A micro-hydro project supported by WWF’s Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) Programme brings electricity to the local inhabitants of western Nepal. Butwal, Nepal – A micro-hydro project supported by WWF’s ...

Nepali hydropower industry is poised to play a bigger role in Nepal’s energy transition to meet its 2045 net zero target. Nepal Hydropower Association (NHA) last month hosted a ‘Made in Nepal’ booth ...

Several devastating floods and landslides hit Nepal during this year’s monsoon season. The most recent occurred in late September, affecting millions of people, causing widespread loss of life, and ...

Nepal, May 14 -- The ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)-led government has unveiled an ambitious energy roadmap aimed at transforming Nepal into a regional electricity powerhouse, targeting 15,000 ...

KATHMANDU, May 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - C ompetition over Nepal's mountain hydropower potential is intensifying with India moving ahead of China in a geopolitical tussle that several analysts ...

Upon completion, which is scheduled for 2026, Upper Trishuli 1 is expected to generate up to 1,456 GWh of electricity per year, thus increasing the country’s total power generation by about 20%. The ...

Nepal’s private hydropower developers await the full text of a Supreme Court verdict that will decide the fate of infrastructure, such as dams and transmission lines, inside the nation’s natural ...

Kathmandu, May 7 -- Prolonged delays in approving initial public offerings (IPOs) have disrupted capital mobilisation plans ...

Next week the Supreme Court of Nepal will hear a case focused on whether to move forward with construction of hydropower dams on the Karnali River, the country’s last major river that remains undammed ...

Bir Bahadur Ghale is a pioneer in the micro/mini hydropower sector in Nepal. As a micro-hydro entrepreneur, he started his first Micro Hydropower (MHP) plant in Barpak (Gorkha District) which ...