Five international companies have submitted proposals for commissioning the Dhading-based Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project with installed capacity of 600-MW. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) had formed a committee headed by its board member Lekhman Singh Bhandary a month ago to assess the financial and technical capability of the five proposing companies. The committee is preparing financial and [...]
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सिन्धुमा अर्को विद्युत् आयोजना
Posted on 24 February 2010 by editor
राम केसी, (सिन्धुपाल्चोक), देशले लोडसेडिङको मार खेपिरहेको बेला आगामी डेढ वर्षभत्र सम्पन्न गर्ने लक्ष्यका साथ गेलुङखोला विद्युत् आयोजनको कार्य शुरू भएको छ। जिल्लाको मध्य क्षेत्रमा पर्ने हगाम गाविसको गेलुङखोलाबाट गेलुङखोला हाइड्रोपावर कम्पनी लिमिटेडले ३ हजार ३ सय ५० किलोवाट क्षमताको विद्युत् आयोजनाको निर्माणकार्य शुरू गरेको हो। बरम्ची गाविसको ढाँडेदेखि हगामको पाटीचौरसम्मको १९ किलोमिटर प्रवेश मार्गको निर्माण कार्य [...]
Govt seeks WB funding for Upper Arun project
Posted on 24 February 2010 by editor
KATHMANDU, FEB 21 - The government has asked the World Bank (WB) to construct Upper Arun Hydropower Project (335 MW). During a meeting held between Energy Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat and Isabel Guerreo, World Bank Vice President for South Asian Region, on Sunday, the ministry put forward the proposal for investment in Upper Arun project. In September [...]
Govt conservation efforts mar power generation
Posted on 14 January 2010 by editor
Government's nature conservation efforts are impeding hydropower generation. On Dec. 4, 2009, the Cabinet meeting held in Kalapatthar had decided to expand the Bardia National Park from 968 sq. km. to 1862 sq. km. The highaltitude meet aimed at drawing global attention towards melting Himalayas saw declaration of the Gaurishanker Conservation Area. It covers 2035 sq. km
India gives 20 MW from Tanakpur
Posted on 14 January 2010 by editor
Nepal has started to import 20 megawatt of electricity through the Tanakapur point beginning January 1 as per the agreement between Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and the Power Trade Corporation (PTC) of India . The NEA has said that the supply will be up to Lamahi. "The 20 MW power has been supplied to the western part of Nepal up to Lamahi,” Dr Jibendra Jha, the Managing Director of NEA
Power outage to be limited to 12 hrs a day
Posted on 14 January 2010 by editor
Minister for Energy Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said the government is working to limit power outage to 12 hours per day this winter. Last year consumers had faced power outage up to 20 hours a day during the driest season. The total demand in the country reaches nearly 900 MW while the installed capacity of all the hydroelectric projects doesn´t make up even 700 MW. Moreover, the projects generate less than half their full [installed] capacity during the dry season as all -- except for Kulekhani
Govt to rein in water extractors
Posted on 01 January 2010 by editor
KATHMANDU, DEC 25 - The government has initiated a study of the groundwater situation in the Kathmandu Valley to rein in private water extractors by issuing licences. The Supreme Court had, on Dec. 17, had issued a verdict, directing the government to manage the groundwater situation by regulating and restricting the operation of private water tanker [...]
Power cut to be up to 8 hrs daily
Posted on 01 January 2010 by editor
Kathmandu residents will now face a loadshedding of up to eight hours within few days. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has said that the loadshedding in the valley may rise anywhere between six to eight hours within the next few days. However, the systems department of NEA has yet to work out a new loadshedding schedule. “Situation is not good, so we will have to increase the power cut timing for sure,” Sher Singh Bhat, Director of Systems Operation Department at NEA, said. He added that the decision to this effect will be taken
पश्चिम सेतीमा थप चिनियाँ लगानीको समझदारी
Posted on 01 January 2010 by editor
काठमाडौं, २०६६ पुस १४ नेपालको सुदूरपश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्रमा विकास गर्न लागिएको ७५० मेगावाट क्षमताको पश्चिम सेती जलविद्युत आयोजनामा चिनियाँ सरकारी कम्पनी चाइना नेशनल मेसिनरी एण्ड इक्विप्मेन्ट इम्पोर्ट एण्ड एक्सपोर्टर्र्कर्पोरेशन -सिमेक) ले ५१ प्रतिशत सेयर लगानी भएको छ । पश्चिम सेतीमा सिमेकले थप लगानी गर्ने सहमति पत्रमा हिजो सोमवार राती हस्ताक्षर भएको छ । समझदारी पत्रमा [...]
Tata Power, SN Power forge partnership
Posted on 27 November 2009 by editor
Tata Power, India’s integrated private power utility, and SN Power, Norway’s international renewable energy company, recently signed an exclusive partnership agreement to develop joint hydropower projects in India and Nepal. This is the first time that Tata Power has entered into an exclusive partnership with another hydropower company, stated a press statement issued by Tata Power. The [...]
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Guest Column
Mahakali Treaty outcome of economic nationalism
By Hari Bansh Jha
It was on 12 February 1996 that the the Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the then Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narsimha Rao signed an agreement on the integrated development of the Mahakali river in Delhi. The Pancheshwor Project under the Treaty was expected to produce 6,000 MW of hydro-power with the investment cost [...]
Posted in Guest Column on 01-01-2010 Comments (0)
Interview
No alternative to power purchase from India : Mahat
The meeting of the Joint Commission on Water Resources is scheduled for the first week of November and is to be followed soon after by ministerial-level talks that will take up all issues relating to the setting up of the Pancheshwar Development Authority and reach a conclusion. We have informally agreed to locate PDA headquarters in Nepal
Posted in Interview on 08-10-2009 Comments (0)
Opinoin Tank
Analysing food versus fuel
By Damodar Kanel
The future of biofuel is at a crossroads. Soaring fuel prices, debates on global climate change and environmental consequences, and sustainability and intergenerational equity concerns of fossil fuel usage have prompted governments to expand production and use of biofuels. The potential adverse impacts on food security and human suffering associated with biofuel expansion, on the [...]
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