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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…
Asian Development Bank Loan received
T he Electricity Grid Modernisation Project that was signed between the Asian Development Bank and the Ministry of Finance in November 2020 has…
Nepal’s precious electricity going waste
Photo: KUNDA DIXITWhile almost 10% of the Nepali population continues to live without power, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has begun to…
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…
Transformer Man
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIAn indication of the kleptocracy we live in is that an honest government official who performs well is regarded as…
Kulman Ghising to stay on
The Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising, who is largely credited with ending Nepal’s ruinous daily power…
Kulman Ghising’s tenure at NEA in doubt
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…
Nepal power glut with COVID-19 shutdown
Nepal’s demand for electricity has decreased dramatically since the country went into lockdown on 24 March in response to the COVID-19…
The cost of light
Photo: KUNDA DIXITNext week as Nepalis celebrate Tihar, the festival of lights, few will remember that it will mark the second anniversary of…
Climate Climax
Catroon: DIWAKAR CHETTRIForget the horror movies, no more science fiction, stop watching post-apocalyptic Hollywood. We have the real thing…
Bijuli ko tar, tar, tar ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6_B5u5U7W4The jumble of wires above Kathmandu’s streets may be an eyesore for residents, but they have become…