Local Business Briefs Ticket sales stop BIRATNAGAR: Travel agents of Buddha Air in Morang and Sunsari districts have stopped the sale of the airline's tickets from Friday after it reduced the commission provided for the ticket sale. A joint meeting of Morang and Sunsari... 02 Jan, 2010
GPOBA’s first phase of payment for 4,722 biogas plants done KATHMANDU: World Bank implemented Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) project in Nepal has made the first payment of $592,200 to the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) for successful 2008 delivery of verified new biogas plant... 31 Jul, 2009
Work on to actualise water ministry split KATHMANDU: With bifurcation of Ministry of Water Resources into Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Irrigation, officials at the then MoWR have started to amend the work division regulations. The MoWR used to handle Nepal Electricity Authority,... Travel 26 Jun, 2009
Separate body mooted to end energy woes KATHMANDU: A nine-month study conducted by Practical Action, a non-government organisation, has suggested that there is a need of a separate regulatory body to minimise energy poverty by 50 per cent by 2016 and completely end energy poverty by... Horoscopes 31 May, 2009
Watermills come to locals’ aid KATHMANDU: Improved watermills have turned out to be an economic boon for people in the rural areas. According to Bhupendra Shakya, programme director of the 5000 Improved Water Mill project (IWM), the project plans to install 8,000 IWMs, including... Horoscopes 05 May, 2009
Alternative energy for small industries Kathmandu, March 23:Large industries are soon to be included in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) while micro, cottage and small industries will be supplied alternative energy to increase production quantity and quality.Speaking at a programme here today... 23 Mar, 2009
Rukum’s electrification scheme behind deadline Kathmandu, March 1: Every household in Rukum district is unlikely to be electrified in a year. The government’s ‘Rukum Ujyalo Programme’ aims at lighting up all 37,000 households within a year in the district where only 7 per cent of the district... Travel 01 Mar, 2009
No power cut in two Syangja VDCs Syangja, January 15:At a time when the nation is gripped by 16-hour-a-day power outage, many households in Syangja’s Myagyam and Chitrebhanjyang VDCs are lucky enough not to face any such plight.Thanks to the construction of Putpute Hydro Electricity... Travel 16 Jan, 2009
Draft policy on wind energy to be tabled today Kathmandu, January 1:Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) will submit a draft policy on wind energy to the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology tomorrow. The plan is in sync with the government’s aim to generate at least 20 MW, aided... Travel 01 Jan, 2009
Alternative energy initiatives grapple with funds crunch Kathmandu, December 8: Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) today said that it was facing shortage of funds to accomplish its alternative energy related programmes. In a coordination meeting with external development partners today, the... Horoscopes 08 Dec, 2008
LETTERS Cure for power cutsThis refers to the news report “Survey forecast windfall in wind power” (THT, Oct. 22). Though our country ranks as one of the richest in terms of hydropower potential, we have been forced to become accustomed to frequent power... 27 Oct, 2008
Call to tap alternative energy sources Janakpurdham, September 28:Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Ganesh Saha has underlined the need to conserve and utilise culture and heritage of Mithila. The minister also called for optimum utilisation of natural resources. This is the... Travel 29 Sep, 2008
