Kathmandu; The construction of the 111 MW Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project, led by Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Company Limited, has been successfully completed, and the entire structure has undergone a successful dry test. Under Chilime Hydro Power Company Limited, the Rasuwagadhi Project is being advanced...}
Kathmandu: While there is a growing concern for the possible impacts of climate change on Nepal’s hydropower projects, experts in the field of climate and environment have said that there is not much to worry about with the issue.
The experts have comforted the promoters by stating tha...}
Kathmandu: The Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) has demanded the government not to fall harsh on the private sector energy developers that fail to finalize their financial closure on time.
A government panel in its recently submitted report has recommended cancel...}
Kathmandu: The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, supported 67 hydropower projects producing 3,919 MW in the past seven years.
The IFC under ‘Nepal Environmental and Social (E&S) Hydropower Program (2016-2023)’ helped ramp up the capacity of...}
Kathmandu : Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Shakti Bahadur Basnet has said the country will build the 1,061 MW Upper Arun Semi-storage Hydropower Project.
At a time when there is much talk that Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal during his visit to India, will be handling the a...}
Kathmandu : A total investment of Rs 17.89 billion has been estimated for the construction of 87 MW Seti River-3 Hydropower Project.
A feasibility survey conducted by the project has come up with the amount of investment needed to build the semi-reservoir hydropower project. Chilime Hydropower Co...}
Kathmandu: After returning from the USA, I was appointed as a director at the Small Hydropower Department. I worked in this department for a decade.
At that time, headquarters of hilly regions and villages were not connected to the national electricity system. We were designated to build a s...}
Kathmandu: Hydropower group witnessed its market index plunged 233.16 points in the past one year.
According to the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse), the sub-index fell from 2,758.52 points to 2,525.36 points during mid-April 2022 and mid-April 2023. During the Nepali year, hydropower lost an av...}
Kathmandu: Nepal will need an estimated US $ 4.5 billion to build big hydropower projects, which are in the final stages of construction, in the next eight years.
Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising on Tuesday said the aforementioned amount has been proj...}
Kathmandu: The Solukhola Dudhkoshi Hydropower Project has started supplying its 86 MW of electricity to the national grid since Saturday.
According the project, electricity has been generated by channelizing water from the Solu rivulet of Solududhkunda Municipality-11 to Maikubesi of T...}