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Articles tagged with #hydroelectricity
Pump water, store energy
Rethinking future energy development in Nepal by combining solar and hydro energy
Rivers be dammed
Nepal struggles to balance energy and water needs with dams that damage livelihoods and ecosystems
Cleaner air, longer lives
Air pollution is reducing the lifespan of Nepalis, and we know how to clean it up
Geopolitics of Nepal’s rivers
India edges China out of Nepal’s river projects as water becomes a strategic commodity
Nepal’s energy policy in 2023 and beyond
A shift to clean energy is long overdue in Nepal, not so much to save the planet but to save our economy
MCC gets green light in Nepal
Photo:RSSFive years after Nepal signed the US-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact in 2017, Parliament on Sunday finally…
Nepal backs EVs to boost hydro-electricity uptake
Photo: IVAN RADIC/FLICKRNepalis with battery-operated vehicles can now install a separate household meter to charge their vehicles as part of a…
The cost of no MCC
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/ NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESNepal could lose Rs142 billion a year in wasted surplus energy if the Millennium Challenge Corporation…
Challenge of the millennium
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/ NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESThe most tangible collateral damage of Nepal’s chronic political instability is going to be the effort…
The Kosi’s sorrow, and scope
Exploring Nepal’s largest river during a destructive monsoon
Nepal’s 1st hydroelectric plant is a museum piece
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…
Power cuts are back in Nepal
A combination of low river flow, high winter power demand and old-fashioned mismanagement have meant that Nepalis are once more suffering from…
Stop complaining, start contributing
Whether you see the glass as half empty or half full, it is time to take action and move ahead
Nepal hydroelectricity sector gets COVID-19 shock
Already affected by years of construction delays, the expected increase in Nepal’s hydroelectricity generation capacity is now going to be…
Mustering the energy to save
Every watt of electricity saved is twice the power generated