Over-reliance on hydroelectricity at the cost of solar power is high-risk and high-cost
A new 25-year bilateral power trade deal raises concerns about India ‘capturing’ Nepal’s rivers
Hydroelectricity supply will soon catch up with demand, and focus is shifting to reservoirs to store energy and regulate water
Rasuwa villagers say they are yet to see promised economic bonanza from hydropower projects on their river
The Kulekhani Dam opened in 1982, and is still the only large reservoir project in Nepal. Photos: NT ARCHIVEA rapidly warming atmosphere is…
When the only ambulance in Diprung Chuichumma could not attend to all the emergencies, Chair Bhupendra Rai himself drove the infected to health…
Photo: IVAN RADIC/FLICKRNepalis with battery-operated vehicles can now install a separate household meter to charge their vehicles as part of a…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIOn Thursday morning, Nepali Times photographer Amit Machamasi was greeted with a shocking sight when he drove up to…
Household electricity consumption with the onset of winter, dedicated supply to industries and increase in electric vehicles is fuelling demand…
T he Electricity Grid Modernisation Project that was signed between the Asian Development Bank and the Ministry of Finance in November 2020 has…
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/ NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESNepal could lose Rs142 billion a year in wasted surplus energy if the Millennium Challenge Corporation…
The south face of Mt Gauri Shankar (7,134m) on the border between Nepal and China is bare rock, and shows how dramatically the snowline has…
Youth staged a demonstration protesting the US-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIFor…
Photo: KUNDA DIXITClimate change, pollution, and lack of infrastructure restrict water access in Nepal. Madhav Belbase, retired Secretary of the…
Exploring Nepal’s largest river during a destructive monsoon
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRINepal's prolonged political deadlock has not just affected the country’s response to Covid-19, it has also delayed…
Reservoir pond of the Pharping hydropower project 12 km south of Kathmandu Valley. Photo: ASMIT RAJBHANDARIIt was 6:30pm on 22 May 1911, and the…
A combination of low river flow, high winter power demand and old-fashioned mismanagement have meant that Nepalis are once more suffering from…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIAn indication of the kleptocracy we live in is that an honest government official who performs well is regarded as…
The Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising, who is largely credited with ending Nepal’s ruinous daily power…
Kulman Ghising, the man widely credited with ending daily 14 hours of power cuts is due to step down next month after four years as head of the…
Whether you see the glass as half empty or half full, it is time to take action and move ahead
Nepal’s demand for electricity has decreased dramatically since the country went into lockdown on 24 March in response to the COVID-19…
