Tamakoshi-3 hydropower project, which is being developed with the assistance of Norway, will generate 880 megawatt (MW) of electricity within seven years, reports Kantipur daily. SN Power, which has already undertaken some phases of the project, said that it would produce power by accomplishing the project by the beginning of 2017. If the two hydro projects of [...]

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The first month of the current fiscal year saw 17 hydropower developers applying to the Department of Electricity Development (DoED) for license. DoED statistics show three developers—all Nepali—applied for hydro projects above 100 MW in the first month of this fiscal year. The DoED is the sole authority to issue licenses to the hydropower developers. Of [...]

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Entrepreneurs from the eastern region have complained that despite their willingness to install thermal plant and power house, the region has been hit by power cuts more severely than other places in the country. They also accused the government of being totally indifferent towards addressing the paralysing problem of load-shedding being faced by industries located across [...]

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KATHMANDU: The nation is likely to witness 16 hours of load shedding per day starting from November as no power is likely to be added to the main grid in between. “It is almost sure that load shedding hours will go up to at least of 16 hours as the demand for energy increases by about [...]

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KATHMANDU: Nepal has a potential to generate 53,000 megawatts of hydropower, Prof Narendra Man Shakya, Water Resource Programme Coordinator at the Institute of Engineering, told this daily today. According to Shakya, the estimate was based on the latest water discharge data available with the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, using Geographic Information System software. Dr Raghu Nath [...]

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BIRATNAGAR, MAR 08 - Industrialists in the Sunsari - Morang industrial corridor are ready to build the 50 MW thermal plant, if the government provides the loan for 20 years. “We do not just point out problems but also provide solutions to the government,” said Ashok Murarka, director of Murarka Organisation. “If the government provides the [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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

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