NEA to reduce loadshedding hours Kathmandu, March 27 Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the state-owned power utility, is reducing loadshedding hours to 77 hours per week from Tuesday, considering the board examinations of Grade 10, which is beginning on March 31. With this... 28 Mar, 2016
Pancheshwar project will have tallest dam in the world The proposal to build Pancheshwar Multi-purpose Project on the Mahakali River in far-western Nepal was floated by Nepal and India almost two decades ago. However, nothing happened for a long time. Things finally started moving forward when Indian... 07 Mar, 2016
Upper Karnali to alter power generation mode Kathmandu, January 8 GMR Energy, the developer of Upper Karnali hydroelectric project, has proposed to alter electricity generation modality during certain times of the day to ensure the 900-megawatt plant does not affect downstream irrigation... 09 Jan, 2016
Govt urged to prioritise hydro projects Kathmandu, December 22 The country could start construction of 13 hydro projects with installed capacity of at least 6,205 megawatts in the next five years if the government works swiftly, the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and Water... 23 Dec, 2015
Loadshedding to continue to go up in coming years: NEA Kathmandu, December 7 Nepal will continue to face power cuts during winter even after addition of around 820 megawatts of electricity in the next two to three years, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the state-owned power utility company, said... 08 Dec, 2015
Sun-energy alliance launched Le Bourget, December 1 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched in Paris an alliance of 121 sun-drenched countries, rich and poor, to dramatically boost the use of solar power. The alliance issued a declaration vowing to mobilise more... 02 Dec, 2015
Asia drops as commodities languish, loonie dips on Canada vote TOKYO: Asian equities fell across the board on Tuesday after commodity prices languished in the wake of China growth woes and dampened risk sentiment, while the euro hovered near a 10-day low ahead of a European Central Bank meeting that could open... 20 Oct, 2015
Is Pancheswhar multipurpose project heading in the right direction? “PMP is a mega storage type hydropower project. But either due to the government's ignorance or indifference, it has nominated an irrigation engineer as CEO for this massive hydel project who is himself ignorant about the issue.”DB Singh Former... Travel 13 Sep, 2015
Still waiting an Act Kathmandu It has been 14 years since the government introduced the Hydropower Development Policy 2001, with the view to develop the hydropower sector. However, the policy was ineffective due to lack of an act to legalise the said policy. The... 12 Jul, 2015
Growth of renewables outpaced fossil fuels in 2014: Study STOCKHOLM: The growth of renewable energy outpaced that of fossil fuels in the electricity sector last year, with a record 135 gigawatts of capacity added from wind, solar, hydropower and other natural sources, a new study shows. That’s more... Women 19 Jun, 2015
Venezuela's Chavez nationalizes two more banks CARACAS: Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he had ordered the nationalization of two more banks shut down by his government to investigate alleged accounting irregularities. News that the two privately owned banks, Confederado... 04 Dec, 2009
Syria sweats over electricity shortage DAMASCUS: Syrians are getting hot under the collar about a major shortfall in electricity supplies which is forecast to get worse rather than better over the next few years. The government aims to double electricity production capacity by 2015 but at... 25 Aug, 2009
