Beijing has decided to halt the construction of the Rasuwa dry port at the northern border point after a flash flood in July destroyed more than 90 percent of the under-construction facility. Officials privy to the matter say Beijing has not elaborated on the reason for the halt. “The Chinese government wrote to the Ministry...
Bangladesh will import an additional 20 megawatts of electricity from Nepal, taking the total to 60 megawatts. The agreement was reached during the 7th Nepal-Bangladesh Energy Secretary-level Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meeting held in Dhaka on Thursday. The meeting was co-chaired by Nepal’s Energy Secretary Chiranjeevi Chataut and Farzana Momtaz, secretary at the Ministry of...
Kathmandu: Officials of Nepal and India have agreed to enhance cross-border electricity exchange and strengthen transmission infrastructure by expediting work on several existing and planned transmission line projects. During the 17th meeting of the Joint Technical Team (JTT) under the energy (power) ministries of both countries, held in the western tourist city of Pokhara on...
Nepal and India on Wednesday signed a joint venture and shareholder agreement to construct two 400 kV cross-border transmission lines aimed at expanding electricity trade between the two countries. The proposed projects include the Inaruwa (Nepal)–New Purnea (India) 400 kV double-circuit transmission line and the Lamki (Dodhara, Nepal)–Bareilly (India) 400 kV double-circuit transmission line. Officials...
Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Kulman Ghising, met with India’s Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal, in New Delhi on Wednesday to discuss ways to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in the power sector. The two ministers held strategic talks on advancing regional grid connectivity, enhancing cross-border electricity trade, and...
The Rasuwagadhi customs point has remained closed for three months after a flood in the Lhendhe River on July 9 washed away the bridge connecting Nepal and China. Construction of a new Bailey bridge over the river is still incomplete, and the Rasuwagadhi–Syabrubesi road remains blocked, keeping Nepal’s key northern trade route shut. According to...
सन् २०२५ अगस्ट २१ मा चीनको राष्ट्रिय ऊर्जा प्रशासनद्वारा प्रकाशित तथ्यांकअनुसार जुलाईमा चीनको कुल विद्युत् खपत १० खर्ब २२ अर्ब ६ करोड किलोवाट घण्टा पुगेको छ, जुन अघिल्लो वर्षको तुलनामा ८.६ प्रतिशतले वृद्धि भएको हो। चीनको मासिक विद्युत् खपत १० खर्ब किलोवाट घण्टा नाघेको यो पहिलो घटना हो। साथै, कुनै देशको मासिक विद्युत् खपत १०...
१० असोज, काठमाडौं । ऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा सिँचाइमन्त्री कुलमान घिसिङ र नेपालका लागि युरोपेली संघका राजदूत भेरोनिक लोरेन्जोबीच शिष्टाचार भेटवार्ता भएको छ । सिंहदरबारस्थित ऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा सिँचाइ मन्त्रालयमा भएको भेटमा मन्त्री घिसिङलाई राजदूत भेरोनिक लोरेन्जाले युरोपेली संघकातर्फबाट बधाई दिनुकासाथै सफल कार्यकालको शुभकामना व्यक्त गरेकी छिन् । नेपालको ऊर्जा क्षेत्रमा सहयोग उपलब्ध गराउँदै आएको युरोपेली...
मिलेनियम च्यालेञ्ज एकाउन्ट नेपाल विकास समिति (एमसिए–नेपाल) ले एमसीसी नेपाल कम्प्याक्टको विद्युत् प्रसारण आयोजना अन्तर्गत निर्माण गरिने विद्युत् प्रसारण लाइनको ११७ किमि खण्डको निर्माण सम्झौता गरेको छ । यो सम्झौतासँगै एमसीसी नेपाल कम्प्याक्ट अन्तर्गत निर्माण गर्न लागिएको ३१५ किमि विद्युत् प्रसारण लाइन निर्माणसम्बन्धी सम्पूर्ण सम्झौता सम्पन्न भएको छ । कम्प्याक्ट कार्यान्वयनका सन्दर्भमा यो महत्त्वपूर्ण रहेको...
KATHMANDU, Aug 12: The Government of India has agreed to purchase an additional 200 megawatts (MW) of electricity generated from five different hydropower projects in Nepal. With this agreement, Nepal’s total export capacity to India has reached 1,010.9 MW, combining the previously authorized 810.9 MW and the newly added 200 MW. Including the 40 MW...