Kathmandu: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, has announced that the government is considering providing a two percent allotment of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) from hydropower project developer companies for serving security personnel.
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Kathmandu: Nepal will require an estimated investment of approximately Rs 390.62 billion for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of energy sector infrastructure damaged by the devastating floods that struck the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers on August 26.
Briefing the House of Representatives...}
Kathmandu: With more than 400 MW of hydropower capacity wiped out by the Rasuwa floods, the Nepal Electricity Authority has formed a committee to devise measures to manage winter electricity demand and avert possible load-shedding.
According to the NEA, the formation of the task force is a part o...}
Kathmandu: The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Nepal has progressed on installation of transmission line along Ratmata-New Damauli stretch with expediting distribution of compensation and damages to affected landowners.
According to the MCA-Nepal, a total compensation worth Rs 103.38 million o...}
Kathmandu: Renewable power capacity of 690 gigawatts were added in world renewable energy stream in 2025, with the total global installed renewable capacity reached 5.15 terawatts at the end of 2025.
Reuters, an international media, has reported despite an increased capacity of renewable energy...}
Kathmandu: The Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC), in a bid to relieve students residing temporarily in the Kathmandu Valley from supply disruption of cooking gas, is providing electric stoves to 300 students free of costs.
Issuing a public notice on September 19, the AEPC called on...}
Kathmandu: The Lalbandi-Salempur 132 kV double-circuit transmission line and 132/33/11 kV Chainpur substation in Sarlahi district have officially come into operation.
The newly installed transmission line extends from the Nawalpur substation in Lalbandi Municipality-1, Sarlahi, to Chainpur in Ch...}
Kathmandu: Pashupati Renewables Limited through its fourth Annual General Meeting (AGM) has decided to distribute a 10.34 percent cash dividend to its shareholders.
The company successfully concluded with its AGM with the representation of over 95.66 percent of its shareholders. In addition, the...}
Kathmandu: Bodies of 39 employees have been recovered at under construction 216-megawatt Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project hit by the devastating flood in Bhotekoshi-Trishuli rivers in Rasuwa on August 26.
The project promoter Nepal Water and Energy Development Company confirmed the number of d...}
Kathmandu: The Damauli-Bharatpur 220 kV transmission line under the 140 MW Tanahun Hydropower Project has witnessed 78 percent work progress as the project is expected to expedite the construction with recently received approval for cutting trees from 17 community forests.
According to Project Ch...}