On 4 and 5 June, we had the opportunity to attend the 4th Conference of the South Asia Women in the Power Sector Professional Network (WePOWER), held in Negombo, Sri Lanka. The conference brought together around 150 women professionals working in the energy sector from across South Asia. It was organized by WePOWER with the support of the World Bank and ESMAP.
Marking a historic milestone in Nepal's clean energy transition, Butwal Power Company Limited (BPC) has officially inaugurated its 50 kW Green Hydrogen Pilot Project at Darimchaur, Pyuthan. The initiative represents the country's first practical step toward exploring green hydrogen as a sustainable, low-carbon energy solution.
Nepal's energy sector has come a long way—from chronic load shedding to an emerging electricity-surplus economy with growing export potential. Installed capacity has expanded rapidly, private investment has transformed hydropower development, and cross-border electricity trade has opened new opportunities.
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 ...
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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...