Bangladesh prez to visit Nepal in November Kathmandu, October 30 Bangladesh President Mohammad Abdul Hamid is scheduled to visit Nepal in the second week of November. According to Bangladeshi news portal www.thedailystar.net, the two sides will hold talks on Preferential Trade Agreement... Travel 31 Oct, 2019
Govt to allow IPPs to use New Butwal-Gorakhpur transmission line Interested private power developers will have to pay wheeling charge to NEA for the facility Kathmandu, October 24 Eyeing to capitalise on the yet to be constructed high-voltage 400-kVA cross-border transmission line between Nepal and India, the... 25 Oct, 2019
�We hope to soon export more power to not only India but Bangladesh too� Last week, Nepal and India finalised the construction modality of the 400 kVA New Butwal-Gorakhpur cross-border transmission line. A two-day Nepal-India energy secretary-level Joint Steering Committee talk held in Bangalore had decided to build the... 22 Oct, 2019
Construction modality of new transmission line finalised Kathmandu, October 15 Nepal and India have finalised the construction modality of 400 kVA New Butwal-Gorakhpur cross-border transmission line. A two-day Nepal-India energy secretary-level talks held in the southern Indian city of Bangalore decided... 16 Oct, 2019
Nepal-India energy JSC meeting begins Kathmandu, October 14 With an aim to finalise details related to the much talked about transmission line and energy banking projects through mutual understanding, the two-day Nepal-India energy secretary-level talks have begun in the southern Indian... 15 Oct, 2019
"I see no connection between projects of MCC and BRI" I see no connection between projects of MCC and BRI The government signed a compact agreement worth $500 million with the government of the United States of America in September 2017 to build transmission lines, substations and roads in Nepal. Though... 01 Oct, 2019
EDITORIAL: 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 Riding on the success of having ended load-shedding in the country and turned Nepal Electricity... 20 Aug, 2019
Tripartite power trade meeting in September Kathmandu, August 14 Aiming to address the key concerns related to cross-border transmission lines, power trade and energy banking, the government is gearing up to hold a discussion with power ministers of India and Bangladesh next... 15 Aug, 2019
NEA�s profit soars 148 pc to Rs 7.2 billion Kathmandu, August 13 Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA)’s profit surged by an eye-popping 148.27 per cent as the state power utility earned Rs 7.20 billion in profit in the last fiscal year. NEA was able to generate profit due to the end to... 14 Aug, 2019
MCA-Nepal projects to start from June 2020 Kathmandu, August 8 The Millennium Challenge Account Nepal (MCA-Nepal) has said that it will start implementing its projects from June 30, 2020. It informed that the Nepali government and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), on behalf of the US... 09 Aug, 2019
Electricity import drops Kathmandu, July 16 With the monsoon and floods affecting the consumption of electricity in the Tarai region and most of the industrial corridors, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has said that import of electricity from India has fallen to 150... 17 Jul, 2019
Joint investment in hydropower planned Kathmandu, June 22 Nepal and Bangladesh have agreed to jointly invest in some feasible hydropower projects in Nepal. A two-day Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meeting on energy cooperation between the two countries has also decided to hold talks... 23 Jun, 2019