Kathmandu: The OPEC oil cartel said there was no "single solution" to the energy transition as pressure grows to agree a phase-out of fossil fuels at the COP28 climate talks.
"There is no single solution or path to achieve a sustainable energy future," said a speec...}
Kathmandu: Let’s picture a hypothetical situation. The year is 2050, and Nepal generates 100 percent energy from hydropower. Nepalis cook food on electric stoves, commute to work by electric vehicles, and industries run day and night on hydroelectricity. However, the same year sees an ext...}
On 23 June 2022, the import of 100 megawatts (MW) of hydropower from Laos to Singapore through Thailand and Malaysia was hailed as a historic milestone. Part of a pilot project known as the Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP), this event represented Sin...}
The government is working to revise the law to allow the private sector to engage in electricity trade, after its earlier attempt to give such permission through an electricity transmission directive and a new set of guidelines failed.
The Electricity Act-1992 does not allow the private...}
The launch of India’s Union Budget, when the finance minister takes the stage carrying her iconic red bag containing the government’s plan for the year, is not just a must-watch for those working in finance. It lays out the country’s priorities for the year ahead in all sector...}
Kathmandu: Minister for Energy Pampha Bhusal has said Nepal needs financial and technical assistance for implementing innovative and cost effective approaches for scaling up the clean energy projects in the country for climate change mitigation and adaptation while ensuring just and inclusive energy...}
On January 2, 2022, massive protests erupted throughout Kazakhstan, initially over the price of liquefied petroleum gas. The government had abruptly stopped subsidies, dramatically increasing the price for consumers. These protests, triggered by issue in Kazakhstan’s energy sector, have r...}
Stakeholders have emphasised the importance of adopting energy-efficient appliances to reduce the cost of production and make the country’s economy competitive. They said enhancing energy efficiency was like generating power and urged one and all to focus on using energy-efficient technologies...}
Nepal until 2017 was power-starved, facing outages up to 18 hours a day. The country now has surplus energy, but it does not have a concrete plan to export power. As a result, between 200MW and 600MW of electricity is being wasted daily during different times.
An estimated 800MW of electrici...}
Pakistan-What the renowned American hydro expert David Lilienthal wrote in 1951 holds true even today: “No armies with bombs and shellfire could divest a land so thoroughly as Pakistan could be devastated by the simple expedient of India’s permanently shutting up the source of water that...}