plan over: Politics, on occasion, should
supersede development of transformative projects,
by Sandesh Ghimire (kp 03/06/2018)
PMO
steps in to develop Tamor Storage Hydro, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 02/12/2018)
Erratic
power supply hits industries hard (ht 02/06/2018)
NEA
signs
maiden PPA with Tanahu Hydro: The NEA will pay Rs12.40
per unit of electricity during the dry season which
lasts from December to May, and Rs7.10 per unit during
the wet season which lasts from June to November
(kp 02/06/2018)
IBN
may
be allowed to issue one-door approval: The Finance
Ministry is preparing the Public Private Partnership
Act which will regulate IBN’s operations, ministry,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 01/06/2018)
Gongor-Khimti
transmission line 80pc completed (kp 28/05/2018)
Country’s
electricity generation surges by 7.4 per cent (ht
28/05/2018)
No
load shedding! Mission Accomplished: After two years
of intense efforts, Kul Man Ghishing, managing
director of Nepal Electricity Authority, has been able
to declare the country load-shedding free (sp
25/05/2018)
Return
of the dam plan: The Arun 3 saga is a case of
squandered opportunities and politics before progress,
by Chandan Sapkota (kp 25/05/2018)
Guideline
for issuing hydel licence issued (kp 25/05/2018)
‘Scrap
West Seti deal or slash installed capacity’, by
Bibed Subedi (kp 25/05/2018), Govt
likely to scrap West Seti deal (ht 25/05/2018)
Work
intensifies for formation of NERC: Although the plan
to form the NERC was floated a decade ago, Parliament
only endorsed the Electricity Regulatory Commission
Act in August 2017, opening the way for its
establishment (kp 23/05/2018)
Tunnel
borer may be used at Dudhkoshi project (kp
22/05/2018)
Plants
sans
grids: Failure to construct transmission lines on time
will mean keeping hydel projects ready to generate
energy idle (ht 22/05/2018)
NEA
warns of fine if power line project delayed (kp
21/05/2018), NEA
asks contractor to complete Solu Corridor transmission
line on time (ht 21/05/2018)
China
proposes joint DPR of cross-border transmission line
(kp 19/05/2018)
132KV
power cable over school gives tension to students
(kp 17/05/2018)
Towards
a brighter future: A stable government and new players
in energy generation could help Nepal meet its SDG
target, by Himalayan Bir Shrestha (kp 17/05/2018)
762
MW
Tamor storage project: Tender deadline for feasibility
study extended; In 1985, Jica had proposed building a
696 MW hydroelectric project on the Tamor River by
building a 153-metre-high dam (kp 16/05/2018)
‘Entire
country
is now free of loadshedding’: Hydroelectricity
production has increased due to the rise in water
levels of major rivers (kp 14/05/2018), NEA
receives help from the heavens (kp 15/05/2018)
NEA
trying to remove slowpoke contractor, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 12/05/2018)
Renovation
of Bhotekoshi Hydro to take another year and a half,
by Dhruba Dangal (rep 12/05/2018)
PMs
jointly lay foundation for Arun III (rep
12/05/2018), 900MW
project launch elates Sankhuwasabha folk, by
Dipendra Shakya (kp 13/05/2018)), Energy
Ministry-IBN row resurfaces at Arun III event, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 13/05/2018)
NEA
mulling to install battery storage system, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 11/05/2018)
Hydropower
development: Producing power sans conflict, by
Hari Krishna Shrestha (ht 10/05/2018)
NEA
to
end power cuts in industrial areas: The NEA has been
supplying uninterrupted energy to residential
customers for more than a year now at the expense of
factories where there is load-shedding lasting 3-4
hours during peak times, by Bibek Subedi (kp
10/05/2018)
Government
plans ‘Decade of Energy’ (kp 09/05/2018)
Tender
of 1,200MW Budhigandaki by next fiscal (ht
09/05/2018), Govt’ll
build Budhigandaki on its own: Energy minister
(rep 09/05/2018)
Govt
mulls leasing land to run transmission lines (kp
09/05/2018)
Erratic
plan in power sector generates no results, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 09/05/2018)
IBN
grants generation licence for Arun-3 project (kp
08/05/2018)
Namure
Multipurpose Project under doubt, by Giru Prasad
Bhandari (kp 07/05/2018)
Formation
of
NERC delayed yet again: The NERC will supersede the
existing Electricity Tariff Fixation Commission and
set the charges that customers will have to pay to
Nepal Electricity Authority (kp 06/05/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi likely to miss completion deadline, by
Bibek Subedi(kp 05/05/2017)
NEA
invites bids to supply solar power (kp
03/05/2018), Let
it shine: Development of solar power is a positive
step towards producing clean energy (kp
04/05/2018)
China
proposes
teaming up for power line DPR: The Nepali portion of
the power line will stretch from Galchhi in Dhading
district to Rasuwagadhi on the border with China,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 02/05/2018)
Panel
to fix payment for leaving projects (kp
01/05/2018)
Hydropower
projects told to furnish progress report within 15
days (rep 01/05/2018)
Minister
Pun warns of scrapping erring hydel companies’ licence
(kp 30/04/2018)
Tapping
solar
energy: Solar energy not only has the potential to
light up our homes, it is the energy behind our food
and our lives, by Khilendra Basnyat (kp
29/04/2018)
Budhigandaki
hydro project: Locals worried about the delays in
compensation, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 29/04/2018)
25MW
photovoltaic power: Work begins on Nepal’s largest
solar plant (kp 28/04/2018)
SJVN
to get Arun-3 generation licence, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 27/04/2018), 900mw
arun 3 run-of-the-river scheme: SJVN awarded
generation licence for hydro project (kp
29/04/2018)
Oli,
Modi to lay foundation stone for 900-MW Arun III
(rep 26/04/2018)
30pc
tunnel work completed at Bheri Babai, thanks to TBM
(kp 24/04/2018)
Meeting
of Pancheshwar governing body kicks off (ht
24/04/2018), High-level
meeting extends deadline to prepare DPR of Pancheshwar
to Dec, by Umesh Poudel (ht 28/04/2018)
NEA,
Tanahu Hydro sign power purchase accord (kp
23/04/2018)
Kabeli
B1 hydel project likely to miss deadline (ht
22/04/2018)
Mid-Bhotekoshi
hydro asked to maintain deadline (ht22/04/2018)
Nepal
To Cooperate In Electricity Sector With Bangladesh And
China, by Barshaman Pun (sp 20/04/2018)
Contractor’s
Delay: Given the present pace of work by the
contractor, Upper Tamakosi is likely to miss its
deadline (sp 20/004/2018)
Budhi
Gandaki hydropower project: Compensation distribution
delay infuriates locals, by Harihar Singh Rathore
(kp 19/04/2018)
Constant
supply: Large reservoir-based hydro-power projects are
Nepal’s best bet for energy security (kp
18/04/2018)
Hydro
licence to be revoked if construction of project
delayed (ht 16/04/2018)
SNHP
investment deal inked (ht 15/04/2018)
Tender
for feasibility study for Tamor project called (kp
14/04/2018)
Betan
Karnali hydel project: Nabil, Nepal SBI sign MoU
(kp 13/04/2018)
NEA
offers power banking to India, by Bibek Subedi (kp
13/04/2018)
Complete
Upper Tamakoshi on time: Oli (kp 12/04/2018), Upper
Tamakoshi delay causing nation daily loss of Rs 40
million, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 12/04/2018)
Triyuga
Municipality to set up 100 MW solar plants: 10 MW of
solar energy to be harnessed in the first phase,
by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 12/04/2018)
Singha
Durbar runs on solar power,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp
11/04/2018), China
hands over 1MW solar system in Singha Durbar (ht
11/04/2018)
Dhalkebar
substation to be completed in six weeks (kp
11/04/2018)
GMR
offers Upper Karnali power for 10 cents per unit,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 10/04/2018)
Reconstruction
of Upper Bhotekoshi project begins, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 10/04/2018)
Search
for new modality to build Budhigandaki, says Minister
Pun (kp 09/04/2018)
Hetauda-Dhalkebar-Duhabi
transmission line: 400kV transmission line project
comes to halt, by Shiva Puri (kp 09/04/2018)
NEA
urges govt to take final decision on Tamor project,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 08/04/2018)
Energy
security: Nepal must broaden its vision to include
energy security provisions in its development, by
Devendra Adhikari (kp 06/04/2018)
How
they kept Nepal in the dark ages: Prolonged power cuts
were not due to undersupply but because of rampant
corruption, by Ramesh Kumar (nt 06/04/2018)
Transmission
line extension left in limbo (ht 06/04/2018)
Hydro
projects expected to improve living standards in
Karnali, by Prakash Adhikari (kp 05/04/2018)
Pun
mulling to award some projects to IBN (kp
04/04/2018)
NEA
picks new route for Nepal-China power line (kp
03/04/2018)
Nothing
moves on Budhi Gandaki hydro, by Ayam Shrestha
(rep 31/03/2018)
NEA
renews PPA with NVVN for 15 months (ht
30/03/2018), India
ups price of electricity exported to Nepal: New rates
come into effect on April 1 (rep 30/03/2018)
Pun
moves to resolve differences with IBN, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 29/03/2018)
Nepal-India
transmission line: Energy Ministry to lobby for power
line project, by Bibek Subedi (kp 28/03/2018)
NEA
meets FinMin (ht 28/03/2018)
Right
of
way disputes delay power line plans: Task force failed
to come out with a modality to relinquish their
propertyn Construction of key transmission projects of
the NEA is in limbo, by Bibek Subedi (kp
27/03/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi project: Locals oppose share distribution
modality (ht 27/03/2018)
Talks
of loadshedding rumours baseless: NEA (kp
26/03/2018)
75
percent
of Gongor-Khimti transmission line completed: The 47km
transmission line is crucial to evacuate
hydroelectricity generated by 456MW Upper Tamakoshi
Hydropower Project which is slated to come online
by the end of December (kp 25/03/2018)
‘Fickle
policy holding back hydro sector’ (kp 24/03/2018)
Hydropower
key to economic prosperity’ (ht 24/03/2018)
SDF
begins funding infrastructure (kp 23/03/2018), Em-powering
South Asia, by Alaina B. Teplitz (nt 23/03/2018)
Govt
preparing
to set up energy regulatory body: The body will
establish a code that various entities under its
jurisdiction will have to follow such as specifying
standards for the construction of hydropower plants,
transmission lines and distribution networks, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 22/03/2018)
IBN
asks for files of hydro projects bigger than 500MW,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 21/03/2018)
Upper
Karnali works yet to resume, by Govinda KC (rep
21/03/2018)
Energy
Min to add more power to grid (kp 21/03/2018)
Work
begins on transmission line project in Attariya
(kp 20/03/2018)
Plan
to trade power with China, B’desh,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht
20/03/2018)
Hydro-powered
dreams: Significant investment in infrastructure
needed to meet development challenges, by Devendra
Adhikari (kp 18/03/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi hydropower: Project cost to reach about Rs
50 billion, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 18/03/2018)
Cross-border
electricity trade and investment stressed (ht
18/03/2018)
Upper
Trishuli 3A may come online ahead of schedule (kp
16/03/2018)
Construction
of Arun-III hydro likely to begin by April-end (ht
16/03/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi
hydro IPO plans hit snag with locals: The delay in
issuing the ordinary shares will affect the project
which will now have to rely on loans to fund the
ongoing construction, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp
16/03/2018)
Alignment
of Nepal-China power line to be finalised, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 15/03/2018)
Tanahu
Hydro, Sinohydro Corp sign memorandum (kp
15/03/2018)
State
trims power leakages to 13.74pc in 17 units: Nepal
Electricity Authority reduces power theft (kp
14/03/2018), Electricity
leakage in Province 1 down by 4 percentage points:
Nepal Electricity Authority (rep 14/03/2018)
ADB
willing to finance Tamor feasibility study, by
Bibek Subdei (kp 13/03/2018)
Kabeli
power line project overcomes major hurdle (kp
12/03/2018)
Diversity
in power: There is need to re-think Nepal’s dependence
on hydro-power and revise policy to add solar energy
to the mix, by Ram Prasad Dhital and Jiwan Kumar
Mallik (kp 11/03/2018)
Budhi
Gandaki project faces another hurdle (kp
11/03/2018)
SJVN
Arun-3 set to get generation licence (kp
10/03/2018)
Govt
to form task force to study West Seti issues (ht
10/03/2018)
Province
2 has lowest generation capacity, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 09/03/2018)
Biomass
power plants in Parsa lying defunct, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 09/03/2018)
China
Three Gorges seeks guaranteed return of 17 percent,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 06/03/2018), IBN
directors to decide fate of West Seti hydro, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 07/03/2018), Development
of West Seti in limbo as CTGC ups demands (ht
07/03/2018)
Hydro-powered
dreams: Nepal can be a pioneer in the hydropower
sector if it is to consider policy consistency, by
Sajal Mani Dhital (kp 02/03/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi hydro readying to issue shares (kp
01/03/2018)
Barriers
to benefiting from energy sector highlighted (kp
01/03/2018), Challenges
to energy access highlighted (ht 01/03/2018), Women,
excluded groups face barriers to energy: ADB report
(rep 01/02/2018), Break
barriers:
It is important that Nepal adopts supportive policies
and institutional frameworks to address gender and
social exclusion issues in the energy sector (ht
02/03/2018)
Climate
change impacts: Ways forward for energy, by
Devendra Adhikari (ht 01/03/2018)
Small steps for big leap: Nepal needs to decrease use
of imported petroleum and dependence on biomass for
residential needs for both are sources of greenhouse
gases, by Ugan Manandhar (rep 28/02/2018)
Power
producers concerned about local taxes (rep
28/02/2018)
NEA
threatens to fire slowpoke contractor (kp
27/02/2018)
Upper
Tamakoshi
launch date pushed back to December: Project officials
blamed the poor state of the road linking the
project site in Dolakha for the sluggish
progress (kp 26/02/2018)
70MW
Middle Marsyangdi hydel: Hydel project shut down for
urgent repairs (kp 26/02/2018), Maintenance
of one turbine of Middle Marsyangdi hydro project
completed (ht 02/03/2018)
Grid-connected
solar projects: NEA mulls dropping pacts with nine
companies, by Bibek Subedi (kp 25/02/2018)
Nepal
Electricity
Authority plans to end industrial load-shedding from
mid-May: NEA will be able to supply power to
industries next winter also (ht 25/02/2018)
Nepal-China
cross-border transmission line: NEA to decide on best
route in 3 weeks (rep 25/02/2018)
Power
distribution
system to be outdated in 2 years: Stakeholders
participating in the talk show urged the NEA to
improve its distribution network and transmission
lines to ensure reliable supply of power in the future
when the country is expected to have surplus
electricity (kp 23/02/2018)
Guidelines
released
on selling energy into grid: Individuals and
organizations producing electricity for personal use
as well as commercial producers have been permitted to
connect their solar panels to national grid, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 20/02/2018), Energy
transformation: Shifting to wind and solar energy
sources could be a solution to electricity shortfall
(kp 21/02/2018)
A
secure energy future:Nepal’s present energy mix and
uses are the result of a segmented policy landscape
that has conceived electricity as an end in itself,
by Ajaya Dixit (kp 19/02/2018)
Lamjung
hydro projects in limbo, by Ramji Rana (ht
19/02/2018)
Madhya-Marshangdi
to be shut for 10 days for repair (rep 19/02/2018)
NEA
in
bid to have more vehicle charging stations: Country’s
first EV charging station has been set up at power
utility’s central office (kp 18/02/2018)
Hydros
of 1 MW to be affiliated to local units (ht
18/02/2018), Power
at
local level: The decision to delegate power to the
local units to mange up to one megawatt of power plant
will certainly help electrification in rural area
(ht 19/02/2018)
Rs94b
viability gap funding okayed for Budhi Gandaki (kp
17/02/2018)
Country
to see record addition of hydropower in FY2017/18
(rep 17/02/2018)
Dhangadhi-Paliya
power
line back in operation: The Dhangadhi-Paliya
cross-border power line went out of operation in 2008,
and Nepal had repeatedly been requesting India to
revive it (kp 15/02/2018)
Blanch-Attariya
line to be upped to six phase (kp 14/02/2018)
Indian
co starts work on Dhalkebar substation (kp
14/02/2018)
IPB
approves Rs 20 billion FDI in 102-MW hydel project
(ht 13/02/2018)
Kabeli-A
hydroelectricity project: 400m tunnel built at hydel
project, by Shahi Man Rai (kp 12/02/2018)
Biogas
saves carbon and earns nepal Rs1b per year (kp
11/02/2018)
30MW
Chameliya officially begins power production, by
Manoj Badu (kp 11/02/2018), PM
inaugurates Chameliya hydel project (ht
11/02/2018)
Manthali-Khimti-Dhalkebar
220 kV: Transmission line nears completion, by
Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 10/02/2018)
Unannounced
load shedding affects life in Gulmi, by Shiva Lal
Subedi (rep 10/02/2018)
Tanahu
hydroelectric project: NEA to sign first PPA with
storage-type hydro, by Bibek Subedi (kp
09/02/2018)
Energy
Min mulling to dump deal with CTGC, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 07/02/2017)
NEA
steps up crackdown on power theft in Lalitpur (kp
06/02/2018)
Lamjung
to be promoted as a model district for hydropower
development, by Kishan Sangeet Nepali (rep
06/02/2018)
Law
Ministry puts IBN-Energy Ministry dispute to rest, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 04/02/2018)
Nepal-China
power
line feasibility report filed: The proposed
transmission line will be 80km long n Estimated to
cost Rs 10 billion, by Bibek Subedi (kp
03/02/2018)
Stop
stealing electricity or face blackout: NEA (kp
02/02/2018)
Chameliya
begins power output from 2nd turbine (kp
02/02/2018)
Energy
for
thought: Making electricity generation and trading
simple, regular and transparent is a must if we were
to become self-reliant in the power sector (ht
01/02/2018)
Bheri-Babai
project update: Project completes 15pc of tunnel works
using TBM, by Prakash Adhikari (kp (31/01/2018)
Delay
in hydro-mechanical works likely to push back Upper
Tamakoshi deadline, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep
31/01/2018)
Land
acquisition of Budhi Gandaki project stalls due to
short-staffing, by Harihar Singh Rathore (kp
30/01/2018), Compensation
distribution for Budhigandaki hydel hindered (ht
31/01/2018)
Energy
ministry dragging feet on electricity regulatory body
formation (rep 30/01/2018), FinMin
okays electricity commission regulation (kp
31/01/2018)
Innovative
ways of financing for hydels sought (ht
29/01/2018), NEA
to resume signing ‘take or pay’ accords, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 30/01/2018)
More
RoR plants to get 'take or pay' PPAs (rep
29/01/2018)
The
NEA unplugged: E-vehicle charging stations are a great
idea, but regulatory assessment is necessary, by
Subrata Lamsal (kp 28/01/2018)
Far-west
locals propose developing West Seti hydro project in
UTHEP model (ht 28/01/2018), Locals
of far west fear further delay in project execution
(rep 28/01/2018)
India
drags feet in building new cross-border power line
(kp 28/01/2018)
Nepal
power investment summit 2018: Prez calls for action to
harness Nepal’s huge hydro potential (kp
28/01/2018), SAsia
cooperation for electricity trade sought (ht
28/01/2018), Energy
cooperation:
The legal framework will enable the sub-regional
nations to exchange the surplus energy among one
another whenever they need it (ht 29/01/2018)
Wavering
policy stalls solar power project, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 27/01/2018)
216mw
upper trishuli-1 hydel project: NEA okays draft PPA
for hydel project (kp 26/01/2018)
33k
households
in Baitadi off the grid: The Nepal Electricity
Authority office in Baitadi said that the budget
allocation for the district for rural
electrification was inadequate, and as a result, many
parts of the district lack electricity access (kp
26/01/2018)
Upper
Marshyangdi-2 in limbo as talks deferred, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 25/01/2018)
Upper
Arun hydropower project: Sino-Taiwanese JV to prepare
project report (kp 24/01/2018)
Gongor-Khimti
transmission line: 70pc of works completed, says
developer (kp 21/01/2018)
Kabeli
Corridor project fails to gather momentum (ht
21/01/2018)
Lower
Arun
hydro kept in govt basket: the govt withheld the
application as it had already appointed a consultant
to prepare a detailed project report and environmental
impact assessment (kp 20/01/2018)
KMC
starts clearing unmanaged overhead cables (ht
20/01/2018)
NEA
close to selecting firm for laying cables (kp
19/01/2018)
Bangladesh
proposes to build hydropower plants in Nepal (kp
19/01/2018)
Feasibility
study for pumped storage projects being done (kp
18/01/2018)
Tamakoshi
3 hydro project: TBI Holding for slashing capacity
(kp 16/01/2018)
Mid-Bhotekoshi
given deadline of two years (ht 15/01/2018)
13
hydro projects seek IPOs worth Rs3.6b (kp
14/01/2018)
Energy
Ministry delays formation of regulatory body (kp
14/01/2018)
Local
level to license plants up to 1 MW (kp
13/01/2018), ‘Obtain
DoED nod before issuing licence' (ht 13/01/2018)
Chameliya
hydro project finally comes online, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 13/01/2018)
Quake-damaged
hydel plants repaired (ht 13/01/2018)
Power
to the people: Despite huge potential, Nepal fails to
meet demands for electricity and turns to India for
bail-out (kp 12/01/2018), Power
investors meet: Can Nepal generate 40,000MW of
hydroelectricity in 10 years and unleash a slew of
downstream industries? (nt 12/01/2018)
Nepal
power investment summit: Summit to galvanise Nepal’s
energy sector (kp 12/01/2018)
Power
imports up 20pc as winter takes its toll, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 11/01/2018)
Half
the population in Dadeldhura deprived of electricity
(ht 10/01/2018)
Chinese
JV gets NEA nod for 220kV substation in Barhabise
(kp 10/01/2018)
West
seti hydropower project: NEA, CTGC may part ways over
power rate, by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/01/2018)
WECS
to
conduct study on energy consumption: WECS will then
make recommendations on efficient use of electricity
to various sectors (kp 07/01/2018)
Plan
to downsize Tamakoshi-3 causes controversy, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 07/01/2018)
Hydropower
projects gear up works in Ilam, by Bhim Chapagain
(rep 07/01/2018)
Technology
and Economics of energy, by Saurav Bashyal (ht
07/01/2018)
President
bemoans slow pace of hydro development (kp
06/01/2018), Himalayan
Hydro Expo 2018 kicks off (ht 06/01/2018)
Nepal’s
first biogas plant starts producing CNG (kp
06/01/2018)
Indian
company likely to get Dhalkebar job (kp
05/01/2018)
Reliable
energy a must to boost Nepal's economic growth, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 05/01/2018)
Safety
rules-flouting LPG bottlers to face stern action
(kp 05/01/2018), NBSM
to shut gas plants flouting safety rules (ht
05/01/2018), Gas
plants
shut down over safety violations: gas bottlers have
been found to be filling defective cylinders with
cooking gas after merely repairing the safety valves,
by Rajesh Khanal and Nagendra Adhikari (kp 06/01/2018)
Rs
204 billion required to ensure grid electricity
throughout the country (ht 05/01/2018)
Ample
prospects for hydropower development in the country,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 05/01/2018)
Tunnel
digging of Bheri Babai diversion project expedited
(ht 05/01/2018)
CTGC
threatens to pull out from West Seti project, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 04/01/2018)
Alternatives
for
Budhi Gandaki: Big challenges to Budhi Gandaki
comprise technical, social and economic questions that
are yet to be fully resolved, by Christopher
Butler, Satis Devkota and Bishnu Sharma Nepal (rep
04/01/2018)
Tanahu
Hydro running late on naming builder, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 03/01/2018)
42.9MW
AKHP achieves financial closure (ht 03/01/2018)
E-vehicle
charging: Valley armed with 4 more stations (kp
02/01/2018),
Plugged
on: NEA now runs four charging stations, but more EVs
for public transport still needed (kp 03/01/2018)
Nepal
adds 150mw of hydro energy in 2017, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 01/01/2018)
Upper
Trishuli 3A project completes 80pc civil works (kp
31/12/2017)
EnergyMin,
IBN
clash over hydro projects: IBN claims the right to
implement hydro projects with a capacity of 500MW or
morenEnergy Ministry refutes that claim; officials say
they have sole authority, by Bibek Subedi (kp
30/12/2017)
Battery
import dwindles as load-shedding ends, by Ayam
Shrestha (rep 30/12/2017)
Melamchi
phase II can generate 2 MW power (ht 29/12/2017)
Power
purchase agreement with NVVN renewed sans changes
(ht 28/12/2017), Power
purchase accord extended (kp 29/12/2017)
Himalayan
Hydro Expo set for Jan 5 kick-off (kp 27/12/2017)
Apex
court
rules in favour of TBI Holdings: Says MoE can award
licence of above 500MW hydro projects through
bilateral negotiations (ht 27/12/2017)
SC
upholds permit for Tamakoshi 3 (kp 26/12/2017)
1,253
households deprived of electricity in Lamjung district
(ht 25/12/2017)
30
MW Chameliya project: Nepal takes a decade to build
hydro project (kp 24/12/2017)
Two
bid to complete Dhalkebar substation (kp
23/12/2017)
Wind-solar
mini grid: AEPC gets $3m ADB grant to install 10 power
plants, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 23/12/2017)
Delay
in construction of transmission line worries hydel
investors (ht 23/12/2017)
NEA
asks
India not to stop electricity supply: The state-owned
power utility is currently importing around 400 MW of
electricity from India (kp 22/12/2017)
NEA
assures ‘no load-shedding’ for domestic use (ht
22/12/2017)
Upper
Trishuli 1: Hydro project held up as NEA dawdles over
PPA (kp 21/12/2017)
Power
imports from India likely to jump 26pc, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 20/12/2017)
NEA
focusing on improving power distribution system,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 20/12/2017)
Budhi
Gandaki hydel can be built with domestic resources:
Report (kp 19/12/2017), Report:
Internal resources adequate to build Budhi Gandaki
hydro project (kp 19/12/2017)
No
takers for Dhalkebar construction contract, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 19/12/2017)
Gautam
Buddha
int’l airport project: Locals protest against delayed
compensation; The farmers said that after their
land was acquired, they could not grow anything on it
or get compensation, by Madhav Dhungana (kp
19/12/2017)
Fire
at your desire: There is a great market for charcoal,
and it can be made with available forest waste, by
Ranjana Mishra Jha (kp 19/12/2017)
Power
lines, substations being upgraded with ADB funding,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 18/12/2017)
400kV
Butwal-Gorakhpur
cross-border transmission line: Nepal to press India
to agree on funding modality; Nepal and India had
agreed to build the transmission line during the JSC
meeting more than a year ago in New Delhi and had
formed a joint technical team to prepare the DPR,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 17/12/2017)
Chameliya
hydro
likely to come online in Jan: The construction of
Chameliya started in January 2008, and it was
originally scheduled to be completed by June 2011
(kp 16/12/2017)
Nalsing
Gad hydro project: Nalgad awarded survey licence
(kp 15/12/2017)
Lack
of motorable bridge: 4 hydro projects set to be
delayed, by Aash Gurung (kp 15/12/2017)
Pancheshwar
to spend Rs19.4b to cut impacts (kp 14/12/2017)
Himalayan
Hydro expo set for 2018 opening (kp 14/12/2017)
Nepal
to ask India for more electricity (rep 14/12/2017)
Renewable
agenda: South Asia’s quest for a ‘green economy’ based
on green strategies provides ample space for power
trading, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 13/12/2017)
Chameliya
project completed after a decade (erp 13/12/2017)
Nepal’s
largest hybrid wind-solar power system comes online
(kp 13/12/2017), Clean
energy mix (ht 14/12/2017)
Power
output takes hit as rivers shrink; down 35pc, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 13/12/2017)
85
families of Hariharpur get energy access, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (kp 13/12/2017)
NEA
begins work on Nuwakot solar plant, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 12/12/2017)
IPPs
equal NEA in terms of installed capacity: Both have
installed capacity of 478 MW each, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 11/12/2017)
Tanahu
hydro project all set to hire contractor, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 10/12/2017)
Struggle
for power: New technologies and sustainable practices
are needed to overcome the energy crisis, by
Ramhari Poudyal (kp 07/12/2017)
Betan
Karnali and Bheri-1: IBN seeks rights for two hydro
projects, by Bibek Subedi (kp 05/12/2017)
Mutually
inclusive
benefits: Mutual fund set-ups, rather than equity
shares, would be more beneficial to investors as well
as hydro-power project affected people, by Semanta
Dahal (kp 04/12/2017)
IBN,
MoE lock horns on dealing with hydel projects: Fate of
680-megawatt Betan Karnali in limbo (ht
03/12/2017)
Energy
sector can attract Rs28.93t in foreign capital (kp
02/12/2017)
Defunct
Likhu
4 hydro revived after 7 years: the estimated power
output has now been revised down-ward to 52.4 Mw by
the new promoters. the project has aimed to start
generating power within 30 months, by Tika Prasad
Bhatta (kp 02/12/2017)
1,200MW
Budhi Gandaki hydropower project: Ousted Chinese
contractor asks govt to revisit decision (kp
29/11/2017)
Hopefuls
pledge to turn Kaski into hydro hub, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 29/11/2017)
Power
output falls due to reduced river flow, by Aash
Gurung (kp 27/11/2017)
Government
to
build Budhi Gandaki project on its own: Decision comes
two weeks after contract to China Gezhouba Group
Corporation terminated (kp 25/11/2017), Govt
hands over Budhigandaki hydel project to NEA, by
Sabin Mishra (ht 25/11/2017)
Universal
access to electricity: Nepal on track to achieving
target by 2030 (kp 25/11/2017)
BPC,
Chinese firms to launch 1,000 mW hydro projects in
Nepal (kp 24/11/2017)
Chameliya
charges transmission line (ht 24/11/2017)
Construction
of Arun-3 hydro project to begin soon (kp
23/11/2017)
Time
for
change: Edison started the first grid in New York over
100 years ago; Nepal’s first hydroelectric facility
followed soon, by Richard Kauffman (kp 20/11/2017)
Upper
Tamakoshi hydro project achieves major milestone,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 20/11/2017), Breakthrough
in Upper Tamakoshi hydro-electric project (ht
20/11/2017), Very
encouraging (ht 21/11/2017)
KMC
to build bio-gas plant at Ratnapark (kp
19/11/2017)
Budhi
Gandaki hydro to compensate landowners in 2nd phase
soon, by Harihar Singh Rathore (kp 19/11/2017)
Kabeli
B1 hydro project to be completed in mid-Feb, by
Shahi Man Rai (kp 19/11/2017)
750MW
West Seti hydropower project: NEA, CTGI seal deal,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 17/11/2017)
Seti
River hydropower project gains traction, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 16/11/2017)
Budhi
Gandaki
project uncertain: Cabinet scraps deal sealed with a
Chinese company on the basis of ‘instructions issued
by two parliamentary committees’ in September (kp
14/11/2017), ‘Next
Cabinet
meeting to decide further on Budhi Gandaki project’:
Energy Minister Kamal Thapa claims the next Cabinet
meeting will take a concrete decision (kp
15/11/2017), NC
defends move over Budhi Gandaki project (kp
16/11/2017), Oli,
Dahal accuse govt of working ‘on a whim’: Say decision
to scrap Budhi Gandaki deal with Chinese firm ‘a
mistake’ (kp 16/11/2017)
A
new way forward: The electricity sector regulator will
be a referee that uses regulations and directives to
create a level playing field, by Satish Joshi (kp
13/11/2017)
Suspend
Tamakoshi survey licence: SC (kp 09/11/2017)
Call
for renewable energy technology in rural areas (kp
05/11/2017)
Chameliya
hydropower project: Technical glitch puts off
transmission test (kp 05/11/2017)
An
idea that can drastically cut household energy bills,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 05/11/2017)
NEA
to sign PPA in dollars after 4-year gap, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 05/11/2017)
20
MW Lower Modi likely to come online in December, by
Agandhar Tiwari (kp 04/11/2017)
Sikles
Hydro starts trial production, by Lal Pasad Sharma
(kp 04/11/2017)
West
Seti hydropower project: NEA, CTGC to hold final talks
to form Joint Venture firm, by Bibek Subedi (kp
03/11/2017)
Upper
Tamakoshi
likely to come online in July: the first of six units of
456 MW project is expected to add 76 MW to national grid
by the end of this fiscal, by Bibek Subedi (kp
01/11/2017)
Nalsingad
hydel project in limbo, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp
30/10/2017)
Bhutan
lessons: Nepal has a lot to learn from Bhutan on how to,
and how not to, deal with India on hydropower, by
Shraddha Gautam (rep 30/10/2017)
Resettlement
process: Locals affected by Budhi Gandaki hydro project
warn to boycott polls, by Sudeep Kaini (kp
29/10/2017), Locals
warn of boycotting polls unless they get compensation,
by Naraharii Sapkota and Devendra Basnet (rep 30/10/2017)
Agitating
locals threaten to obstruct NEA project (ht
27/10/2017)
Chameliya
to start test production on November 4 (kp
25/10/2017)
Tamakoshi-3
hydro: Govt set to hand over project licence to TBI,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/10/2017)
Tanahun
hydro can use forest land (ht 23/10/2017)
NEA
to
take lead to promote electric vehicles: Says will start
by installing charging stations at different parts
of Kathmandu in the first phase, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 20/10/2017)
No
power cuts this Tihar, says NEA, by Bibek Subedi (kp
20/10/2017)
Upper
Karnali Hydro receives forest clearance (kp
19/10/2017)
NEA
steps up Tihar anti-leakage drive (kp 18/10/2017)
Waste
to be used to produce biogas (ht 16/10/2017)
NEA’s bid
to complete remaining works of Dhalkebar sub-station,
by Bishnu Belbashe (rep 16/10/2017)
Light
up: Could microgrids be the efficient way to overcome
Nepal’s energy crisis?, by Ramhari Poudyal (kp
15/10/2017)
Stay
on
the right track: With new plans and investments
pouring into the hydro power sector Nepal should now
focus on turning its dream into reality, by Saurav
Bashyal (ht 15/10/2017)
Nepal
153rd
nation to endorse IRENA Statute: IRENA is an
organisation that supports countries to a
sustainable energy future by promoting renewable
energy (kp 12/10/2017)
West
Seti deal with Chinese company likely to be scrapped
(ht 12/10/2017)
Upper
Karnali project starts distributing compensation
(ht 12/10/2017)
Kulekhani
3 deadline extended for fifth time (kp 11/10/2017)
NEA
invites CTGC to sign joint venture deal (kp
10/10/2017)
MoF,
NEA asked to arrange fund for Upper Trishuli 3A
(kp 08/10/2017)
Study
on methane gas availability in limbo (ht
06/10/2017)
Renewable
energy: Huge potentials, by Sudeep Ghimire and
Zulker Nafen (ht 06/10/2017)
Delays
at Dhalkebar may hamper energy imports (kp
05/10/2017)
NEA
terminates Dhalkebar contract: Says Chinese contractor
intentionally delayed construction of substation
(ht 04/10/2017)
Penny
wise, Pound foolish: Parliament’s Public Accounts
Committee needs to do more than just nit-picking on
project costs (kp 04/10/2017)
Chameliya
hydropower to start trial production ‘soon’, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 04/10/2017)
Kulekhani
III to come online by Jan, by Pratap Bista (kp
04/10/2017)
World
Bank backs NEA’s solar plant contract, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 03/10/2017)
Govt
asked
to scrap Budhi Gandaki deal with Chinese firm: Two
parliamentary panels jointly direct government to
scrap contract with the China Gezhouba Group
Corporation, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 26/09/2017), Govt
told to scrap Budhigandaki deal with Chinese
contractor (ht 26/09/2017)
Blanch-Attariya
power line testing goes well, by Manoj Badu (kp
25/09/2017)
Upper
Trishuli 3A hydroelectric project: Chinese bank renews
loan grace period, by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/09/2017)
Hydro
expo slated for January (ht 21/09/2017)
PAC
instructs govt to furnish documents of Budhigandaki
deal (ht 21/09/2017)
Risen
Energy seeks $27 million compensation for grid solar
project (ht 20/09/2017), Raijin
Energy claims Rs2.8b in compensation from NEA, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 21/09/2017)
Upper
Tamakoshi
receives Rolwaling survey licence: Water in the
tailrace of the Rolwaling scheme will be
channeled into the intake of the Upper Tamakoshi
project to boost its electricity generation capacity
(kp 19/09/2017)
Saptakoshi
high dam project: ‘Extensive homework must before DPR
study' (kp 18/09/2017)
Kulekhani
3
hydro project likely to get new deadline: The
project’s completion deadline has been extended four
times since construction began in April 2008
(kp 17/09/2017)
Middle
Modi hydro project further delayed, by Chhabi Lal
Tiwari (rep 17/09/2017)
Over
a dozen hydropower companies not paying government
royalty, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 17/09/2017)
Financial
closure deadline likely to be extended again, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 16/09/2017)
No
load-shedding during dry season, says NEA (kp
15/09/2017), NEA
plans to make distribution system robust (ht
15/09/2017)
Upper
Karnali hydropower project: GMR starts distributing
compensation payments (kp 15/09/2017)
Lack
of law delays hydropower royalty distribution to local
units (rep 14/09/2017)
NEA
compelled to change route for Butwal-Mainahiya
transmission line, by Sher Bahadur KC (rep
13/09/2017)
No
rational in retendering 25-megawatt grid-tied solar
project: World Bank (ht 12/09/2017)
Indu
Shankar, Everest sugar mills to generate electricity,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 12/09/2017)
Budhigandaki
affected seek compensation (ht 11/09/2017)
Switch
on: Electricity Authority needs to explore
decentralised solutions to ensure emergency power
supply, by Bibek Raj Kandel (kp 08/09/2017)
Pancheshwar
multipurpose project: Nepal set to get 462.5MW of
‘firm energy’ (kp 08/09/2017), Nepal-India
talks on Pancheswar DPR end inconclusively (ht
08/09/2017)
Korean
JV on track to get licence for Upper Trishuli
Hydropower Project (kp 08/09/2017)
AIIB
team
to visit Nepal to appraise energy projects: Top on the
list are rural electrification project in the hilly
districts of Province 6 and Tamakoshi 5 Hydropower
Project, by Bibek Subedi (kp 07/09/2017)
Madi
in darkness since past week, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (rep 06/09/2017)
Budhi
Gandaki listed as component of BRI, by Binod
Ghimire and Bibek Subedi (kp 05/09/2017)
Plugged
in: Nepal should look beyond hydroelectricity even as
the need for more electricity emerges (kp
04/09/2017)
Govt
starts managing messy overhead cables in Valley
(ht 04/09/2017)
Into
thin air: Urgent steps are required to stem electric
power transmission and distribution losses, by
Sagar Gnawali (kp 03/09/2017)
NEA
to
finally connect Farwest hills to nat’l grid: The 132kV
transmission line will be initially used to evacuate
energy generated by 30MW Chameliya hydro project,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 03/09/2017)
500
households
left in darkness due to damage in power plant canal:
Budhathok Small Hydropower Project turning into a
white elephant, by Sangam Gharti Magar (rep
03/09/2017)
Locals
refuse to cede land for hydel project in Doti (ht
01/09/2017)
Govt
to provide 19,600 ropanis of land to Tanahu hydro
project (ht 01/09/2017)
West
Seti hydropower project: Chinese developer approves JV
pact (kp 31/08/2017)
Construction
resumes
at Rasuwagadhi project: The chinese contractor has
completed 40 percent of construction work at the 111
MW hydro project, by Balram Ghimire (kp
29/08/2017)
Private
companies may be enlisted to install electricity lines,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 29/0872017)
Upper
Tasmakoshi hydel: 456MW project to float shares to
public in Dec, by Rajendra Manandhar ( 27/08/2017)
Electricity
authority will not be able to end load-shedding this
winter (ht 27/08/2017)
Five
hydels in Manang, Lamjung to lose licence (ht
26/08/2017)
Pancheshwar
multipurpose project: Project suffers setback as DPR
talks falter, by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/08/2017)
NEA
signs PPA with Upper Trishuli hydel project (kp
24/08/2017)
NEA:
Traditional electric meters will become history
(kp 23/08/2017)
NEA
goes digital, introduces online bill payment system in
Valley (kp 22/08/2017), Valley
residents no longer required to visit NEA to pay
electricity bills (ht 22/08/2017)
Power
cables to be laid underground in central KTM,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 20/07/2017)
Fate
of grid-tied solar project in limbo (ht
20/08/2017)
NPC
decides to list all hydels under national priority
projects, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 20/08/2017)
Developing
Water Resources, by Biswo Pradhan (rn 19/08/2017)
NEA:
Electricity leakage down to 22.9 percent (kp
18/08/2017), Power
authority’s loss below Rs 1bn (ht 18/08/2017)
Mustang
starts generating electricity from wind, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 18/08/2017)
Upper
Trishuli-1 hydel project: IFC requests Energy Minister
to expedite PPA (kp 17/08/2017)
Chameliya
hydro wet test slated for Sept (kp 17/08/2017)
Govt
to rid Valley of messy overhead cables: MoE is
preparing to lay underground power lines (ht
17/08/2017)
Budhigandaki
project:
Pricey power; The Maoist-led government bypassed
Public Procurement Act, Good Governance Act and
Financial Act in giving the project to CGGC, by
Satis Devkota (rep 16/08/2017)
Power
distribution affected across the country: NEA, by
Sabin Mishra (ht 14/08/2017), NEA
lowers power generation, imports as demand falls:
Power supply halted in eastern region (rep
14/08/2017), Power
restored in most districts in eastern Nepal
(kp 15/08/2017)
Passing
on the light: 20 years of renewable energy
development for rural communities, by Kjell Tormod
Pettersen, Ram Prasad Dhital and Ingrid Dahl-Madsen (kp
13/08/2017)
Parliament
passes NERC Bill (ht 12/08/2017), Parliament
enacts law to govern power sector (kp 13/08/2017)
Cross-border
power line added to PM’s wish list, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 11/08/2017)
PM
to ask India to amend power trade guidelines, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 10/08/2017)
Bheri
Babai diversion multipurpose project: Tunnel boring
machine set to arrive in Nepal, by Janak Nepal and
Kamal Panthi (kp 10/08/2017)
LCFs
formed to facilitate Tanahu Hydro project (ht
10/08/2017)
India
agrees to reduce energy prices, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 09/08/2017)
Nepal-India
Power Exchange Committee: Ghising off to Delhi to
negotiate prices (kp 08/08/2017)
NEA
asks ETFC to hike power tariff (ht 08/08/2017)
Kulekhani
3 hydropower project: Shahi to talk to Chinese envoy about
contractor, by Bibek Subedi (kp 07/08/2017)
220
kV substation project: Contractor okays Dhalkebar project
October deadline, by Bibek Subedi (kp 06/08/2017)
Erratic
power supply irritates Rupandehi locals, by Rekha Bhusal
(rep 06/08/2017)
Works
resume on Upper Trishuli 3A project (kp 06/08/2017)
90
pc work on Upper Tamakoshi completed (ht 05/08/2017)
Lawmakers
bat for higher preference to Tamor hydel (ht 05/08/2017)
IBN
tells Forest Ministry to grant forest clearance (kp
03/08/2017), IBN
decides to provide forest land on lease, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 03/08/2017) [???]
WB
likely to pull the plug on $37m solar project, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 02/08/2017), NEA
asked to retender grid-tied solar project (ht
02/08/2017), PAC
tells NEA to scrap solar plant contract (rep
02/08/2017), WB
defends NEA’s move to hire Chinese firm (kp 05/08/2017)
Nepal-India
power panel to meet after six year hiatus, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 02/08/2017)
Snail
paced
construction: Kulekhani 3 hydel misses deadline; Project’s
completion deadline has been extended 4 times
since construction began in ’08, by Bibek Subedi (kp
01/08/2017)
Solu
hydro projects: Hydro projects pose high risk to human
settlements, by Radha Dhungana (rep 01/08/2017)
Climate
change: Green energy solutions, by Monica Pandey (ht
31/07/2017)
NEA
reduces losses by 88pc to Rs970m, by Bibek Subedi (kp
31/07/2017)
Natural
gas production test to be done at Teku (kp 31/07/2017)
Germany’s
Voith Hydro opens branch in Nepal (kp 31/07/2017)
‘Bheri-Babai
diversion project to meet deadline’ (ht 31/07/2017)
220
kV substation project: Chinese contractor resumes work at
Dhalkebar (kp 30/07/2017)
Kabeli-A
hydel project gains momentum (kp 28/07/2017)
NEA
calls for PPA with PRoR project developers, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (ht 28/07/2017)
Pancheshwar
multipurpose project: Experts visit project site to finalise
DPR, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 27/07/2017)
Govt
should
have built Budhigandaki utilising own resources: Experts:
Decision to award the 1,200MW project to a Chinese company
has essentially blocked the chances of benefit sharing with
India (ht 27/07/2017)
NEA
calls for bids to install underground power cables, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 25/07/2017)
Dhalkebar
substation project: Power imports may be hit by project
delays, by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/07/2017), Contractor
halts work at Dhalkebar substation (ht 24/07/2017)
Protest
halts Kabeli Corridor project in Ilam (ht 24/07/2017)
Potential
windfall: Hydro companies, banks to issue over 56 million
shares (kp 24/07/2017)
Tamakoshi
3
hydro project stuck in limbo: The IBN had proposed to
develop the 650MW hydropower project under public
private partnership (PPP) model, by Bibek Subedi (kp
23/07/2017)
Power
outage leaves Chainpur in the dark (ht 22/07/2017)
Power
generation
up in Upper Madi (ht 20/07/2017)
Financial
closure
of Upper Karnali hydropower project: GMR seeks more time,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 18/07/2017)
Maoists
for
requesting China to generate 5,000 MW of hydropower, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 18/07/2017)
Two
projects
with 857MW installed capacity bag licences (kp
17/07/2017)
Load
shedding
hits Udayapur Cement Industry hard (ht 17/07/2017)
NEA
slashes
industrial loadshedding by an hour, by Bibek Subedi (kp
16/07/2017)
New
regulation
may stunt the growth of hydropower sector, by Saurav
Bashyal (ht 16/07/2017)
New
Manasarovars:
Storage is possible, by Pramod Raj Pokharel (ht
13/07/2017)
Village
women
transform into clean energy entrepreneurs in Nepal
initiative: Empower Generation plans to expand the number of
female energy entrepreneurs to all 75 districts from
the current 11 (kp 13/07/2017) [see website]
Heavy
flooding
hinders electricity generation, by Bibek Subedi (kp
11/07/2017), NEA:
Flooding
caused problems in power system (kp 12/07/2017)
Electricity
transmission
yet to start through Raxaul-Parwanipur line, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 10/07/2017)
GMR,
B’desh
to sign deal to evacuate power, by Bibek Subedi (kp
06/07/2017), GMR
to
sell Upper Karnali’s energy to BPDB and HPGC (ht
06/07/2017)
Acquiring
forest
a stumbling block for Upper Karnali, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep 06/07/2017), Forest
clearance
issue to be taken to Cabinet, by Bibek Subedi (kp
07/07/2017)
Cross
border
power trade: Indian regulations a jolt for would-be
electricity exporters from Nepal, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(ht 06/07/2017), Reconsider
it:
India needs to reconsider the regulation as per the Power
Trade Agreement signed between Nepal and India in 2014
(ht 07/07/2017)
Sindhupalchok
villages
facing power outage after landslide (kp 05/07/2017)
Chameliya
likely
to come online ahead of schedule: The Chinese contractor is
working on a war footing and is already 15 days ahead of
schedule (kp 04/07/2017)
PM
to
push for dev of two key hydro projects, by DR Panta (kp
04/07/2017)
NEA
to
sign PPA with 22 projects for solar energy, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 03/07/2017)
Lawmakers
oppose
Budhigandaki deal (ht 03/07/2017)
Kulekhani
III
hydel project: 10 years on, project still incomplete, by
Pratap Bista (kp 02/07/2017)
Budhigandaki
hydel
project on track to extend Rs5b to locals (kp
02/07/2017)
GMR
to
start land compensation this week: Developer expresses
concerns over recent changes in forest rules (ht
02/07/2017)
Construction
of
43 MW Upper Nesham hydropower project begins (ht
01/07/2017)
Electricity
Generation
Co in line to get survey licences, by Bibek Subedi (kp
30/06/2017)
Rising
power
tariff hits water project in Ramechhap (ht 30/06/2017)
NEA
to
put power lines underground, by Bibek Subedi (kp
29/06/2017)
Pre-construction
works
of Bheri-Babai project finished, by Prakash Adhikari (kp
29/06/2017)
KMC’s
bioplant
in Teku starts producing fuel (kp 28/06/2017)
West
Seti
hydro project: NEA to scrap accord if CTGC keeps stalling,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 27/06/2017)
Feasibility
study
for high dam on Saptakoshi starts, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 27/06/2017)
Load-shedding
in
Farwest will end shortly: NEA’s Ghising (kp 25/06/2017)
Repair
work
on Upper Trishuli 3A at final stage: Work on the access road
leading to the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project is at
the final stage and is expected to be completed within a
couple of weeks (kp 25/06/2017)
Tariff
hike,
leakage control unlikely to help NEA improve balance sheet
(ht 25/06/2017)
The
underlying
contests of large Hydropower Dams: Nepal is a founder member
of the SAARC group of nations that have been the proponents
of hydropower development in the region, by Nirendra
Basnett (sp 23/06/2017)
Tanahun
hydel
project construction accelerates (ht 23/06/2017)
Survey
license
of over 150 small hydropower projects scrapped (rep
21/06/2017)
Nepal
slashes
power imports by 16 percent, by Bibek Subedi (kp
19/06/2017)
West
Seti
Hydropower Project in limbo as negotiations drag on, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 17/06/2017), CTGIC
still
unclear about investing in West Seti HEP (ht 18/06/2017)
Government
gives
nod to 30 solar energy promoters (ht 17/06/2017)
Upper
karnali
hydro power project: GMR to pay out land compensation in
July (kp 16/06/2017)
New
guidelines
upset power developers: The project developers worst
affected by the new guidelines are the developers of the 900
MW Upper Karnali and 900 MW Arun 3 hydropower projects,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 14/06/2017)
SDG
7
: Time to branch out; Nepal must aspire for energy
sovereignty and depart from the current commercial energy
situation, by Indira Shakya (kp 13/06/2017)
Sticking
points
remain over power purchase agreement (kp 13/06/2017)
Puzzling
energy
budget: Sadly, the only energy sources the government
cares about are hydropower and petroleum, by Bibek
Raj Kandel (kp 12/06/2017)
CMC
awarded
Solu Khola hydel project (kp 12/06/2017), Solu-Dudhkoshi
hydel
project awarded to Italian firm (ht 12/06/2017)
Tanahu
hydroelectric
project: Italian, Chinese companies bid for Tanahu
contract (kp 12/06/2017)
Budhi
Gandaki
hydel project: No-bid contract award draws flak; The
1,200 MW storage-type project located in north central
Nepal will be constructed under an engineering,
procurement, construction and financing (EPCF) model
(kp 09/06/2017), China’s
CGGC
visits Budhigandaki project site, by Harihar Singh
Rathore (kp 14/06/2017)
How
to
avoid power cuts this winter: Demand will outstrip
supply and load-shedding will resume unless NEA can
push its energy efficiency plan, by Shreejana
Shrestha (nt 09/06/2017)
Generating
more
power by saving energy, by Bishal Thapa (nt
09/06/2017)
Cross-border
transmission
line: India has second thoughts about Butwal powerline,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 08/06/2017)
Nepal,
China
sign deal to build mega 1,200MW hydro project, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 05/06/2017), Govt
signs
MoU with CGGC to develop Budhigandaki project (ht
05/06/2017)
Myagdi
district
becoming a hub for hydro projects, by Ghanshyam
Khadka (kp 04/06/2017)
Chameliya
set
for dry test (kp 01/06/2017)
Transmission
lines
span a total of 3,205 km (kp 29/05/2017)
160
MW
power deal signed: NEA; A supplementary power purchase
deal was signed with India’s NVVN, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 28/05/2017)
Electricity
Generation
Co applies for survey licences (kp 26/05/2017)
Tamakoshi
3
plant to be built under PPP model, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 25/05/2017)
Erratic
power supply irks Phidim folks, by Giriraj Baskota
(rep 24/05/2017)
China’s
Gezhouba
lands Budhi Gandaki contract, by Bibek Subedi (kp
24/05/2017)
Upper
Tamakoshi
project to allot shares to locals soon (kp
22/05/2017)
140MW
tanahu
hydroelectric project: Three companies bid for civil
contract (kp 19/05/2017)
Upper
Trishuli
3a: Road repairs expected to be finished by mid-June
(kp 18/05/2017)
Upper
Trishuli-1
project: Preparations over for PPA talks: NEA, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 16/05/2017)
LED
procurement:
Playing God; NEA’s approach of buying and selling LEDs
will crowd out the private sector, harm energy
efficiency and limit energy saving, by Bishal
Thapa (rep 16/05/2017)
Energy
output
up due to rising water levels: The increase in energy
output has encouraged the NEA to plan to cut imports
from India (kp 15/05/2017)
Renewal
of
power purchase pact with India soon: NEA (kp
14/05/2017)
Bara-Parsa
Industrial
corridor lacks power, by Shankar Acharya (kp
14/05/2017)
Power
supply interrupted for about 20 minutes (rep
12/05/2017)
Jajarkot
locals
seek hydro plans in polls, by Bhim Bahadur Singh
(kp 11/05/2017)
NEA
defends
plan to buy LED bulbs from Indian company, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 10/05/2017)
Two
Indian
hydro developers in line to get forest clearance,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/05/2017)
KMC
starts
managing tangled wires (kp 07/05/2017)
Chameliya
hydel
project: Successful dam test raises hope of early
output (kp 07/05/2017)
Tanahu
hydro
project: 162 landowners receive compensation payouts
(kp 05/05/2017)
Our
energy
future: Declining water levels in our snow-fed rivers
means that our hydroelectricity potential is slowly
being depleted, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep
03/05/2017)
4
hydropower companies apply to go public (kp
02/05/2017)
Power
to
people: The national power utility should be handed
over to the people. Federalism offers Nepal a unique
opportunity to transform NEA , by Bishal Thapa
(rep 02/05/2017)
Dilapidated
electricity poles pose threat to Ilam folks, by
Bhim Chapagain (rep 02/05/2017)
Budhigandaki
hydel
project to extend rs1.6B to locals (kp 30/04/2017)
NEA
approves
new tariff for PRoR and reservoir projects, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 30/04/2017)
Army
gets
green light to build hydropower project: The Energy
Ministry has approved the Nepal Army’s proposal to
build the 32 MW Bhimdang Khola Hydropower Project in
Manang district, by Bibek Subedi (kp 29/04/2017)
Local
capital to be mobilized to build 25-MW project in
Myagdi, by Hari Krishna Gautam (rep 27/04/2017)
Cross-border
energy
trade: It could lead to effective resource
utilisation, enhance supply reliability and reduce
capital and operating costs, by Mahendra P. Lama
(kp 26/04/2017)
Chameliya
hydel
project to come online a month ahead of schedule,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 26/04/2017)
Budhigandaki
hydroelectric
project: Govt mulls roping in Chinese contractor,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 25/04/2017)
Tanahu
hydro
extends land compensation (kp 25/04/2017)
Govt
embraces
‘company model’ to build two hydroelectric projects
(kp 24/04/2017)
Lack
of
policies delay transmission line (kp 23/04/2017)
MoE
approval
paves way for new rates for PRoR, storage projects
(ht 23/04/2017)
Congress,
CPN-MC
differ on Budhigandaki project modality (ht
21/04/2017)
Land
compensation
of Tanahu Hydro accelerates (ht 21/04/2017)
Kulekhani
III
hydro likely to miss completion deadline: The
project’s completion deadline has been extended four
times since construction began in April 2008. It was
originally scheduled to be finished by 2012, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 20/04/2017)
Butwal-Mainahiya
transmission
line project may be delayed: Lack of coordination
among government agencies blamed, by Sher Bahadur
KC (rep 20/04/2017)
Energy
for
growth: With the surplus energy in its hands, the
government should encourage private sector to set up
more industries and manufacturing units across the
country (ht 19/04/2017)
No
guarantor
needed for West Seti loan: NEA, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 18/04/2017)
‘Increasing
power
consumption major challenge for NEA’ (ht
18/04/2017)
Kulman
Ghising
will complete full term of 4 years: Energy minister:
'Improved power supply has made 6.5 percet growth
target gettable' (rep 18/04/2017)
Import
of hydropower equipment, machinery goes up, by
Ritesh Tripathi (rep 18/04/2017)
Budhi
Gandaki
hydropower project: Dhading locals finally receive
compensation, by Harihar Singh Rathore (kp
16/04/2017)
Upper
Karnali,
Arun 3 hydel projects: Developers complain about
delays in forest clearance, by Bibek Subedi (kp
15/04/2017)
Construction
of
157-megawatt Likhu projects kicks off (ht
14/04/2017)
NEA
sends
back PPA guideline for revision (kp 12/04/2017)
Mixed
blessing:
Nepal should ideally be in a position to export power,
not import it from other energy-starved countries,
by Ajaya Kusum Adhikari (rep 12/04/2017)
‘Hydro
plants
need to be designed as per Q45’, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 11/04/2017)
Loadshedding
days
Are over, says Energy minister (kp 10/04/2017)
Upper
Mailung-A
to come online by September 2017 (kp 10/04/2017)
Blackout
in
Manang puts life on hold (kp 09/04/2017)
China
Three
Gorges seeks clarification before JV pact, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 07/04/2017)
NEA
cuts
import costs by switching suppliers, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 05/04/2017), Power
import
bill will grow by only Rs 200m: NEA; NEA head says
utility will log profits from next fiscal year
(rep 05/04/2017)
Delay
in power import via Parwanipur-Raxaul line irks
industrialists, by Upendra Yadav (rep 05/04/2017)
Govt
brings back environment fee lifted by K P Oli govt,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 04/04/2017), IPPAN
slams
unpredictable govt policies (ht 04/04/2017)
Construction
of Budhi Ganga Hydroelectricity project in full swing,
by Ram Bahadur Kunwar (rep 04/04/2017)
NEA
cuts
down on energy imports as output swells, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 03/04/2017)
Lower
Modi
hydro project to be completed in July, by Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 03/04/2017)
Budhigandaki
hydroelectric
project: Dhading locals fret delay in compensation
distribution (kp 02/04/2017)
Upper
Tamakoshi
Hydro likely to come online in July 2018 (kp
01/04/2017)
Shelved
hydro
projects: Nepal’s large-scale hydropower projects
impact locals in the project areas in multiple and
complex ways, by Sanju Koirala (kp 31/03/2017)
Repair
works
ongoing at 60MW Upper Trishuli 3A dam (kp
30/03/2017)
Export
of
power to Nepal will increase shortly: India, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 30/03/2017)
50MW
to
be imported via Kushaha-Kataiya power line, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 27/03/2017)
7.6mw
jogmai
hydro project: Works on hydro to finish soon, by
Biplav Bhattarai (kp 27/03/2017)
Work
begins on Kabeli 'A', Nyadi projects (rep
27/03/2017)
Transmission
line
completed but power supply a far cry, by Ram
Sarraf (ht 27/03/2017)
No
PPA
signed till date with NEA not implementing ‘take or
pay’ provision (ht 26/03/2017)
Nepal
requests
India for more electricity: To bridge the gap, Nepal
is currently importing around 380MW of electricity
from India, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 25/03/2017)
Works
on
30MW Nyadi Hyropower Project commences, by Aash
Gurung (kp 24/03/2017)
Preparatory
work of Upper Arun begins: NEA forming a public
limited company to execute the 335-MW project, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 24/03/2017)
Locals
tired
of waiting for elusive West Seti project, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 23/03/2017)
LDCs
urged
to focus on renewable energy (kp 23/03/2017), ‘Cooperation
must
to develop sustainable energy’ (ht 23/03/2017)
Power
talks:
A robust distribution network is necessary to raise
household electricity consumption (kp 21/03/2017)
China
proposes
to construct cross-border transmission line, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 21/03/2017)
Alternative
current:
Kulman Ghising needs Ram Prasad Dhital, Executive
Director of Alternative Energy Promotion Center, to
end load-shedding forever, by Bishal Thapa (rep
21/03/2017)
Hydro
project
development: Hurdles for storage plants to be removed,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 20/03/2017)
Energy
self-sufficiency
in 3 yrs, says NEA chief: Total installed capacity
will exceed 2,000 MW after 1,200 MW is added to the
grid in the next three years, by Bibek Subedi (kp
20/03/2017) [??]
Nalsing
Gad
hydro project: No irregularities: officials; Due
process was followed while appointing a consultant to
prepare DPR (kp 18/03/2017)
Electrifying
story:
Regional power trade is desirable, but it will not
happen until India takes the lead, by Apar Neupane
(kp 19/03/2017)
NEA
mulls
building 762MW project on Tamor River, by Shahiman
Rai (kp 19/03/2017)
Upper
Larnali
hydropower project: Korean firm keen on equity
partnership, by Bibek Subedi (kp 19/03/2017)
Pre-construction
work
of Bheri-Babai project set for mid-July completion,
by Prakash Adhikari (kp 19/03/2017)
Cabinet
approves
Electricity Regulatory Commission Bill, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 17/03/2017)
Improving
power
lines next on NEA’s agenda (kp 17/03/2017)
‘Robust
transmission
and distribution system must for reliable supply’
(ht 16/03/2017)
NEA
plans six cross-border interconnection corridors
(rep 16/03/2017)
Army
likely
to bag Bhimdang Khola hydroproject, by Bibek
Subedi and Binod Ghimire (kp 15/03/2017)
Budhi
Gandaki
project: Compensation payments to be made this week
(kp 13/03/2017)
West
Seti
Hydropower Project: NEA rejects proposal to revise
down capacity, by Bibek Subedi (kp 12/03/2017)
Upper
Marshyangdi
technical glitch fixed, by Aash Gurung (kp
11/03/2017)
Strong
wind, lightning interrupt power supply (rep
11/03/2017)
West
Seti
hydropower project: China Three Gorges vows to endorse
deal ‘very soon’, by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/03/2017)
Lack
of
grid synchronisation affects power supply in Valley,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 09/03/2017)
Technical
problem
hits Upper Marshyangdi’s power output, by Aash
Gurung (kp 08/03/2017)
Construction
work
begins on 75MW hydro project, by Harihar Sinfg
Rathour (kp 08/03/2017)
Our
energy
future: To generate investment and fully realize her
energy potential, Nepal must step outside its borders
and set up shop in India, by Bishal Thapa (rep
07/03/2017)
Energy
losses
drop to 17pc from 20pc, by Bibek Subedi (kp
06/03/2017), Energy
loss down by 4 percentage points (rep 08/03/2017)
Bheri-Babai
project’s
construction resumes, by Prakash Adhikari (kp
06/03/2017)
Chameliya
hydropower
project: Treatment of squeezed tunnel over, by
Bcibek Subedi (kp 05/03/2017), Chameliya
contractor
concludes tunnel works (ht 05/03/2017)
Chainpur
shut
over frequent power cuts (kp 04/03/2017)
NEA
mulls
intraday, seasonal power tariff (kp 04/03/2017)
Construction
of
mid-Bhotekoshi hydro project gathers pace, by
Anish Tiwari (kp 04/03/2017)
Cloud
with
a dark lining: Nepalis have 24-hour electricity, but
it has doubled our carbon footprint because of the
import of thermal power, by Om Astha Rai (nt
03/03/2017)
NEA
to
import 50MW additional power, by Bibek Subedi (kp
02/03/2017)
Power
sector
reform gains credibility with tangible outputs (ht
02/03/2017)
Bill
to regulate electricity prices approved by cabinet,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 02/03/2017)
Drop
in peak energy demand worries power producers: Peak
demand is at around 1,250 MW which is lower than NEA's
forecast (rep 02/03/2017)
Trees
or
electricity? Hydropower development is being slowed
down by irrelevant environmental policies, by Hari
Krishna Uprety (kp 01/03/2017) [??]
NEA
summons
small hydro developers for PPA amendment (ht
01/03/2017)
NEA
concerned
by newly introduced PPA guideline, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 28/01/2017)
IPPs
to
finally receive incentive of five million rupees per
megawatt (ht 28/02/2017), Incentive
for
energy: The government should give more incentive to
the private sector which has proven its efficiency in
producing energy in two decades (ht 01/03/2017)
Electricity
imports up by 23 percent: Import bill grows by 12
percent only, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 27/02/2017)
NEA
relaxes
hydrology penalty, by Bibek Subedi (kp 26/02/2017)
IPPs
set
to overtake NEA in power generation by year-end,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 26/02/2017)
Power
output
falls 60pc as river flows shrink, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 24/02/2017)
Midim
Khola
project in final leg (ht 24/02/2017)
NEA
to
frame separate standard PPA templates for hydel
projects, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 24/02/2017)
Tanahun
hydel
victims demonstrate against unfair compensation
(ht 23/02/2017)
Nepal
seeks
India’s help to upgrade substations, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 22/02/2017)
ToD
meters of NEA's large consumers not monitored for
months: Officials fear big consumers are evading
electricity bills, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
22/02/2017)
Budhigandaki
project:
Manpower crunch delays distribution of compensation,
by Harihar Singh Rathore (kp 22/02/2017), Compensation
payment
distribution begins, by Sudip Kaini (kp
24/02/2017)
Raxaul–Parwanipur
power
line finished (ht 21/02/2017)
Budhigandaki
hydroelectric
project: Residents likely to receive compensation this
week, by Bibek Subedi (kp 16/02/2017)
Politicians
continue
to sell West Seti dream to locals in Farwest, by
Mohan Shahi (kp 16/02/2017)
Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur
Transmission
Line to come into use from May: Nepal to import 50 MW
each from Raxaul-Parwanipur and Kataiya-Kushaha lines
, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 15/02/2017)
NEA
to
sign contracts to keep its senior officials on their
toes (kp 14/02/2017)
Nepal-India
bilateral
meeting to implement PTA: Nepal, India discuss
development modality of New Butwal-Gorakhpur
transmission line (rep 14/02/2017), Butwal-Gorakhpur
cross-border
transmission line: Nepal, India to finalise DPR of 400
kVA power line, by Bibek Subedi (kp 15/02/2017)
Arun-3
hydro
project: Developer claims compensation citing ‘change
in law’, by Bibek Subedi (kp 13/02/2017)
Mid-Marshyangdi
power
generation drops to 30MW, by Aash Gurung (kp
13/02/2017)
NEA
to
save Rs1b a year as it slashes power leakage:
Electricity leakage has gone down to 23.78pc of
supply as of mid-Jan, by Bibek Subedi (kp
12/02/2017)
IBN
for awarding Tamakoshi III through international
bidding, by Rudra Pangeni (kp 11/02/2017)
Kulekhani
III
likely to be online in July, by Bibek Subedi (kp
09/02/2017)
Raxaul-Parwanipur
power
line nears completion (kp 09/02/2017)
Upper
Trishuli
3A project: Nepal Army to carry out repair works,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 08/02/2017)
Banks
agree
to fund Upper Khorunga (kp 08/02/2017)
Electricity
tariff
hike for industrial users opposed (kp 07/02/2017)
220KV
transmission
line inauguration: A milestone in electricity sector
in country: PM, by Bibek Subedi and Tika Prasad
Bhatta (kp 03/02/2017)
Acquiring
right
of way for power transmission lines: Taskforce set up
to suggest modality, by Bibek Subedi (kp
01/02/2017)
Power
plant
in disuse due to budget crunch (ht 01/02/2017)
We
should
aim to consume power domestically rather than export
it, interview with Energy Minister Janardan Sharma
(kp 30/01/2017)
NEA
to
import additional 25MW electricity from Wednesday
(kp 30/01/2017)
IFC
urges
govt to revise provisions in PPA Guideline: Says
document in its current format may not be able to
attract international investors, by Bbek Subedi
(kp 29/01/2017)
Stalled
Upper
Trishuli hydro project: Work all set to resume next
week, by Bibek Subedi (kp 26/01/2017)
Encouraging
Signs In Energy Sector, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
26/01/2017)
Chameliya
hydropower:
NEA pleased with project progress (kp 24/01/2017)
Birgunj-Pathlaiya
industrial
corridor to be load-shedding free (ht 24/01/2017)
India
agrees
to allow power trade through its territory, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 23/01/2017)
12
NEA staffers held for tampering electricity meters,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 23/01/2017), Hunt
for
power pilferers on: SSP Sarbendra Khanal says
police are looking for other owners who earned
millions through meter tampering (kp 24/01/2017),
Theft
of
energy: The NEA board should take stern action against
those involved in pilfering energy and realize the
money they had stolen in the past (ht 24/01/2017),
NEA
transfers
2,480 officials in biggest staff reshuffle ever: Move
follows arrest of 16 people involved in electricity
meter tampering, by Bibek Subedi (kp 26/01/2017),
Make
a
start: Govt should take its cue from the NEA and
investigate various public entities (kp
27/01/2017)
Chinese
private firm makes debut in Nepali hydropower sector,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 23/01/2017)
Budhigandaki
hydroelectric
project: Compensation distribution to begin within two
weeks (kp 22/01/2017)
NEA
seeks
power tariff hike for industrial sector, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (kp 22/01/2017)
PPR
announced,
but implementation stalls: It has been 10 days since
the announcement of Power Purchase Rates, but
virtually nothing has happened as Energy Ministry is
at odds with NEA over the procedure to be followed to
move ahead, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 21/01/2017)
Bhairahawa
SEZ:
Lack of power puts investors in dilemma, by Madhav
Dhungana (kp 21/01/2017)
Nepal
can
earn Rs1 trillion a year by selling power (kp
20/01/2017) [?], ‘Nepal
needs
to promptly tap its hydro potential’, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (ht 20/01/2017)
Construction
of
Ngadi Hydro to begin (ht 20/01/2017)
NEA
board
approves West Seti JVA (ht 19/01/2017)
Khimti-Dhalkebar
transmission
line: First phase complete, by Rajkumar Karki (kp
18/01/2017), Khimti-Dhalkebar
Transmission
Line completed, finally (rep 19/01/2017)
NEA
to
supply 40 MW imported power to Valley from February 1
(ht 18/01/2017)
West
Seti
hydropower project: Nepal, China put initials on joint
venture pact, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 17/01/2017)
EPC
agreement
of Nyadi Hydropower Project signed (ht 17/01/0217)
Locals
of Lamki protest against increased load shedding,
by Yogesh Rawal (rep 17/01/2017)
Cooperation
on
shared waters: Properly planned, transboundary rivers
can act as an engine for regional development for both
Nepal and Bihar, by Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia
Tortajada (kp 16/01/2017)
The
solar solution: Now that NEA has amazingly reduced
load-shedding, PV modules are like expensive clothes
hung to dry, by Pratik Karki (rep 16/01/2017)
Disruption
in
power supply due to glitches, construction works
(kp 14/01/2017)
Tunnel
work of Bheri-Babai project begins, by Tekendra
Basyal (rep 14/01/2017)
West
Seti
hydro project: Chinese team arrives in Nepal (kp
12/01/2017), CTGC
proposes
downward revision of installed capacity, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 13/01/2017)
Politics
And
Economics Of Power Outage (Load-shedding), by
Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 10/01/2017)
Energy
Ministry
fixes power purchase rates (kp 10/01/2017)
Annual
growth
of 9.2pc needed: WECS; 18,000 MW required for Nepal to
graduate to league of middle income countries by 2030
(ht 10/01/2017)
Govt
tells
NEA to pay for power generated by IPPs (ht
10/01/2017)
Upper
Karnali, Arun III devlopers get one more year to
complete financial closure (rep 09/01/2017)
Thori
village’s
long wait for electricity over, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 08/01/2017)
NEA
to
bring imported power to Kathmandu (ht 08/01/2017)
64pc
of
squeezed tunnel section treated at Chameliya hydel
project (kp 08/01/2017)
Modalities
set
for paying compensation to Budhigandaki project
affected locals (ht 07/01/2017)
600MW
Upper
Marsyangdi II in limbo (ht 06/01/2017)
Heading
Towards Load-shedding-free Society, by Uttam
Maharjan (kp 05/01/2017)
Directives
on licensing of hydropower projects 2073: Ministry
'leaked' info to hydro developers, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 05/01/2017)
Govt
fix
land compensation amount for Budhi Gandaki: The
compensation amount ranges from Rs524,000 to Rs835,000
per ropani, by Harihar Singh Rathore (kp
04/01/2017), Proposed
land
compensation plan draws mixed reactions: Most people
have expressed dissatisfaction while some have
welcomed saying public should also make sacrifices for
the development of the 1,200MW project, by Bibek
Subedi and Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp 06/01/2017)
2017
to see record hydropower generation: NEA, independent
developers adding more than 240 MW to national grid,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 04/01/2017)
Pokhara
to be declared load-shedding free (rep 04/01/2017)
‘Reduce
power
consumption in the morning’ (kp 04/01/2017)
NEA
assures
regular supply despite shortfall: Power output halves
as water levels dip, by Bibek Subedi (kp
03/01/2017)
Triumphant
year
for country’s energy sector: NEA’s campaign to end
loadshedding in the Valley and reduce outage hours
significantly in other parts stole the show, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 01/01/2017)
25MW
Upper
Madi starts generation, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
31/12/2016), 25
MW
power added to central transmission line, by
Bharat Koirala (ht 31/12/2016)
India
to
supply 80MW power from tomorrow (kp 31/12/2016)
There
will
be light: Many have steered NEA in the past, but no
one made serious attempt to reduce load-shedding hours
but Kulman Ghising, by Bibek Subedi (kp
31/12/2016)
First
ever
PDA signed with private company: Nepal Water and
Energy Development Company will develop Upper
Trishuli-1 Hydroelectric Project located at Dhunche in
Rasuwa, by Bibek Subedi (kp 30/12/2016), Energy
ministry
signs PDA with developer of Upper Trishuli-1, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 30/12/2016)
Energy
production
increasing in the east (ht 30/12/2016)
Budhi
Gandaki
hydroelectric project: New entity planned to aid land
acquisition process (kp 28/12/2016)
Energy
promotion
in Nepal: The government of Nepal and the development
partners have together worked to take renewable and
clean energies to the rural areas, by Kjell Tormod
Pettersen, Ram Prasad Dhital and Ingrid Dahl-Madse (kp
27/12/2016)
Pancheshwar
DPR
to be finalised next Feb (kp 27/12/2016)
And
there
was light: NEA’s Ghising has done a commendable job
but energy sufficiency is still far (kp
26/12/2016)
Central
region highest in hydropower royalties, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 26/12/2016)
Time
for regulation: Legislature-Parliament should
immediately endorse the bill to form Nepal Electricity
Regulatory Commission, by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep
26/12/2016)
Arun-III
and
Upper Karnali hydroelectric projects: IBN told to hand
over forest land (kp 26/12/2016)
Loadshedding
hours
down in eastern Nepal, by Leela Ballav Ghimire (kp
25/12/2016)
Teku
energy
plant yet to come into operation (ht 25/12/2016)
India
to
supply additional 80MW of electricity, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 24/12/2016), NEA
to
import additional 80 MW power from India, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 24/12/2016)
Empowering
the
power sector: Instead of playing the victim, Nepal
should create an investor-friendly environment; It has
been projected that India will have a major
electricity deficit by 2022, which has to be filled by
exports from Nepal, by Kshiziz Dahal and Abyaya
Neopane (kp 23/12/2016)
Electrical
shock:
Nepal needs to realise that its hydropower potential
is not just for export but also for its own industrial
growth, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp 23/12/2016)
Upper
Tamakoshi
project: Completion deadline pushed back again, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 22/12/2016)
NEA
set
to add 255 MW power within a month (ht 21/12/2016)
Govt
appoints
new NEA board members (kp 20/12/2016), NEA
gets
new board members (kp 20/12/2016)
Bluffing
about
power: Load shedding has ended more because of power
cuts elsewhere than because of better management,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 20/12/2016)
Japan
firm
shows interest in building Tamakoshi III hydro, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 18/12/2016)
Upper
Tamakoshi
hydropower project: Prepare work schedule within 3
days: Minister (kp 18/12/2016)
PM
inspects
Kulekhani III Hydel Project (ht 18/12/2016)
Power
Summit
puts spotlight on Nepal’s 10,000MW in 10 yrs goal:
Target ambitious but realistic, if policy environment
remains stable, by Bibek Subedi (kp 16/12/2016) [??], PPA
to
be signed on ‘take and pay’ basis: Rs 5 million value
added tax exemption announced for power producers;
Govt not to be involved in hydropower projects with
capacity to generate less than 100 MW (ht
16/12/2016), US
ambassadors
express commitment to regional connectivity
enhancement, by Mukul Humagain (kp 17/12/2016), Power
Summit
ends with commitments of 10,000 MW in 10 years (ht
17/12/2016)
Purchasing
power:
India’s new policy affects Nepal’s aspiration to boost
growth through hydroelectricity, by Bhoj Raj
Poudel (kp 16/12/2016)
Not
a
good idea for now: Smart meters would place a burden
on both the NEA and the consumers, by Subrata
Lamsal (kp 14/12/2016)
Chameliya
hydel
project: 45pc of squeezed tunnel treated (kp
14/12/2016)
IPPAN
seeks
G2G talks to ensure market for power produced in Nepal
(ht 14/12/2016)
Control
power
leakage, says PM (kp 13/12/2016)
NEA's
energy loss can be reduced to 12 percent: Ghising
(rep 13/12/2016)
Not
all
bright and sunny: The exemplary solar energy sector
has been harmed by inept handling of subsidies, by
Bibek Raj Kandel (kp 12/12/2016)
The
Indian trap: Energy experts say new Indian policy will
discriminate against Nepal’s private sector and
non-Indian investors, by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep
12/12/2016), A
continuing trend: India resorts to protectionist
measures again even in a sector it has much to gain
from (kp 13/12/2016)
B’desh
‘keen’
to develop big hydel projects in Nepal, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 11/12/2016)
Dhalkebar
substation
set for January completion, by Shyam Sundar Shashi
and Raj Kumar Karki (kp 11/12/2016)
A
month without power outage: Changes felt in daily
life; Businesses and factories report fall in
operating costs, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 10/12/2016)
ADB
pledges
$20m aid to spur investment in solar (kp
09/12/2016), Nepal
to
receive $20m for viability gap funding in solar energy
(ht 09/12/2016)
Speaking
truth
to power: Officials secretly created a deliberate
artificial shortage of electricity to enrich
themselves while doing untold harm to Nepal's economy,
by Shreejana Shrestha, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt
09/12/2016), “Power
to
the people”, a brief chat with Kulman Ghising, the
new Managing Director of NEA (nt 09/12/2016), Power
Struggle:
If it was any other product, load-shedding of
electricity would have been called what it is:
black-marketing (nt 09/12/2016)
Cross-border
power
trading: India’s new rules could pull plug on
Nepal-based electricity developers, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 08/12/2016), India
issues
guidelines on cross border trade of electricity
(ht 08/12/2016), Indian
policy discourages non-Indian hydropower investors,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 08/12/2016), ‘Power
trading
guideline does not debar pvt firms’ (kp
13/12/2016), India
clarifies
on guidelines on cross border trade of energy (ht
13/12/2016)
Dordikhola
Hydel
under construction (ht 07/12/2016)
Budhigandaki
Hydropower Project: Dhading, Gorkha lawmakers appeal
for calm (rep 07/12/2016)
Power
from
Mewakhola slashes load shedding: Says Nepal must
generate 10 GW in next 15 years for S Asia (ht
05/12/2016)
Kathmandu
Valley won’t face power cut till mid-Jan: NEA (rep
05/12/2016)
Economist
Sachs stresses hydropower development (rep
05/12/2016)
Eight
micro-hydropower
projects non-operational in Parbat (ht 04/12/2016)
Ministry
axe
set to fall on 3 NEA board members: Energy Ministry’s
move comes after the trio allegedly held a board
meeting and issued a minute calling on NEA MD Kulman
Ghising not to take decisions without getting a nod
from the board of directors, by Bibek Subedi (kp
03/12/2016), Obstruction
in
nea reform process: Board members in question yet to
answer to ministry, by Bibek Subedi (kp
06/12/2016)
Tunnel
road
completed at Upper Tamakoshi project, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 02/12/2016)
NEA
puts
a spanner in works of independent power producers
(ht 02/12/2016)
Mewakhola
hydropower
project to start generating electricity in two weeks
(ht 01/12/2016)
Locals
elated
as electricity reaches remote far-west villages:
Electricity is being produced from 18 places in
Bajhang (ht 30/11/2016)
West
Seti
may generate less power than projected, by Bibek
Subedi and Sanjeev Giri (kp 29/11/2016)
Fumbling
in
the dark: The renewable energy sector is suffering due
to rifts between the AEPC and donors, by Bibek Raj
Kandel (kp 28/11/2016)
Toward
light: The credit for the success in ending
load-shedding goes to one person: NEA chief Kulman
Ghising, by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep 28/11/2016)
Upper
Marshyangdi-A
likely to go into full production in Dec (kp
28/11/2016)
Budhigandaki
project:
Landowners seek over Rs1 million per ropani in
compensation (kp 27/11/2016), Land
acquisition
snags as locals reject compensation offer, by
Bibek Subedi and Harihar Singh Rathore (kp 28/11/2016),
Locals
unhappy
with hydel compensation (ht 29/11/2016), Locals
vandalise
office of Budhigandaki hydro (kp 02/12/2016)
Construction
of
60 megawatt Upper Trishuli III ‘A’ likely to resume
soon (ht 26/11/2016)
Upper
Madi
hydel project completed (ht 25/11/2016)
Hewakhola
A
Hydro Project to generate power soon (ht
25/11/2016)
Power
producers
seek ‘take or pay’ provision implementation (ht
25/11/2016)
Bhairahawa
SEZ still doesn't have electricity supply, by Sher
Bahadur KC (rep 24/11/2016)
IBN
launches
financial literacy campaign: The programme is aimed at
ensuring that residents who received compensation from
SJVN Arun III Hydropower Project will use it properly
and not spend it recklessly (kp 23/11/2016)
Locals
urge govt to develop Tamor Hydropower Project, by
Giriraj Baskota (rep 23/11/2016)
GMR
Upper
Karnali signs land acquisition accords, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp 21/11/2016)
Work
on Upper Tamakoshi going at full swing, by Ramesh
Khatiwada (rep 21/11/2016)
Arun
III
hydroelectric project: Compensation paid out for land
acquired, by Dipendra Shakya (kp 19/11/2016)
Ending
Load-shedding In Kathmandu Valley, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 17/11/2015)
Budhigandaki
Hydropower Project: MoE takes initaitive to fix land
prices (rep 17/11/2016)
Arun
III
hydro project: IBN considers extending financial
closure deadline, by Bibek Subedi (kp 17/11/2016)
Fate
of
36 hydro projects in limbo (ht 17/11/2016)
Registration
process
for EGCL initiated, by Bibek Subedi (kp
16/11/2016)
Feasibility
study
on power grid synchronisation at 220kV to be finalised
soon, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 16/11/2016)
NEA
to reward informants for reporting power theft
(rep 15/11/2016)
Time
for overhaul: The government has ignored the urgent
task of unbundling the overburdened Nepal Electricity
Authority, by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep 14/11/2016),
Devolving
power:
Given Nepal’s financial condition, it’d be wise to
switch to a model where NEA is detached from the
production sector, by Subrata Lamsal (kp
15/11/2016)
Energy
minister
approves projects he had rejected as PAC chief (ht
13/11/2016)
Upper
Tamakoshi
hydro power project: Govt to transfer its shares in
project to public: Dahal, by Rajendra Manandhar
(kp 09/11/2016)
Kulekhani
water level lowest in three years: Power generation to
fall by 13.5 million units: NEA officials (rep
09/11/2016)
NEA
yet
to give Upper Marsyangdi A operation date (ht
09/11/2016)
NEA
working
on plan to end load shedding (kp 08/11/2016), Real
or
gimmicky? Plan to end load-shedding in Kathmandu risks
becoming just another tall promise (kp 11/11/2016)
Additional
supply, low demand give respite from power cuts
(ht 08/11/2016)
How
CIAA
intervened in hydro projects beyond its jurisdiction:
Despite two House committees asking the government not
to implement CIAA’s instruction to scrap licences of
hydropwoer companies, the Energy Ministry acted as per
the CIAA directive, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
07/11/2016)
Chameliya
hydroelectric
project: Treatment of 15 percent of squeezed tunnel
over; Contractor has completed treatment of 34 meters
out of 232 meters of the squeezed tunnel section (kp
07/11/2016)
Budhi
Gandaki
Hydro: Land acquisition to begin from mid-Nov, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 06/11/2016)
Upper
Marshyangdi
‘A’ resumes generation, by Aash Gurung (kp
06/11/2016)
Puffs
of
hope: Renewable energy can ease Nepal’s uphill
struggle to ensure power to all its citizens, by
Ram Prasad Dhital and Muhan Maskey (kp 04/11/2016), Plan
to
cut load shedding in winter may not happen, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 04/11/2016)
NEA
working
to end power cuts in Valley: NEA boss forms high-level
expert committee to study possibility of
providing uninterrupted electricity supply in
Kathmandu Valley and three other cities in
neighbouring Kavre district (kp 03/11/2016)
Campaign
launched
to check electricity pilferage in Jhapa (ht
29/10/2016)
Work
on
Kabeli A project gathers momentum (ht 29/10/2016)
Power
Summit
2016 to kick off on Dec 15 (kp 28/10/2016)
Upper
Trishuli-1
hydro project: Ministry urged to sign PDA, PPA
simultaneously, by Bibek Subedi (kp 27/10/2016)
Api
gets
nod to set up 8 solar plants (kp 27/10/2016)
Power
generated
from waste for the first time (ht 27/10/2016)
The PDA for
the development of the Upper Trishuli-1 project could be
a milestone in more ways than one, by Akilesh
Tripathi (rep 24/20/2016)
Arun
III
hydroelectric project: Compensation fixed for pvt land
to be acquired, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
24/10/2016), Distribution
of
compensation payments for Arun III starts, by
Dipendra Shakya (kp 27/10/2016), Arun
III-affected
families to get compensation (ht 27/10/2016)
Middle
Bhotekoshi
hydropower projectConstruction works gather pace after
Dashain festival, by Anish Tiwari (kp 24/10/2016)
MoE
told
to reduce power cuts in winter (ht 21/10/2016)
Work
on
Bheri-Babai Multipurpose Project gathers momentum
(ht 21/10/2016)
Bangladesh
to
build over 1,600 MW hydro projects, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 20/10/2016)
Chinese
team
coming for West Seti talks in Nov: The team will be
arriving to finalise the JV negotiations. After the JV
company is incorporated, it will start the
construction, by Bibek Subedi (kp 18/10/2016)
Construction
of
30 MW Ngadi Hydropower to begin within two months
(ht 16/10/2016)
Chameliya
to
commission power by 2017-end (ht 14/10/2016)
NEA
to
sign performance contract with officials, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 09/10/2016)
NEA,
AEPC
join hands to develop renewable power (kp
07/10/2016)
Upper
Karnali
hydropower project: GMR signs land acquisition accords
(kp 07/10/2016)
Cabinet
okays
plan to set up power generation Co:The proposed
‘Electricity Generation Company Limited’ will be
established under the Company Act 2006, offering 17
percent stake to the general public (kp
07/10/2016)
Chilime-Trishuli
transmission
line: Construction begins; This is the fourth 220kV
transmission line project being developed in Nepal
after Khimti-Dhalkebar, Hetauda-Bharatpur and Koshi
Corridor projects (kp 06/10/2016), 220
KV
Chilime-Trishuli transmission line construction begins
(ht 06/10/2016)
WB:
Improve
NEA’s organisation structure: NEA should be
transformed into separate generation, transmission,
distribution and power trading entities, according to
a WB report (kp 06/10/2016), World
Bank
stresses on need for country to reform power sector
(ht 06/10/2016)
Chameliya
slated
for Sept ’17, by Bibek Subedi (kp 05/10/2016)
Birgunj-Pathlaiya
industrial
corridor at receiving end of rising power tariff,
by Ram Sarraf (ht 05/10/2016)
Body
formed
to look into power users’ complaints (kp
04/10/2016)
Bandipur
in
dark for a week (ht 30/09/2016)
Upper
Trishuli
3A hydroelectric project: Chinese bank agrees to
extend grace period, by Bibek Subedi (kp
29/09/2016)
Time
to
branch out: Changes in European foreign aid policies
are going to affect Nepal’s renewable energy sector,
by Bibek Raj Kandel (kp 27/09/2016)
MCC
launches
feasibility studies of energy projects (kp
27/09/2016)
Upper
Trishuli-1
hydroelectric project: Ministry concludes ‘initial PDA
signing’, by Bibek Subedi (kp 26/09/2016)
Sharing
the risk: The most practical solution would be for the
finance ministry to create a hedge fund to absorb
Forex risk, by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep 26/09/2016)
Upper
Marsyangdi
A starts generating electricity (ht 26/09/2016), 25MW
electricity
from Upper Marshyangdi A added to national grid,
by Aash Gurung (kp 27/09/2016), Upper
Marshyangdi-A
shut down at NEA’s order, by Aash Gurung (kp
01/10/2016) [Connection to the
national grid earlier than planned is not allowed??]
Outage
hours
to be reduced during Dashain: The state-owned power
utility says it is planning to reduce loadshedding
hours by two hours from Oct 8 to Oct 15 (kp
25/09/2016) [How does it work?
Is there more power at hand during Dasain??]
Chameliya
tunnel
to be restored soon, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
23/09/2016), Complete
Chameliya within 10 months, energy minister tells CGGC
(rep 23/09/2016)
Gezhouba
to
resume work on Chamelia project by Sept-end (kp
23/09/2016)
Construction
of hydro projects picks up pace in Panchthar, by
Giriraj Baskota (rep 20/09/2016)
Pancheshwar
authority
likely to miss DPR deadline (kp 18/09/2016)
Karnali-chisapani
hydropower
plant: Investors from across Saarc to build project;
The 10,800MW project on the Karnali River has been
planned to be constructed by 2026; The dam will be
located near the famed Karnali suspension bridge
(kp 17/09/2016)
Upper
Karnali
hydroelectric project: IBN yet to decide on extension
of financial closure deadline, by Bibek Subedi (kp
16/09/2016)
Mewakhola
hydropower
project to start generating electricity in two weeks
(ht 16/09/2016)
Ghising
named
NEA chief (kp 15/09/2016)
Hydropower
Projects: Timely Completion A Must, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 15/09/2016)
Budhi
gandaki
hydroelectric project: Distribute compensation within
3 months: Minister (kp 15/09/2016)
Arun
III
land acquisition snags on compensation, by Bibek
Subedi and Dipendra Shakya (kp 14/09/2016)
Process
to
name NTGC chief executive begins (kp 13/09/2016)
Construction
of
Hewa A hydel project completed (ht 12/09/2016)
Budhigandaki
project:
Families of 13 VDCs to get compensation, by
Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 08/09/2016)
Minister
likely
to sack NEA chief: The process of removing Kafle began
two months ago when a panel formed to appraise his
performance gave him failing grades (kp
08/09/2016)
Upper
Trishuli-1
hydroelectric project: Energy minister tells officials
to conclude PDA (kp 07/09/2016)
‘Need
for
FDI to develop hydropower sector’ (ht 07/09/2016)
Arun-III
hydropower
project:Developer seeks extension to financial closure
deadline, by Bibek Subedi (kp 05/09/2016)
Power
supply
to 925 persons cut in Pokhara (ht 05/09/2016)
Upper
Marsyangdi
hydro project starts testing turbine and tunnel
(ht 04/09/2016)
Panel
to
cut power leakage (kp 03/09/2016)
Upper
Marshyangdi-A:
Project to start generating power by Sept, by Aash
Gurung (kp 01/09/2016)
Bhojpur
Municipality
not paying power bills (ht 31/08/2016)
Flood-hit
plant
starts generation (kp 31/08/2016)
Breaking
the barriers: The biggest problem in our hydro sector
is that we failed to learn from our mistakes, by
Akhilesh Tripathi (rep 29/08/2016)
Arun
III,
locals haggle over land compensation, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 26/08/2016)
CMEC
keen
to invest in two hydropower projects (ht
26/08/2016)
Budhigandaki
hydel
project: Dhading folk want early compensation; Nearly
3,500 households from 13 VDCs in Dhading district are
expected to be displaced by the proposed hydropower
project (kp 24/08/2016)
Govt
to
allow DoED to issue licences to mid-sized hydros,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/08/2016)
Tanahun
hydro:
Prequalification of bidders to be done within a month
(kp 23/08/2016)
NEA
starts
cuting power supply to defaulters (kp 22/08/2016),
NEA
cuts
power supply to former queen mother’s residence
(ht 22/08/2016) [after she did
not pay electricity bills of 3.7 million Rs.! It's
terrible to be treated as a normal human being!],
NEA
restores
power to Mahendra Manjil (kp 23/08/2016) [Still
not
equal!Those living a life in abundance get huge
amounts from the state, but those in need, like most
of the earthquake victims, get nothing!], Power
out:
Outstanding electricity bills are just one of the many
problems facing the NEA (kp 23/08/2016)
Achham
has high hopes from Upper Karnali Project, by Ram
Bahadur Kunwar (rep 22/08/2016)
Streets
in
Bhaktapur to have solar lights to check crime and
violence (ht 21/08/2016)
Landslides,
floods
hit hydro projects, by Aash Gurung (kp 21/08/2016)
RHL
in
line to get survey licences for two hydro projects,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 19/08/2016)
NEA
incurs
more losses due to power leakage (kp 18/08/2016),
Increase
in
power purchase cost doubles NEA’s loss to Rs 11.79bn
(ht 18/08/2016)
IBN
may
not extend closure deadline for Upper Karnali, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 16/08/2016)
Upper
Madi
Hydro project to come online by Dec, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 16/08/2016)
Disputes
stall
Chameliya project (ht 16/08/2016)
Upper
Tamakoshi
hydropower project: 80pc works done; to complete in 2
year, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 15/08/2016)
Upper
trishuli-1
project: Ministry set to sign PDA, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 14/08/2016)
Midimkhola
hydel
project nears completion (ht 13/08/2016)
175MW
power
to be added to national grid this fiscal, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 12/08/2016)
Bajura
headquarters
in dark for the last seven days after flood havoc
(ht 12/08/2016)
NEA
slashes
outage hours (kp 12/08/2016)
Upper
Karnali
land acquisition hits price snag, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 10/08/2016)
Preparing
for
the big flood: Last month’s transboundary flash flood
on the Bhote Kosi alarms Nepal’s hydropower developers,
by Om Astha Rai (nt 05/08/2016)
RHL
bags
survey licence of two hydel projects, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (ht 04/08/2016)
Fire
at
NEA substation severs supply (kp 02/08/2016)
Share
of
electricity to rise in energy mix: Study says per
capita electricity demand will stand at 978.3 units in
2030 (ht 02/08/2016)
Stakeholders
anxious
about Tanahun hydro-project (ht 02/08/2016)
Encourage
innovation:
A relatively new technology has the potential to end
the country’s energy crisis, by Rabin Dhakal and
Kshitiz Khanal (kp 02/08/2016)
Law
planned
to crack down on lazy hydro developers, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 01/08/2016)
Power
plant
gathers dust for want of repair, by Bharat
Jargamagar (kp 31/07/2016)
Cooperation
sought
in energy sector among South Asian nations (ht
31/07/2016), Energy
cooperation (ht 01/08/2016)
Kulekhani
dam
yet to fill up, by Pratap Bista (kp 30/07/2016)
NEA
directs
Chinese contractor to upgrade Dhalkebar substation
(ht 30/07/2016)
Starved
for
power: A carrot and stick approach is key to meeting
energy demand (kp 29/07/2016)
Budhi
Gandaki
hydropower project: Govt told to follow due process
when awarding contract, by Bibek Subedi (kp
29/07/2016)
MoE
asked
to prepare draft bill at the earliest (ht
29/07/2016)
Bheri-Babai
project
being rushed to meet deadline, by Prakash Adhikari
(kp 28/07/2016)
‘Nepal
will
need installed electricity capacity of 10,092 MW by
2030’, by Bibek Subedi (kp 26/07/2016)
Arun
III
hydro project: Panel: land acquisition to end in a year,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/07/2016)
Power
theft
on the rise in Saptari (kp 24/07/2016)
Construction
of
Upper Trishuli-1 hydro project to begin in Oct 2017
(ht 23/07/2016)
24th
meeting
of IBN concludes (ht 23/07/2016)
Butwal-Gorakhpur
power
line to be built as backup, by Bibek Subedi (kp
21/07/2016)
KMC
to
generate electricity from waste materials (ht
16/07/2016)
Pancheshwar
project
implementation in limbo: Government likely to miss
October deadline for approval of detailed project report,
by Rupak D. Sharma (ht 13/07/2016)
Decade
of
development: Can line ministries coordinate with each
other to harness 10,000 MW in the next 10 years?, by
Saroj Dhakal (kp 08/07/2016)
Micro-hydro
plant
damaged in landslide (kp 05/07/2016)
Arun
III
hydro project: DAO issues land seizure notice, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 05/07/2016)
Preps
completed
for tunnel construction at Bheri-Babai, by Prakash
Adhikari(kp 05/07/2016)
Electricity
bills
up by 19 pc, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 01/07/2016)
India
proposes
Nepal for power tariff hike, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
and Bibek Subedi (kp 29/06/2016)
Super
Dordi
khola hydro project construction begins (ht
29/06/2016)
‘Construction
of
Arun-3 could begin in January’ (ht 28/06/2016)
Mewakhola
hydro
to supply power from July (ht 23/06/2016)
NEA
to
build power line for Arun-III hydro project, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 21/06/2016)
$1
billion
credit to energy sector: WB, ADB insists on early
introduction of reforms (kp 18/06/2016)
Petroleum
is
passé: Those who insist that fossil fuels are
required for development are living in the past,
by Sunil Acharya (kp 17/06/2016)
Team
works
to harness wind power (kp 17/06/2016)
Upper
Karnali
Hydro Project: Stakeholders sharply divided, by
Janak Nepal and Prakash Adhikari (kp 13/06/2016), Land
acquisition
process to complete in 6 months, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 15/06/2016)
Upper
Marshyangdi-A
project to finish in August (ht 13/06/2016)
Blockade
spurs
development of biogas plants: 34 projects completed;
80 more in pipeline, by Pragati Shahi (kp
10/06/2016)
Arun-3
hydro
stymied by ceiling on land acquisition, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 10/06/2016)
Simplifying
forest
land acquisition: Govt fails to comply with House
panels’ directive, by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/06/2016)
Joint
agreement
on West Seti project likely to be signed in a month
(ht 09/08/2016)
Sunshine
and
clouds: Many of the energy initiatives in the budget
are achievable, but power production requires
structural reforms, by Bibek Raj Kandel (kp
08/06/2016)
MoE
to
use local financial resources to build hydro projects
(ht 08/06/2016)
Tanahu
hydro
project: Work gains momentum after dispute settlement,
by Prakash Baral (kp 08/06/2016)
Dare
to
dream: Ocean-going ships and energy from the wind are
not impossible if there is stability, by Avinash
Gupta (kp 07/06/2016)
Do
it
yourself: The government must look to build medium and
large power projects to meet internal demand on its
own, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 07/06/2016)
Power
outage
down by 1 hr (kp 06/06/2016)
Energy
and
synergy: The Budhi Gandaki project can be given a
boost with water from the Trishuli River, by Raju
Shrestha, Bidur Gautam and Dharam Raj Sharma (kp
05/06/2016)
Grants
allocated
for solar light installation (kp 04/06/2016)
Power
cuts
cripple industrial estate: Many factory owners have
withheld rent they were supposed to pay to the
industrial estate (ht 04/06/2016)
More
power
to the people: The best loss reduction strategy is
avoiding transmitting electricity over long distances,
by Pramod Raj Pokharel (kp 03/06/2016)
NEA,
China
Three Gorges close to signing JV deal, by Bibek
Suedi (kp 03/06/2016)
Manpower
an
overlooked factor in energy development: Plan to
generate 10,000 MW in a decade, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep 01/06/2016), Nepal
requires
$20bn to develop 10,000 MW in next 10 years (ht
02/06/2016)
NEA
says
it has no money to pay India for energy: Failure to
foot the bill might lead to increase in power ourtage
hours (rep 31/05/2016)
Energy
Ministry
working to form 3 new power cos, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 28/05/2016)
Nepal
formally
proposes setting up energy bank, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai and Devendra Bhattarai (kp 28/05/2016)
The
quest
for stable power supply (rep 27/05/2016), Switched
on:
Consumers still face up to 12 hours without
electricity in a country said to be the richest in
hydropower in the region, by Om Astha Rai (nt
27/05/2016), Mustering
up
energy to face the future: Petroleum is volatile, wind
is uncertain, solar has storage issues, there is no
alternative to large-scale hydropower, by Om Astha
Rai (nt 27/05/2016)
Power
Struggle:
We laugh at our leaders when they promise to end power
cuts not because we are unaware of Nepal’s energy
potential, but because we are aware of their
ineptitude (nt 27/05/2016)
Future
power
house of South Asia: The Nepal Power Investment Summit
next week will send a message to the world that Nepal
is ready for foreign investment in renewable energy
projects, by Sujit Acharya (nt 27/05/2016)
Kickstarting
solar
projects: Nepal’s energy crisis spares no one: every
organisation, from businesses and farms to schools and
health clinics, struggles with it, by Avishek
Malla (nt 27/05/2016)
IPPAN
seeks
extension to power evacuation cut-off date (ht
25/05/2016), Hydro
projects
still await incentives announced in past budgets,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 25/05/2016)
Budhi
Gandaki
hydel project: Study to be done for re-regulating dam,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/05/2016)
Kaligandaki
A
to shut for week, load-shedding hours may go up,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 24/05/2016)
Up
to
80% subsidy on renewable energy for quake-hit families
on cards (rep 24/05/2016), Govt
proposes
loan, subsidy on alternative energy (kp
24/05/2016)
Nepal
needs
10,000MW electricity by 2040: WB; The country will
have to spend Rs800 billion to meet the demand for
10,000MW, the report says (kp 21/05/2016), Nepal
will
need 10,000 MW electricity after 25 years: Study
(ht 21/05/2016)
Budhigandaki
held
up by delays in okaying EIA (kp 21/05/2016)
Energy
company
gone with the wind?, by Pramod Kumar Tandan (ht
20/05/2016) [???]
Telltale
discrepancies
mark power output goals, by Laxman Biyogi (rep
19/05/2016)
Budhigandaki
hydroelectric
project: Stakeholders demand govt allocate adequate
budget, by Sudip Kaini (kp 17/05/2016)
Long
load-shedding
hours hit industrial corridor (ht 17/05/2016)
Madi
gets
electricity (ht 16/05/2016)
Upper
karnali
financial closure: Developer GMR India requests for
more time, by Bibek Subedi (kp 12/05/2016)
Drought
disrupts
power supply (kp 08/05/2016)
Biogas
plants
growing in popularity (ht 08/05/2016)
Nalsing
Gad
hydropower project: Rs940m pact signed for DPR, by
Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 08/05/2016)
85
per
cent of Upper Madi hydropower project complete (ht
02/05/2016)
Syangja
fails
to make max use of 24-hr power, by Pratikshya
Kafle (kp 01/05/2016)
Lack
of
staff at energy ministry delays work, by Rupak D.
Sharma (ht 01/05/2016)
Lamjung
village
in dark as drought hits hydro plant, by Aash
Gurung (kp 30/04/2016)
Electricity
restored
in quake’s epicentre, by Sudip Kaini (kp
27/04/2016)
Protest
delays
allotment of Upper Karnali shares: The 900 MW project
spread across Surkhet, Achham and Dailekh districts in
western Nepal will displace about 239 households,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 26/04/2016)
Kabeli
corridor
project: Locals demand revision of power line
alignment, by Labdev Dhungana (kp 25/04/2016)
PAC
directs
NEA to stop work of Lower Solu until further notice,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 23/04/2016)
Stalled
energy
projects to be pushed forward (kp 22/04/2016)
Power
Trade With India: A Long Way To Go, by Devendra
Adhikari (rn 22/04/2016)
Construction
of
Kabeli B 1 project begins (ht 22/04/2016)
Alternative
energy:
Govt floats plan to attract private sector (kp
19/04/2016)
Budhi
Gandaki
affected demand relocation, livelihood, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 19/04/2016)
Upper
Karnali
hydel project: Approve share allotment to locals: AWRC
(kp 19/04/2016)
Damaged
hydropower
plants yet to bounce back, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
19/04/2016)
NEA
to
have veto power in West Seti JV company (kp
18/04/2016)
Six
companeis
apply for prequalification (kp 18/04/2016)
Budhigandaki
to
seek commitment from top leaders, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 17/04/2016)
NEA,
ADB
agree to set up ‘central safeguard unit’ (kp
17/04/2016)
Over
1,800
MW to be generated in two years (ht 17/04/2016)
Lower
Modi
likely to come online in Oct, by Agandhar Tiwari
(kp 15/04/2016)
UTHL
pushes
back project completion deadline (ht 15/04/2016)
Sustainable
energy
for all Can Nepal achieve it?, by Devendra
Adhikari (ht 15/04/2016)
Mid-Marsyangdi
hydel
faces problem (ht 13/04/2016)
Khimti-Dhalkebar
transmission
line construction resumes (ht 12/04/2016)
Remit
Hydro
to get licences of two projects, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 08/04/2016)
No
power
to the people: Many experts believe that the prolonged
load-shedding in Nepal is a planned event, by
Pramod Raj Pokharel (kp 06/04/2016)
Developer
of
Arun-III appoints CEO, by Bibek Subedi (kp
06/04/2016)
Energy
ministry
delaying electricity bills, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
06/04/2016)
Upper
Karnali
hydropower project: Potential financers to meet IBN,
GMR today, by Bibek Subedi (kp 05/04/2016), Prospective
lenders
‘will submit’ appraisal report to their boards, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 07/04/2016)
Business
activities
start to pick up, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp
03/04/2016)
Stakeholders
seek
clear policy on hydropower development (ht
03/04/2016)
NEA
signs
PPA with two micro-hydro projects (kp 02/04/2016)
Budhigandaki
hydro
project to displace 3,560 households (ht
02/04/2016), DAO
issues
land acquisition notice, by Bibek Subedi and
Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp 03/04/2016)
Tanahu
Hydro
Project fails to attract bidders, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 31/03/2016)
Devolving
power:
Govt needs to incentivise people for ‘generating’
electricity rather than giving subsidies for
‘acquiring’ the systems, by Bibek Raj Kandel (kp
30/03/2016)
West
Seti
development ‘in limbo’, by Bibek Subedi (kp
30/03/2016)
Upper
Tamakoshi
hydropower: Quake-hit project yet to regain momentum,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 26/03/2016)
Making
do:
For millions of people in the rural regions,
collecting fuelwood or other materials for cooking
continues to be a daunting task, by Deepak
Adhikari (rep 26/03/2016)
DPR
for
Nalsing Gadh Hydro Project delayed, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 25/03/2016)
The
energy
emergency, by Sneha Pandey (25/03/2016)
Clear
policy
on benefit-sharing sought: Study says lack of
comprehensive provisions hindering development of
hydro projects (ht 25/03/2016)
NEA
to
install 1,500 solar lamps in Valley: The NEA in
association with Kathmandu Metropolitan City has
already installed 2,000 solar lamps on major streets
of Kathmandu, by Anup Ojha (kp 24/03/2016), 6,000
solar
street lamps to be installed (kp 26/03/2016)
Do
it now: It makes sense to push West Seti with China as
feasibility studies have long since been completed,
by Kumud Ghimire (rep 24/03/2016)
Upper
karnali
hydropower project: ADB, IFC, EIB delegation to
inspect hydel project, by Bibek Subedi (kp
23/03/2016)
KMC
installs
92 solar lights in Basantapur to attract tourists
(kp 20/03/2016)
West
Seti
hydropower project: NEA enquires about soft loan
conditions, by Bibek Subedi (kp 20/03/2016)
Khimti-Dhakebar
power
line project: Security agencies to be mobilised to
stop protests; The 75km-long power line project has
remained incomplete even a decade after the
construction began (kp 20/03/2016)
Budhi
Gandaki
hydroelectric project: Project to freeze land
transactions; Land mafias are getting active lately,
selling/buying the same land plots several times
within them to inflate their values, by Harihar
Singh Rathore (kp 20/03/2016)
Security
scheme
proposed for Upper Karnali (kp 19/03/2016)
‘Power
from
organic waste in 3 months’: Around 300 tonnes of
organic waste is produced in the Valley daily (kp
18/03/2016)
NEA
launches
drive against power theft (ht 18/03/2016)
Call
for
integrated energy financing: Stakeholders say active
involvement and investment from the private sector is
vital for enhancing energy sustainability (kp
17/03/2016)
NEA,
China’s
CWE moving closer on West Seti project, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 16/03/2016), Officials
say
deal on West Seti likely today, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 19/03/2016)
Solar
micro-grids
supply 24h power (kp 15/03/2016), Khotang
receiving
24/7 power supply through solar grid (ht
15/03/2016), Solar
micro-grids
launched in three remote villages (ht 15/03/2016),
Micro
solar
grids brighten off-grid rural communities, by
Sangam Prasai (kp 16/03/2016), Do
it
in a big way: Nature has gifted Nepal ten hours of
sunshine on an average that can be used for generating
energy for domestic consumption (ht 16/03/2016)
Energy
demand
to reach around 8,000 MW in 15 years: Study (ht
14/03/2016)
Harvesting
nature:
On a small field at the edge of the village stood two
giant wind turbines, their blades whirring idly as
people went about their work, by Deepak Adhikari
(rep 14/03/2016)
Delay
in
hydel projects completion upsets locals, by
Pavitra Kumar Shahi (rep 14/03/2016)
NEA
cuts
outage by an hour a day (kp 14/03/2016)
Balance
of
power: Small hydro, solar, biomass and wind energy are
the way to end load-shedding soon, by Ramhari
Poudyal (kp 13/03/2016)
PM's
visit
to China: IBN for materialising West Seti agreement,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 11/03/2016)
Few
takers
of subsidy scheme for solar installation project,
by Gaurav Thapa (kp 09/03/2016)
49
micro
hydel projects in ACAP area (ht 09/03/2016)
MoE,
NEA
at odds in demand projections (ht 09/03/2016)
Delay
in
erecting power lines worries hydro developers (kp
07/03/2016)
Govt
begins
process to light up streets with solar power: The
programme is aimed at reducing the burden of
load-shedding (ht 29/02/2016)
Energy
mix
plan will discourage RoR projects, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 29/02/2016)
Governing
body
of Pancheshwar Authority to meet this week (ht
29/02/2016)
Hydropower
Development Policy Of Nepal: An Overview of Its
Implementation, by Hari Bahadur Thapa (rn
27/02/2016)
Arun
III
hydropower project: Sankhuwasabha locals agree on
resettlement plan, by Bibek Subedi and Dipendra
Shakya (kp 26/02/2016)
Leaving
footprints, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 26/02/2016)
Wired:
It
is
one of the supreme ironies of our times that a country
endowed with such rich hydropower potential has to
import dirty energy from a neighbouring country
(nt 26/02/2016)
The
fine
print: The Muzaffarpur-Dhalkebar transmission line
inaugurated this week in Delhi has questionable
benefits for Nepal, by Puru Shah (nt 26/02/2016)
Upper
Marshyangdi-A
hydro likely to be ready in Sept, by Aash Gurung
(kp 24/02/2016)
Nepal
set
for major Chinese investment in solar energy (ht
24/02/2016)
Can
Tehri
Dam inspire leaders to develop Budhigadnaki Project?,
by Rufra Pangeni (rep 23/02/2016)
A
twist in the pipeline: Nepal’s energy dependence on
India will continue to constrain its ability to
negotiate bilateral issues, by Bibek Raj Kandel
(kp 22/02/2016)
NEA
overusing
water of Kulekhani reservoir (kp 22/02/2016)
Govt
prioritises
clean, renewable energy (ht 21/02/2016)
West
Seti
hydro project hits roadblock (kp 20/02/2016)
Power
crisis,
by govt lights, to end: Government aims to add 839
megawatt electricity in the next one year (kp
19/02/2016) [???], Govt
okays
plan to import 580 MW to end power cuts within year,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 19/02/2016)
Arun
III
hydropower project: IBN: Compensation as per
international standards, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
19/02/2016)
Nepal
to
import 80MW electricity from tomorrow (ht
19/02/2016)
Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur
transmission
line: Power starts flowing (kp 18/02/2016), NEA
conducts
final tests on new Nepal-India transmission line
(ht 20/02/2016), Oli,
Modi
inaugurate power line (kp 21/02/2016)
Midim
Khola
project sits idle two years after completion, by
Aash Gurung (kp 18/02/2016)
Land
required
for Budhi Gandaki project marked: Officials will mark
the area spread over 785 hectares where the displaced
locals will be resettled, by Harihar Singh Rathore
(kp 17/02/2016)
MoE
mulls
purchasing thermal energy from private sector: Plans
to buy up to 3,000 megawatts of electricity through
take-or-pay agreements (ht 17/02/2016)
Nepal
to
import 80MW electricity from tomorrow (kp
16/02/2016), NEA
signs
power purchase agreement with India’s NVVN (ht
16/02/2016)
Ambition
without
vision: Painful and drastic reforms are needed in the
NEA and NOC to realise energy goals, by Chandan
Sapkota (kp 15/02/2016)
Solar
future:
Unlike huge hydro projects solar plants are possible
on a much smaller scale and make sense, by
Maximillian Morch (rep 15/02/2016)
Disrupted
hydro
projects resume construction (ht 15/02/2016)
Parbat
locals
protest over frequent power cuts (kp 12/02/2016)
Power
import
turns uncertain over tariff issue: PTC had proposed
selling electricity to Nepal at Rs5.5 per unit, but
NTPS has now demanded Rs8.8 per unit, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 11/02/2016), NVVN
agrees
to sell electricity to NEA at Rs 5.5 per unit (ht
15/02/2016), Nepal
to
pay Rs5.5 a unit for 80MW power from India (kp
16/02/2016)
FinMin
seeks
India assistance to build two hydropower projects,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 11/02/2016)
Nepal
to
conduct tests on Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur line from
tomorrow (ht 11/02/2016)
Wondering
about
wind: Rather than focusing only on hydropower, the
government should consider other energy options such
as wind power, by Gaurishanker Bassi (kp
10/02/2016), Demand-supply
reliability:
A dry hydropower concept, by Pramod Raj Pokharel
(ht 10/02/2016)
Energy
Emergency
scheme to be shown to PM today, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 09/02/2016)
Nyadi
hydel
gets assistance from banks (ht 08/02/2016)
Indecision
of
parliamentary panel on electricity pricing affects
hydropower projects, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
08/02/2016)
Sparks
in
the dark: Nepal’s energy insecurity grows despite its
huge potential for self-sufficiency (kp
05/02/2016)
Quake-damaged
hydel
plants await repair (ht 05/02/2016)
$22.5m
for
power sector reform project (ht 05/02/2016)
Cash
subsidy,
soft loan attracts people toward solar home systems,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 05/02/2016)
Post-earthquake
potential:
Energy development is important, by Devendra
Adhikari (ht 04/02/2016)
Planned
energy
emergency: Focus on reducing outage hours, expediting
projects, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 04/02/2016)
Upper
Trishuli
3A hydropower project: Construction works likely to
resume soon, by Prakash Adhikari (kp 04/02/2016)
The
road
not taken: The government’s priority should be on
building affordable electricity-based mass transit
systems, by Prashanta Khanal (kp 03/02/2016)
Dependence
on
India for energy to worsen by 2017: Annual electricity
import bill likely tp jump five-fold to Rs 50 billion
per year, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 01/02/2016)
ADB
‘dissatisfied’
with performance of major energy sector projects
(ht 31/01/2016)
80MW
power
to be imported from mid-Feb: Work to install five
transmission towers in Tarai districts had been
stalled due to protests in the plains, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 30/01/2016)
Govt
to
declare ‘energy emergency’ this week (kp
30/01/2016)
Nepal
likely
to import 220MW of electricity (ht 28/01/2016), Nepal-India
energy
secretaries to meet today (ht 28/01/2016)
Construction
of
Madi hydro project resumes (ht 27/01/2016)
UK
firm
not serious about developing wind energy: PM Oli;
Promoter of Kathmandu-Kulekhani-Hetauda Tunnel likely
to join the British firm, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
27/01/2016)
Upper
Karnali
hydro power project: Affected locals to get Rs1.6b
shares, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 26/01/2016)
1,200
MW
Budhi Gandaki hydro project: Land acquisition to begin
in mid-February: Officials, by Harihar Singh
Rathore 8kp 25/01/2016)
Energy
Efficiency And Energy Economy in Households, by
Narayan P. Chaulagain and Krishna Adhikari (rn
23/01/2016)
200
clients
consume 21 per cent of power generated in the country
in winter, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 20/01/2016)
Singha
Durbar
to install solar power system, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
19/01/2016)
Transmission
line
set to be completed by January-end: NEA is currently
engaged in erecting five towers in Dhanusha and
Mahottari districts (kp 18/01/2016)
Delay
in
announcing national energy crisis (kp 17/01/2016)
Power
cut
hours declining in eastern hills, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 16/01/2016)
What
could
have been: Energy is an area where all the countries
of South Asia can gain through cooperation, by
Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 15/01/2016)
Construction
of
hydel projects in Lamjung stalls, by Aash Gurung
(kp 14/01/2016)
Transformer
explosion
up by three-fold in Lalitpur (kp 13/01/2016)
Norway’s
Statkraft
pulls plug on Tamakoshi-III (kp 13/01/2013), Statkraft
pulling
out of 650MW Tamakoshi-3: Cites host of reasons for
abandoning the $1.5bn project (ht 13/01/2016)
Cutting
dependency
on imported fuel: Security bodies plan for large
biogas plants (kp 12/01/2016)
Harnessing
wind
power ‘not easy’: Country still lacks policy, proper
study for big-scale projects, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
12/01/2016)
Works
on
big development projects resume: The government has
made available fuel to 20 hydro projects in different
parts of the country that can be completed within a
year, by Prakash Adhikari (kp 11/01/2016)
Power
shortages
cripple industries, by Bhusan Yadav and Lila
Ballav Ghimire (kp 10/01/2016)
Super
Dordi
project to be operational in four years (ht
10/01/2016)
NEA
delaying
decision on West Seti JV agreement, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 09/01/2016)
Panel
plans
18pc hike in power tariff: The last time the
commission had adjusted the electricity tariff was in
2012 when the charges were ramped up by 20pc, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 08/01/2016)
Kabeli
power
line: NEA pushes back completion deadline; The project
consists of building a 90-km-long transmission line
extending from Damak, Jhapa to Amarpur, Panchthar,
by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 07/01/2016)
No
hollow
promises: People should express outrage at 86 hours of
load shedding a week (kp 06/01/2016)
Deal
signed
to build access road to Arun-III hydro project (kp
06/01/2016), Arun
III
‘facing difficulties’ in acquiring forest land: The
government has asked the project to return equivalent
area of acquired forest land in surrounding areas
(kp 10/01/2016)
Power
outage
extended (04/01/2016)
NEA
runs
out of transformers, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
03/01/2016)
Govt
estimates
200MW can be added to grid this year, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 31/12/2015)
Electricity
development:
Let us correct the price, by Devendra Adhikari (kp
31/12/2015)
The
hydropower
pipe dream, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 31/12/2015)
Power
generation
drops (ht 31/12/2015)
Clean
energy
expo from Jan 1 (kp 30/12/2015)
Solar
and
energy management Pros and cons, by Pramod Raj
Pokharel (ht 29/12/2015)
NEA
gets
PAC green light to resume Chameliya project (kp
28/12/2015)
Sunshine
and
clouds: Countries need to make renewable energy their
priority to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, by
David Kainee (kp 27/12/2015)
Teams
to
explore ways to rush energy projects (kp
26/12/2015)
7MW
power
to be added to national grid in Jan (kp
25/12/2015)
Century-old
Pharping
hydro to be resumed, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/12/2015)
Hollow
Promise To Eliminate Load-shedding, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 24/12/2015)
Solar
for
city houses mandatory: Bid to address power shortage;
Subsidy scheme for homeowners, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
23/12/2015), Solar
power
must meet 25 pc energy needs of new residential
buildings, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 23/12/2015)
Govt
urged
to prioritise hydro projects (ht 23/12/2015)
Rahughat
set
for capacity upgrade, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp
23/12/2015)
Fuel
crisis,
quake stall hydel projects: 111MW Rasuwagadhi
Hydropower Project has not been able to operate
its compressor, dozers, excavators and other equipment
due to lack of gasoline, by Krishna Thapa (kp
20/12/2015)
Limiting
power
cuts to 70 hours ‘not easy’, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
20/12/2015)
NEA
increases
power outage to 10 hours (kp 18/12/2015)
Energy
sector
suffers as ministry, NEA tussle, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 15/12/2015)
Fate
of
4 problem-ridden hydro projects in limbo, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 14/12/2015)
Transformer
blasts
common in Valley, by Suman Bashyal (kp 12/12/2015)
Here
comes
the sun: The govt scheme to promote solar energy in
urban areas looks promising (kp 09/12/2015)
‘Mechanism
to
project power demand planned’: Currently, Nepal
Electricity Authority projects electricity demand in
the country, but its projections are often termed
‘conservative' (kp 08/12/2015)
‘Round-the-clock
power
supply in a year possible’ (ht 22/11/2015) [??]
Pancheshwar
DPR:
Wapcos asks for more time to upgrade data; The project
to be developed on Mahakali River is expected to
generate 6,720 MW energy and irrigate 93,000 hectares
of land, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 21/11/2015)
Planned
energy
emergency likely to last for 3-5 years, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 20/11/2015)
A
burning fire: Govt needs to prioritise developing
alternative energy in the long term (kp
17/11/2015)
Fuel
crisis
hits construction of hydropower projects, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 17/11/2015)
NEA
planning
to increase load-shedding hours, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 16/11/2015)
Looking
for
options: For Nepal to become energy efficient it has
to diversify its trade with other countries, by
Jagannath Adhikari (kp 16/11/2015)
Fuel
crisis
ups power demand, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 12/11/2015)
ADB
willing
to help install solar plant, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 12/11/2015)
MoU
signed
to promote solar energy (ht 11/11/2015)
Firewood
sale
up in Valley (kp 06/11/2015)
Waste
to
energy: Construction of biogas plants can
contribute to energy security (kp 06/11/2015)
A
price worth paying: Nepal has the potential to produce
biofuels and become energy independent, by
Sudiksha Joshi and Sushil Adhikari (kp 04/11/2015), Bio
briquettes,
an alternative to scarce LPG, by Rohit Rai (rep
04/11/2015)
IPPAN
urges
government to declare energy emergency (ht
04/11/2015)
Our
biggest
natural resource: Way to prosperity, by Pramod Raj
Pokharel (ht 04/11/2015)
Tarai
banda,
blockade hit hydel projects (kp 04/11/2015)
Govt
to
promote biogas plants to power institutions: Officials
say deepening energy crisis due to Indian blockade has
offered an opportunity to become energy-independent
(kp 03/11/2015)
Govt
told
to build Budhi Gandaki with local funds (kp
02/11/2015)
Looming
Energy Crisis: Search For Alternatives, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 29/10/2015)
A
charged view: Nepal has adequate potential to generate
the much-needed energy, by David Kainee (kp
25/10/2015)
Hydro
solutions:
India has always negotiated mega projects during
politically difficult times so as to have an upper
hand, by Durga Prasad Paudyal (rep 19/10/2015)
Firewood
demand
on rise (kp 18/10/2015)
Learning
from
failure: Nepal can cut down its dependency on fossil
fuels by generating electricity to meet its household
demands, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 13/10/2015)
Crisis
highlights
need for energy security, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
08/10/2015)
Lack
of
forex risk protection could dissuade hydro investors,
by Rupak D. Sharma (ht 07/10/2015)
Parliamentary
panel
asks MoE to submit energy demand of next 10 years
(ht 06/10/2015)
Fuel
shortages:
Electric vehicles spark interest (kp 05/10/2015)
Ensure
proper
energy use: Govt (kp 03/10/2015)
Study
explores
opportunities and challenges to export power (ht
03/10/2015)
The
powers
that beIf Nepal does not focus on generating
hydroelectricity for energy security even after
the ongoing fuel crisis, it never will, by Navin
Singh Khadka (kp 02/10/2015)
Maikhola
hydro
project: 22MW power to be added to national grid
(kp 02/10/2015)
Hydropower
development:
WB approves $20m credit (kp 28/09/2015)
Almost
all
energy projects facing time, cost overruns, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 13/09/2015)
Solar
power
station to illuminate Mustang (kp 12/09/2015)
Solu
corridor
transmission line project under investigation (ht
31/08/2015)
Windfall
in
Nepal: Industries that switch to wind power protect not
just the ecology, but the economy as well, by Kushal
Gurung (nt 28/08/2015)
Flood
damage
delays hydel project (ht 25/08/2015)
Lamjung
hydro
projects put on rush schedule, by Aash Gurung (kp
24/08/2015)
Construction
of
Dhalkebar substation to be delayed: Likely to hit import
of power from India in the dry season (ht
24/08/2015)
Wooden
utility
poles await repair in Nuwakot, by Prakash Adhikari
(kp 21/08/2015)
Nepal’s
peak
hour power consumption up 7.56pc (kp 19/08/2015)
HIDCL
expects
$50 million in soft loans from ADB (kp 13/08/2015)
NEA
not
to let Kulekhani reservoir fill up completely (kp
10/08/2015)
Khimti-Dhalkebar
transmission
line project: Construction work resumes after pact,
by Rajkumar Karki (kp 09/08/2015), Transmission
line
construction resumes (ht 10/08/2015)
Singati
signs
funding pact (kp 08/08/2015)
DPR
of
Nalsing Gadh Hydro project set to begin, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 05/08/2015)
Tanahun
hydro
project imperils local settlements (ht 05/08/2015)
Deal
reached
to run power line through Kamalamai, by Rajkumar
Karki (kp 04/08/2015)
Trishuli-Chilimie
power
line: Govt, EIB wrap up loan negotiations (kp
03/08/2015)
Consultant
for
Tanahu hydro to begin work soon (ht 30/07/2015)
Permission
sought
to conduct impact study: Developer wants to gauge the
effects of quakes on Tamakoshi 3 project site (ht
21/07/2015)
HIDCL
seeks
two mid-sized hydro projects (kp 19/07/2015)
Rs29b
sought
for Budhi Gandaki (kp 13/07/2015)
Threat
obstructs
micro-hydel project (kp 09/07/2015)
Hydropower
development
gains pace in east Nepal (kp 04/07/2015)
The
sun
to the rescue: Rural solar systems will not just help
quake survivors meet immediate power needs, but also
help us build a renewable energy future, by Kishor
Rimal (nt 04/07/2015)
Locals’
protests
grind hydro project works to a halt, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp 02/07/2015)
Power
cuts hassling locals (ht 01/07/2015)
Power
cuts
in load-shedding free district (ht 30/06/2015)
PAC
directs
NEA to reevaluate claim of Chameliya tunnel work, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 29/06/2015)
$1b
Indian
credit line: Govt yet to pick energy projects; Energy
Ministry says the delay is due to resettlement and
rehabilitation study that usually takes a lot of time
(kp 28/06/2015)
Urban
solar
energy: Subsidy plan awaits govt nod (kp 24/06/2015)
Bhojpur
locals
resort to agitation for compensation (ht 23/06/2015)
Off
the
grid: Many residential consumers in Kathmandu experience
voltages way below the standard range of 220-240 volt,
by Pragyan Pradhan (rep 23/06/2015)
Rise
in
power demand pushes up outage hours, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 22/06/2015)
Revising
rules
helps NEA save Rs 850 million in Solu project (ht
21/06/2015)
THL
set
to appoint Lahmeyer-Manitoba JV as consultant for Tanahu
Hydropower Project (ht 19/06/2015)
Chinese
team
studying West Seti hydel (ht 15/06/2015)
7
Sindhupalchok projects cease power generation, by
Rishi Ram Poudel (kp 14/06/2015)
West
Seti
project gets moving after govt nod, by Mohan Shahi
(kp 13/06/2015)
IPPAN
calls
for refinance facility to hydro projects: Urges to
extend PDA,PPA terms; Asks IB to push insurance firms to
expedite claim settlement (ht 13/06/2015)
Power
developers
to consider external factors while designing project,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 13/06/2015)
Energy
sector
suffered losses of Rs18.75b due to quake (kp
10/06/2015)
Energy
sector
attracts Rs54b in FDI pledges (kp 07/06/2015)
Cabinet
approves
using bagasse for bioenergy (kp 04/06/2015)
Solar
lights
installed in Barpak, Laprak (ht 03/06/2015)
HIDCL
set
to propose project through remit-hydro scheme, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 03/06/2015)
Project
financing
in hydropower, by Pradeep Gangol (ht 31/05/2015)
Back
to
the dark age: Nepal’s plan to end electricity rationing
by 2017 will not be met because of earthquake damage,
by Om Astha Rai (nt 29/05/2015)
Power
generation
suspended (ht 25/05/2015)
Kaligandaki
bridge
collapse: Hydropower project, contractor engage in
blame-game, by Bharat Koirala (ht 24/05/2015)
Power
demand
in Valley halves post-quake, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
23/05/2015)
MoE
mulls
relief package for hydropower sector (ht
23/05/2015)
Govt
plan
to end power outage hits quake snag, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 22/05/2015)
Generation
halted
at Trishuli, Devighat projects, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp 15/05/2015)
Quake
hits
456MW Tamakoshi dam: Officials claim damage repairable,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 11/05/2015), Earthquake
hits
23 hydro-electric projects (ht 11/05/2015)
Ramechhap
in
the dark for six days (ht 01/05/2015)
Quake
halts
construction of hydro projects in Lamjung (ht
30/04/2015)
Locals
upbeat
as Arun III gains momentum, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
25/04/2015)
Upper
Marsyangdi-A
hydro project sets target to commission power by end
of this year (ht 25/04/2015)
Construction
resumes
at hydel project sites, by Aash Gurung (kp
25/04/2015)
Windmills,
solar
panels light up Nawalparasi village, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 24/04/2015)
Alternative
energy:
Secret to Nepal’s development, by Govind Raj
Pokhrel (rep 24/04/2015)
Load-shedding
down
to six hours per day (ht 24/04/2015), Loadshedding
hours
reduced (kp 25/04/2015)
Out
of
the darkness: Nepalis need a new Electricity Act more
urgently than we need a new constitution, by Sujit
Acharya (nt 24/04/2015)
Energy
Min
spends 36pc of budget by Q3 (kp 20/04/2015)
Unscheduled
power
cuts affecting life (ht 20/04/2015)
Int’l
lending
firms to appraise Upper Trishuli-1: At least nine
institutions have shown interest to finance the 216 MW
hydroelectric project, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
20/04/2015)
Let
there
be light: Nepal started generating hydroelectricity
103 years ago, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 18/04/2015)
Trees
to
be cut down for Duhabi line, by Dilliram Khatiwada
(kp 17/04/2015)
A
light in the dark: Electricity Act must be reformed to
provide clear policy directives and set out roles for
all stakeholders in the electricity market, by
Saroj Dhakal (kp 17/04/2015)
Tanahu
hydropower
project: Tax waiver issue delays contract signing,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 16/04/2015), Consultant
to
clarify stand on contract, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
19/04/2015)
Nepal’s
hydroelectricity
sector: Growing optimism, by Ishwar Khatiwada and
Bijay Ghimire (kp 15/04/2015)
Tamakoshi
III
hydropower: IBN, Statkraft to extend PNA time limit of
project (kp 15/04/2015)
IBN
okays
West Seti bid from Chinese firm, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 14/04/2015), Chinese
firm
gets IBN nod to develop West Seti Hydro Project
(ht 14/04/2015)
IFC
seeks
‘bankable PDA’to build Upper Trishuli-1 hydroelectric
project, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 10/04/2015)
No
power
supply five years after poles installed (ht
09/04/2015)
NEA
to
light up Parsa village from New Year, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 09/04/2015)
Solar
subsidy
plan fails to attract urban users (kp 05/04/2015)
Bheri
Babai
multipurpose project: PM inaugurates power house,
by Moti Lal Poudel (kp 03/04/2015)
Load-shedding
cut
by an hour a day (kp 03/04/2015)
Investors
need
to see that the government is committed, interview
with Radhesh Pant (kp 30/03/2015)
Locals
attack
Upper Trishuli transmission line workers (kp
30/03/2015)
West
Seti
hydro project in limbo (ht 30/03/2015)
IBN
to
table airport, West Seti proposals, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 29/03/2015)
Transmission
line
project hits snag in final stretch, by Raj Kumar
Karki (kp 27/03/2015)
Kulekhani
Hydropower
Project suffers cost and time overruns, by Pratap
Bista (kp 26/03/2015)
Pancheshwar
project
nears take-off (kp 22/03/2015), Pancheswar
to
get staffers in a month, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
22/03/2015)
Bhotekoshi
Dreams:
There is already a persistent opposition from some
people who will lose their everything in the
up-gradation of the hydropower project from 75
megawatt to 102 megawatt, by Abhisek Adhikari (sp
20/03/2015)
Appeal
to
end strike at Upper Tamakoshi, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp 19/03/2015), Locals
seek
end to strike, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp
21/03/2015), Upper
Tamakoshi
stoppage end likely as tempers cool, by Sanjeev
Giri and Rajendra Manandhar (kp 23/03/2015), UTHL
forms
committee to resume Upper Tamakoshi construction works
(ht 24/03/2015), Work
resumes
after pact, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 26/03/2015),
Work
partially
resumes at Upper Tamakoshi hydro project site in
Dolakha (ht 27/03/2015), Workers
halt
work again, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 30/03/2015),
Works
resume
at Upper Tamakoshi, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp
31/03/2015)
Financing
mandate
letters signed (kp 17/03/2015)
West
Seti
hydel project: Three Gorges concerned about rehab of
displaced, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 16/03/2015), IBN,
ministry
told to find common ground (kp 18/03/2015), ‘Don’t
delay
construction of West Seti project’ (ht 18/03/2015)
NEA
to
cut load shedding hours from tomorrow (ht
15/03/2015)
Workers
halt
Tamakoshi works seeking stake, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp 14/03/2015), Locals
launch
protest; demand more shares, by Rajendra Manandhar
(kp 15/03/2015)
Three
Gorges
chairman in Nepal: To meet PM, energy minister to
discuss West Seti project (ht 14/03/2015)
A
new energy mix for a New Nepal: Hydro for the hills,
biomass for the plains, by Suraj Pandey (nt
13/03/2015)
The
dam
debate, by Deepak Adhikari (rep 13/03/2015)
Budhi
Gandaki
project: Different views expressed (kp
10/03/2015), Parliamentary
panel
tells MoE to start work on Budhigandaki hydel (ht
10/03/2015)
750MW
West
Seti hydropower project: CWE forwards $1.5b FDI
proposal to IBN (kp 08/03/2015)
Severe
power
shortage hits industries hard (ht 08/03/2015)
Indecisiveness
on
foreign currency PPA affecting hydropower projects
(rep 07/03/2015)
Naumure
hydropower
porject: More benefits for locals sought (kp
06/03/2015)
Folks
excited
about electrification (ht 06/03/2015)
NEA,
Superdordi
B project sign PPA (ht 06/03/2015)
Tanahun
hydro
contract negotiations in final stage (ht
04/03/2015)
To
think
hydro dams will resolve all problems is too naive,
by Imtiaz Ahmed (kp 02/03/2015)
Students
urge
not to cut power during SLC: 77-hour loadshedding per
week hampering studies (ht 27/02/2015)
Upper
Tamakoshi
Project: Row ends after locals offered more shares,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 25/02/2015)
Fate
of
14 hydel projects: Ministry takes opposite decisions
on single issue (kp 23/02/2015), AWRC
decries
tendency for Cabinet decisions (kp 24/02/2015)
IFC
to
hold energy event on March 5 (kp 22/02/2015)
Biggest
gain
in energy (kp 21/02/2015)
World
Bank
to fund 25 MW solar plant (kp 21/02/2015)
Poor
to
get loans to buy Upper Tamakoshi shares, by
Rajendra Manandhar (kp 19/02/2015)
Upper
Karnali
Hydropower Project sets off land rush, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp 18/02/2015)
Upper
Trishuli
nearly complete, but power line nowhere in sight,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 18/02/2015)
FDI-funded
hydel
projects get IPB nod, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
16/02/2015), FDI
for
Upper Kali Gandaki hydro project approved (ht
16/02/2015)
West
Seti
hydro project: IBN says progress being made, albeit
slow (kp 16/02/2015)
Energy
alternatives:
Newar civilization's traditional high quality brick
making can address looming energy crisis, by
Pramod Aryal (rep 16/02/2015)
Locals
obstruct
hydel project construction (ht 14/02/2015)
Barun
Hydropower
launching IPO next week, by Sagar Ghimire (rep
14/02/2015)
Middle
Trishuli
Ganga Nadi hydro set to roll, by Prakash Adhikari
(kp 10/02/2015)
Upper
Tamakoshi
project: Panel finalises allotment of shares to locals,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 09/02/2015), Project
makes
largest ever share offering (kp 13/02/2015)
Putting
wind
in the map: Areas of Nepal have wind profiles ideally
suited to meet peak electricity demand, by Kushal
Gurung (nt 06/02/2015)
New
biogas
programme launched (kp 04/02/2015)
Investment
Board
gears up for PDA talks on Tamakoshi III hydel project,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 04/02/2015)
Push
for
power: Nepal should cooperate with India and other
countries to bring in more foreign direct investment
in hydropower, by Prashanta Pradhan (kp
03/02/2015)
CPN
M
warns against developing Upper Marsyangdi 2 hydel
project (ht 03/02/2015)
NEA’s
imported
transformers finally arrive, more on way, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 03/02/2015)
Extra
power
cuts affecting people in Baluwatar (ht 03/02/2015)
Sub-regional
connectivity:
4 nations to explore energy cooperation (kp
02/02/2015)
Complete
repair
works in 15 days, says OPMCM (ht 02/02/2015)
Prudent
Harnessing
of Water Resources, by Ratna Sansar Shrestha (sp
30/01/2015)
Micro,
pico
hydel projects light up Gorkha villages, by Sudip
Kaini (kp 30/01/2015)
Energy-starved
Nepal
turns to solar power, by Suman Bashyal (kp
30/01/2015)
Loans
at
4pc interest for solar panel installations: AEPC has
forwarded a proposal in this regard to MoSTE (ht
30/01/2015)
Four
years
of darkness in Khotang (ht 28/01/2015)
WB
to
provide partial risk guarantee to Upper Trishuli-1
hydro, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht 26/01/2015)
Without
transmission
line, Mai Hydropower's energy going to waste (rep
26/01/2015)
MoE
bid
to save Kabeli licence, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
24/01/2015)
Tanahun
hydro
contract negotiations to begin tomorrow (ht
24/01/2015)
IPPAN,
IFC
ink agreement: Partnership aims to improve
sustainability, bankability of Nepal’s hydropower
projects (ht 24/01/2015)
Locals
warn
they will disrupt hydel projects (ht 23/01/2015)
Bhote
Koshi
resumes power generation, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
22/01/2015), Bhotekhoshi
project
begins generating power (ht 22/01/2015), Upper
Bhotekoshi
resumes power generation: 18 MW supplied to national
grid (rep 22/01/2015)
CWEI
to
submit report on West Seti hydro project by March
(ht 22/01/2015)
Political
situation
hits repairs at mid-Marsyangdi (ht 22/01/2015)
Infra
projects’
fate hangs in balance, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp
21/01/2015)
Sunkoshi
Hydro
repair works to cost Rs 150 million, by Dhruba
Dangal (kp 21/01/2015)
Establishing
new
transmission company likely to take time (ht
20/01/2015)
Nepal
Electricity
Authority fixes power purchase tariff for up to 100 MW
hydels: Rs 8.40 per unit for dry season, Rs 4.80 a
unit for wet season, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
19/01/2015)
Power
crunch
puts industries’ survival at risk (ht 19/01/2015)
Tunnel
construction
begins for Madhya Bhotekoshi Project, by Rishiram
Poudyal (kp 17/01/2015)
IBN
to
start PDA negotiations in Feb (ht 17/01/2015)
Nepal
ranks
4th among countries with highest electricity leakage
(rep 17/01/2015)
Sugure
hydropower
operation resumes, by Himal Dhungel (ht
16/01/2015)
Mid-Marsyangdi
halting
power generation for two weeks, by Santosh Pokhrel
(rep 16/01/2015), Mid-Marsyangdi
hydel
plant to be shut for repair (ht 18/01/2015)
Madhya
Bhotekoshi
project obstruction: Political parties dissolve joint
committee, by Rishi Ram Paudyal (kp 15/01/2015)
Bhote
Koshi
to be back online from this week: The 45 MW plant had
been lying idle for the past three months as its flood
damaged transmission towers could not be restored due
to obstruction (kp 14/01/2015)
New
feeder
line for Butwal Industrial Estate (rep 14/01/2015)
DoI-GMR
team
completes data collection: Upper Karnali hydropower’s
impact on downstream irrigation projects to be
determined (ht 13/01/2015)
Itch
of
Tanahu: Political interference in the Tanahu hydro
project illustrates why Nepal is doomed to decades
more of darkness, by Bishal Thapa (rep 13/01/2015)
Upper
Marsyangdi-A:
Plant urged to pay attention to EIA report (ht
11/01/2015)
Mirage
of
prosperity: Nepal would be silly not to hitch her
hydropower potential to the Indian grid, but
conditions apply, by Bishal Thapa (nt 09/01/2015)
Everybody’s
talking
about Budhi Gandaki, by Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp
08/01/2015)
Water
resources
development: Lack of political will, by Surya Nath
Bastola (ht 06/01/2015)
NPC
to
ask for Nepal Army involvement in hydro dev (kp
06/01/2015)
Naldingh
Gadh
hydropower project: Land acquisition starts, by
Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 06/01/2015)
Upper
Tama
Koshi hydel project: Project gets go-ahead to issue
shares to locals, by Rajesh Khanal (05/01/2015)
Ministry
starts
work to scrap hydel licences (kp 04/01/2015), MoE
starts
scrapping hydropower licences: Besides the Kabeli-A
project, all others on the CIAA list are likely to
face action, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 04/01/2015)
Bajura
sees
over Rs 1b poured into micro hydro, by Arjun Shah
(kp 04/01/2015)
No
compromise
over Upper Karnali: PM (kp 04/01/2015)
Central
government
secretariat witnesses 18-hour blackout (ht
03/01/2015)
Locals'
obstruction
delays Trishuli-Matatirtha transmission line project,
by Nirajan Paudel (ht 03/01/2014)
Locals
obstruct
Trishuli 3A hydel project works, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp 02/01/2015)
Fate
of
Tanahun project may be decided today (ht
01/01/2015), Cabinet
overturns
ministry’s decision: Orders review of consultant
appointment, execution of 140MW project, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 02/01/2015), ADB
told
to proceed with consultant selection process, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 02/01/2015), Govt
picks
Lahmeyer-Manitoba JV as Tanahu hydro consultants,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 02/01/2015)
NEA
which
is responsible for the construction of tranmission
lines along the river corridors should be penalised
for delaying its task (ht 01/01/2015)
Lack
of
transmission lines affecting power evacuation, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 31/12/2014)
NEA
signs
pacts topurchase 45.6 MW ofelectricity this fiscal
(ht 31/12/2014)
A
bug’s life: When it comes to hydro projects, local
people must be helped to understand the basic concept
of shares, by Sophia K. Tamot (kp 30/12/2014)
CIAA
asks
MoE to decide fate of 500 hydro projects (rep
30/12/2104)
Construction
of
transmission lines put on rush schedule, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 28/12/2014)
Bajura
folks
deprived of regular power supply (ht 27/12/2014)
Bhotekoshi
row
resolved, locals to get 6pc shares (kp
26/12/2014), Sindhupalchowk
locals
get 6pc stake in BKPC (ht 26/12/2014)
WB
okays
$130m for solar farms (kp 24/12/2014)
‘Obstruction
turns
away investors’ (kp 23/12/2014)
900MW
Upper
Karnali hydropower project: IFC inks pact with GMR to
become equity partner (kp 23/12/2014), IFC
signs
agreement with GMR: Acquires 10 per cent stake in
Upper Karnali hydroelectric project (ht
23/12/2014)
Consultant
appointment
at Tanahun hydro: ADB disappointed over MoE decision,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/12/2014), MoF
determined
to save Tanahun hydel project, by Rupak D. Sharma
(ht 22/12/2014), Energy
Ministry,
ADB trade charges over consultant at Tanahun hydro
(kp 23/12/2014), Koirala
steps
in to settle consultant selection row, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha and Sanjeev Giri (kp 24/12/2014), Implement
Tanahun
hydel project: PM, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
24/12/2014), Energy
Ministry
asked to reconsider its decision, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 25/12/2014), MoE
decision
on Tanahun hydelproject unilateral, claims MoF, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 25/12/2014), Mahat
writes
to energy minister to rethink nixing consultant,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 25/12/2014), End
consultant
selection row: PM tells Gyawali, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 27/12/2014), PM
instructs
energy minister to implement Tanahun project (ht
27/12/2014)
Line
of
thought (ht 22/12/2014)
Khimti-Dhalkebar
power
line: NEA asks WB to pull out of project, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 22/12/2014)
Sino-Sagarmatha
agrees
to build 132kV power line (kp 22/12/2014)
Remote
Rukum
villages get electricity (kp 21/12/2014)
Upper
Karnali
hydropower project: IFC set to make 10pc equity
investment (kp 21/12/2014), GMR,
IFC
to sign pact on
Upper Karnali project (ht 21/12/2014)
Hydropower
dev
in a shambles: Sindhupalchok has potential of
generating 1,300MW electricity, but it generates just
75MW from eight projects currently, by Rishi Ram
Poudel (kp 20/12/2014)
Govt
rejects
ADB's pick for Tanahun Hydro consultant, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 20/12/2014)
NEA
to
import additional 35 MW power from India (ht
19/12/2014)
Experts
for
issuing hydropower licenses through open competition,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 19/12/2014)
HIDCL
asks
for hydropower projects up to 100MW (kp
18/12/2014)
Parliamentary
panel
clears controversy surrounding 14 hydro projects
(rep 17/12/2014)
Locals
demand
shares in Khimti project, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
17/12/2014)
PDA
talks
on Tamakoshi-III hydel project resume (ht
17/12/2014)
West
Seti
hydel project: Chinese experts study site (kp
17/12/2014), Technicians
complete
field study of West Seti project site (rep
17/12/2014)
Energy
Ministry
told to deal with idle hydel projects (kp
17/12/2014)
Memories
of
the Mahakali A development project that could
have begun in 1986, and loadshedding in Nepal avoided,
is finally starting in 2014, by Pashupati Shamsher
J.B. Rana (kp 16/12/2014)
Rawa
Khola
developer courts local investors (rep 16/12/2014)
Load-shedding
to
go up by an hour a day in Central Region, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 15/12/2014)
Pvt
players
seek sectoral reforms in energy: Completion of
cross-border transmission line, unbundling of NEA
urged (ht 15/12/2014)
Upallo
Khimti
hydro project completes financial closure (kp
15/12/2014)
PDA
talks
on Upper Trishuli-I to be held today (ht
15/12/2014)
Bhotekoshi
hydropower
project row: Ministry calls stakeholders for talks,
by Sanjeev Giri and Rishi Ram Poudel (kp 14/12/2014)
Rusty
electricity
poles threat to life, property, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 13/12/2014)
Tanahun
hydro
project’s fate hangs in balance: ADB’s ‘marking system
favour sone joint venture’ over the other, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 11/12/2014)
Upper
Trishuli
I developer waiting for PDA, PPA to kick-start
construction works (rep 11/12/2014)
Madhya
Bhotekoshi
Hydropower Project: Contractor complains about
political meddling, by Rishi Ram Poudel (kp
10/12/2014), Madhya
Bhotekoshi
Project site vandalised (kp 14/12/2014)
Chinese
team
arriving to study West Seti Hydro, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 09/12/2014), Chinese
team
to visit West Seti hydro project site today (ht
10/12/2014)
Butwal
Industrial
Estate gets own power feeder (kp 08/12/2014)
Bhojpur
folks
against Arun III hydro project (ht 08/12/2014)
Villages
plunged
in darkness (ht 08/12/2014)
Hydel
projects
in limbo with no transmission line (ht 07/12/2014)
Bhote
Koshi
disruption: Local Anarchy (sp 05/12/2014)
Studies
on
cross-border transmission lines planned (ht
03/12/2014)
West
Seti
in limbo as two mega projects moveInvestment Board,
ministry have differing readings of Chinese
developer’s commitment to hydropower project, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 01/11/2014)
Tamakoshi-III
PDA
to be signed by April-end, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
29/11/2014)
Political
parties
prevent Bhotekoshi hydro project from being repaired,
by Rishi Ram Poudel (kp 25/11/2014)
Arun-III
PDA
gets political backing: The project plans to sell 78.1
per cent of electricity to India (ht 24/11/2014),
Arun
III
PDA pact today, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 25/11/2014)
WB
agrees
to give $46m for Kabeli hydro project (kp
25/11/2014)
Middle
Modi
project construction kicks off, by Ishwori Neupane
(kp 24/11/2014), CG
invests
in Mid-Modi hydropower project (ht 24/11/2014)
Cross-border
power
trade: Nepal and India agree to deviselong-term plans,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 21/11/2014), Cross-border
transmission
line master plan within six months, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 22/11/2014)
Hydropower
compony
IPO: Citing power line status to be made mandatory
(kp 21/11/2014)
World
Bank
to invest $130m in solar plants, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 21/11/2014), Govt
concludes
negotiations with WB: 25 megawatts of solar energy to
be generated within a year, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(ht 21/11/2014)
Clear
confusion
over Budhigandaki project, locals ask officials,
by Narahari Sapkota (rep 17/11/2014)
Upper
Tamakoshi
expected to come online by ’16, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp 16/10/2014)
Mid-Marsyangdi
earns
Rs 14.5b in revenues, by Prem Kumari Ghale (kp
15/11/2014)
Madhya
Bhotekoshi
Hydro bedevilled by cost overruns, by Rishiram
Poudyal (kp 13/11/2014)
Upper
Marsyangdi-II
PDA soon: Investment Board (ht 13/11/2014)
Electrifying
times:
There is new fervour in the hydropower sector
following the signing of a PTA with India, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 12/11/2014)
Harnessing
alternative
energy can reduce power shortage, interview with
Ram Prasad Dhital (kp 11/11/2014), Renewable
energy:
need of the day (kp 11/11/2014), Chasing
the
sun: Extension of urban solar will be more productive
and sustainable if backed by fiscal measures such as
access to low cost capital, accelerated depreciation
an tax rebates, by Bishal Thapa (rep)
Power
up:
Nepal hopes to make positive inroads into hydel sector,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 11/11/2014)
SC
denies
interim order in Upper Karnali case (rep
10/11/2014)
Bhotekoshi
offers
5% shares to Sindhupalchowk locals, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 10/11/2014)
Mid-Marsyangdi
hydel
silt-blocked (kp 09/11/2014)
International
significance
of Upper Karnali High Dam Project, by A.B. Thapa
(sp 07/11/2014)
Free
exchange:
Nepal-India PTA has opened doors not just for
electricity export to India, but to import more
electricity from India, by Abhishek Yadav (kp
07/11/2014)
Rahughat
contractor
flees without paying debts: the locals have filed
com-plaints at dAO against the contractor Binod Lama
of Gorkha Construction, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp
07/11/2014)
Upper
Marsyangdi-A
to be finished by 2015-end, by Prem Kumar Ghale
(kp 06/11/2014)
PDA
talks
for Arun III hydel project begin, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 05/11/2014), Arun
III
on verge of becoming a reality, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 06/11/2014), IBN,
Satluj
finalize draft PDA of Arun III (rep 06/11/2014), Reason
to
cheer: Prospects of Arun III implementation have given
hopes to a historically ignored and underdeveloped
region of eastern Nepal, by Kumud Ghimire (rep
08/11/2014), Locals
await
Arun-III PDA, by Dipendra Shakya (kp 09/11/2014)
Feasibility
study
of Budhigandaki hydropower project complete (rep
05/11/2014)
Minister
urges
parties to resolve problem faced by Bhote Koshi hydro
project: Construction of transmission lines being
hindered (ht 05/11/2014)
Kohalpur-Surkhet
power
line to be upgraded, by Motilal Paudel (kp
04/11/2014)
Hydropower
development:
Issues and options, by Girish P. Pant (ht
04/11/2014)
CIAA’s
jurisdiction
questioned after flurry of hydro licence cancellations,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 03/11/2014), ,
Parliamentary
panel
summons anti-graft wa |