Most societies in the world are male-dominated, where women are often treated as second-class citizens. This system is deeply rooted in South Asia, and Nepal is one of the countries where women have long been dominated in almost all aspects of life. Therefore, to bring gender equality in any society, feminist activities are essential.
Under Urja Khabar's weekly informative series "Urja Gyaan" featured every Friday, this week we bring to you information on bioenergy and rural electrification. Last week, in the previous edition, we covered the subject matter of "Wind Energy, Its Importance and Development Challenges."
The Nepal Water and Energy Development Company (NWEDC), the promoter of the 216 MW Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project. The NWEDC is sponsored by the Korean state-owned utility company KOEN as the main shareholder—has donated an ambulance to the project-affected Uttargaya Rural Municipality (URM).
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...