Tag: #petroleum imports
Articles tagged with #petroleum imports
Rev your car (and charge it, too)
Hybrids re-emerge as the ideal compromise between EV and petrol
Nepal turns on the electric switch
The country is very close to generating enough electricity to replace petroleum imports
Ukraine crisis hits Nepal economy hard
Illustration: RABINDRAOn 8 March, international crude oil prices hit a record $139 per barrel due to the Ukraine crisis — nearly double the…
Happy New Air
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIOn Thursday morning, Nepali Times photographer Amit Machamasi was greeted with a shocking sight when he drove up to…
Blood, sweat, tears
Nepal’s economy has hit the iceberg, but you wouldn’t know it from the politicians fighting it out on the deck. A serial prime minister cannot…
The road to electric transportation in Nepal
In 1911, Nepal became the second country in Asia to install a hydroelectric plant, and was a pioneer in electric transportation with the opening…
Some silver linings
It has become a cliché to say that every crisis comes with opportunities. But that does not mean it is not true. It is up to us to grab that…
More than half of Nepal’s electricity imported from India
Naya Patrika, 14 JanuaryNepal imported 653MW electricity from India on Friday, the biggest amount so far since the country ended powercuts three…
From a fossil past to an electric future
PIPE DREAM: Part of a 69km petroleum pipeline connecting Amlekhganj in Nepal to an oil refinery in India, under construction in Patlaiya. The…