Kathmandu; The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has decided to open a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for solar power and hydropower projects of up to 10 MW. This decision was made during a meeting of the Board of Meeting (BOM) held on Friday, 9th February.
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The phrase "100% Renewable energy is the way forward for Nepal" is commonplace today. On the one side, Nepal's import of petroleum products is contributing to a billion-rupee trade deficit, while on the other, it is compromising the country's sustainability and energy security. The...}
Kathmandu: Money doesn’t always buy love. It almost certainly never buys change. If deployed correctly, however, it has immense potential to influence change. Nepal’s development partners should take heed of this universal truth. They must reposition their generous aid so that it le...}
Until 2016, Nepal suffered from chronic power shortages. At that time, just 65% of the country’s population had access to electricity. Assessing the situation, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) estimated that the country has the potential for 2.1 GW of installed PV capacity. Al...}
New Delhi: India added 2,105 megawatts (MW) of grid-connected solar power generation capacity in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, as the first wave of COVID-19 subsided and construction pace picked up gradually. This took the total installed capacity to 44,241 MW by 31 March 2021, according...}
LONDON: Saudi Arabia has signed power purchase agreements with seven new solar projects that will provide electricity more than 600,000 households, state news agency SPA quoted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as saying on Thursday.
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Nepalgunj: A solar pump has been added to the canal of Sikta Irrigation Project in order to discharge the service of water in the places of higher altitude.The solar pump, which was added at a cost of Rs. 300,000, will allow water of the canal to reach around 400 hectares of arable land in Kach...}
New Delhi: India added 3,239 megawatt (MW) solar capacity in 2020, down 56 per cent from the previous year, according to a report. The adding of 3,239 MW of solar capacity was the lowest addition in five-years-time, Mercom India Research said in its report on Tuesday.
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