Although Nepal is well endowed with all this potential, it has not been able to develop its hydro resources effectively. Most of the population is still dependent on traditional sources of fuel such as wood and animal dung etc. HYDROPOWER CONSTITUTES nearly one-quarter of the world’s total electricity production, with a total sum of 650,000 megawatts (MW) installation capacity. Nepal’s hydro power sector is one of them. Estimates say that Nepal has the potential for developing 83,000 MW of hydropower from different hydropower plants, including both large and small sized plants. Out of this, power plants of various sizes for a total generating capacity of about 42,000 MW are found to be technically feasible. However, demand for power in Nepal is outstripping the supply by 25 MW or 10 percent per year
Archive | February, 2009
माथिल्लो तामाकोशीमा लगानीका लागि सेना र टेलिकमलाई आग्रह गरिने
Posted on 05 February 2009 by editor
माथिल्लो तामाकोशी जलविद्युत परियोजनामा नपुग रकम जुटाउन नेपाली सेना र नेपाल टेलिकमलाई आव्हान गरिने भएको छ। परियोजनाको क्षमतावृद्धिसँगै बढ्न गएको अनुमानित लागतको लागि संचित रकम प्रशस्त भएका सेना र टेलिकमलाई लगानीको प्रस्ताव गरिने नेपाल विद्युत प्राधिकरणका कार्यकारी निर्देशक उत्तरकुमार श्रेष्ठले बताए। राष्ट्रिय संकल्पका साथ यो परियोजनालाई सम्पन्न गर्नको लागि ऋणको व्यवस्थाको पहल नेपाल सरकारले गर्ने श्रेष्ठले बताए। उनले भने-´रकम जुटाउनका लागि भएभरका अन्य विकल्पहरुको पनि अध्ययन गर्दै छौं।
हाकिमको मनपरीले देश अन्धकार
Posted on 05 February 2009 by editor
नेपाल विद्युत् प्राधिकरणको लापरबाही, अदूरदर्शिता, भ्रष्टाचार र चुहावटका कारण नेपाली जनता अन्धकारमा बस्न बाध्य छन्। प्राधिकरणको नेतृत्व गर्ने हरेक कार्यकारी निर्देशकहरूले जलमाफियाको चंगुलमा परी जनताको हितविपरीत कार्य गर्दैआएका कारण पनि विकराल लोडसेडिङ खेप्न जनता बाध्य छन्। अरु देशको भन्दा महँगो (प्रतियुनिट ७ रुपैयाँ) महसुल जनताले तिरे पनि प्राधिकरण भने करिब नौ अर्ब नोक्सानीमा रहेको बताइन्छ। प्राधिकरणले दिने ठेक्कापट्टा र सामान खरिदमा समेत ठूलो घोटाला हुने र हाकिमहरू मोटाउने, तर प्राधिकरण भने दुब्लाउँदै अर्बौं घाटामा गइरहेको छ।
Abundance of Water Resource: beyond reach
Posted on 04 February 2009 by editor
By Suryanath UpadhyayaA number of views and perceptions have come up on water resource development. The differences between the views and perceptions have not simply remained as the professional discourse but led to heat up the politics, streets and the parliament and demonstrations obstructing the construction of projects. Struggles have crossed the national boundary to occupy the [...]
Chameliya cost can come down
Posted on 04 February 2009 by editor
Electro mechanical infrastructure and transmission lines at Chameliya Hydro Electricity Project (CHEP) will be constructed at a cost of around US$ 25 million, about Rs. 1 billion less than the estimated cost if the government reviews its decision and calls for bids again. Earlier, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) had estimated US$ 35 million to run the project. Notably, NEA has already decided to give the electro-mechanical and transmission line lot of the 30-MW CHEP to Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) from Korea, the only bidder at a cost of US$ 45 million (around Rs 4 billion). The electro-mechanical and transmission line lot includes installation of 132-KV transmission lines to 128 kilometres and construction of infrastructure of the power house among others. Samsung C&T Corporation, a Seoul, South Korea based multinational company had suggested that the price level to be proposed by any potential bidder for the contract on electro mechanical construction
Panel to probe project delay:Mid-Marsyangdi under scanner
Posted on 02 February 2009 by editor
The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today constituted a nine-member panel, headed by PAC member Dr Prakash Chandra Lohani, to probe whopping investment costs and prolonged construction period of the German-funded Middle Marsyangdi Hydroelectric Project. The project, which was estimated to be over within four years at a cost of Rs 13 billion, was completed only after eight years. The total cost of the project also increased to a staggering Rs 28 billion. Tek Bahadur Basnet, Ajay Chaurasiya, Rabindra Adhikari, Shiva Narayan Urau, Anil Kumar Jha, Prem Bahadur Singh, Kamala Pant and Ganga Parajuli are the members of the panel. The panel will submit its report to the committee within a month of commencing its work. Officials at Nepal Electricity Authority, however, maintain that increased Euro rates during the construction period, revision of the project design and installed capacity, and unavoidable circumstances
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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 [...]
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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
Pain of Losing West Seti
By Sudheer Raj Sharma Dhakal
The well-versed 750 MW West Seti Hydroelectric Project (WSHP) is once again capturing major energy headlines in both the print and electronic media of Nepal. Looked as a porthole for the development of the Far Western Development Region (FWDR) that has received the least development privilege, this project has been lingering for more than a [...]
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