Regulatory framework to be prepared soon Kathmandu, January 29 Nepal and India have agreed to prepare a regulatory framework within next six months to fully begin implementation of bilateral power trade agreement sealed in October 2014. READ ALSO India to charge Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur... 30 Jan, 2016
Nepal to import 300 MW power from India KATHMANDU: The government is planning to import 300 megawatt electricity from India within the next one and half years. A joint standing committee meeting of energy secretaries of Nepal and India here on Friday agreed on the import of 80 MW... 29 Jan, 2016
Nepal likely to import 220MW of electricity Kathmandu, January 27 Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the state-owned power utility, may soon import up to 220 megawatts of additional electricity from India, which is likely to drastically reduce load-shedding hours in the country. NEA has... 28 Jan, 2016
�Being dependent on other countries for energy is not good for the economy� At a time when the country has been facing a difficult situation due to the short supply of petroleum products from India, the Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal, has suggested the government to set a long-term vision to develop... 16 Nov, 2015
Our biggest natural resource Nepal can generate the cheapest electricity in the world. Even the least cost coal based electricity generation (say in India) can’t compete with Nepal and that is mainly due to the costs associated with excavation, transportation and storage of coal... 04 Nov, 2015
Construction of Dhalkebar substation to be delayed Kathmandu, August 23 Delay in the construction work of the substation in Dhalkebar may hit the import of power from India in the dry season even after the installation of the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur 400 KV transmission line has been completed. The... 24 Aug, 2015
Indo-Bangla power plants deal on the anvil DHAKA: Energy-hungry Bangladesh has signed a $1.7-billion deal with India to build two coal-fired power plants in the country's south to ease a huge electricity shortage, an official said. The plants, which will have a total daily generating capacity... 22 Feb, 2010
Power cut to stay till 2015: Energy Minister KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Energy today ruled out the possibility of lifting load shedding before 2015. "Even if we move forward with our targets without any hurdles, the nation will not be able to meet the demand for energy before 2015,"... Horoscopes 04 Feb, 2010
Lake City to host Nepal-India water talks from today KATHMANDU: A meeting of the Joint Committee on Water Resource (JCWR) between Nepal and India begins here tomorrow at Pokhara. Agendas for the meeting range from Pancheshwor multi-purpose project, power trade, irrigation, flood control and other... Travel 20 Nov, 2009
Pancheswor project to top water talks with India KATHMANDU: The meeting of Joint Committee on Water Resource between Nepal and India that was to take place in the first week of November will now take place on November 20-21 in Pokhara. The two sides will dwell on Pancheshwor multi-purpose project,... 19 Nov, 2009
Winter to witness power cut KATHMANDU: The Nepal Electricity Authority has no immediate plan to reduce the duration of power cuts during winters when the existing hydro plants generate almost half their installed capacity due to minimum availability of water in rivers and the...
