Nepal is blessed with enormous natural water resources that comes by the Himalayan glaciers and countless river sources, the country is regarded one of the most hydrologically rich regions in the global world. Studies recommend that Nepal has a hydropower potentiality of more than 73,000 MW capacities, with around 43,000 MW being technically sound and economically feasible.
The awareness of the effects of climate change was further advanced at the second World Climate Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 29 October to 7 November 1990. The conference stated that climate change was a global problem for which an international response is required. The 1992 General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, emphasized the urgency of immediate international action on the environment, including climate change.
Oil, gas and hydrocarbons will continue to play the crucial role in the development of the global economy and in ensuring the well-being of nearly all countries for a long time to come, for many decades Q:We believe that oil is an instrument of political manipulation. The largest ever energy crisis of 1973 was ...
24 October, 2024With a growing call for introducing measures to tackle the challenges of climate change including global warming, the concern for the alternative energy has been raised to switch to green energy from traditional energy sources. The key pillars of...
18 April, 2024Odd Hoftun was born in an engineering family, in Norway, in the late 1920s. He grew up around a power plant which his father operated. He had early exposure to power plants and was aware of the multiple positive impacts they could have on rural communities. Norway was a poor and devastated country in the aftermath of the Second World War. Odd was witness to how...