Nepal has been dealing with a number of environmental problems in the last few years because of rapid urbanisation, industrialisation and climate change. Because of this, there is a growing need for sustainable development projects that can protect the environment and give young people in the country jobs.
Energy security is often discussed as a quick choice where one option is selected and the discussion moves on. Storage hydropower, pumped storage and solar with battery storage are often presented as competing answers, but Nepal’s power system is not that simple.
For years, Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) have been at the center of Nepal’s political noise. Heated debates, ministerial committees, and policy reversals have all circled around one question: should Nepal sign more PPAs?
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...