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Bhotekoshi power house resumes production (nn 01/07/2009)

Biggest hydropower project in limbo (nn 01/07/2009)

Plan to illuminate Rukum stuck (kp 30/06/2009)

Arun Valley IPO oversubscribed (ht 28/06/2009)

Contractor threatens to stop power generation: Mid-Marsyangdi Hydropower Project (kp 25/06/2009)

Project ownership must for development: Lessons learnt the hard way, by Arjun Bhandari (ht 25/06/2009)

Good response to Arun Valley IPO (ht 25/06/2009)

Govt panels to monitor West Seti (kp 25/06/2009)

Employees threaten to shut Khimti (ht 24/06/2009)

Bid to speed up construction (kp 24/06/2009)

IPPAN calls for tax reforms (kp 24/06/2009)

Licence issuance shoddy (kp 20/06/2009)

WB gives $89m to ease energy crisis (kp 20/06/2009)

Labour trouble hits Khimti hydro power project (ht 20/06/2009)

Problems galore to follow Water ministry split, by Pragati Shahi (kp 19/06/2009)

Two Kulekhani units shut for maintenance (ht 18/06/2009)

Turks eye hydropower (kp 18/06/2009)

SC stays Chilime hydel's IPO (nn 14/06/2009), SC stays Chilime IPO (kp 15/06/2009), Local folks padlock Chilime plant office (kp 16/06/2009), Chilime hydropower project faces locals’ wrath (ht 16/06/2009), Chilime: Demands galore (kp 24/06/2009)

Time to break free, by Rabindra Nepal (rep 13/06/2009)

Govt to invite bids for 7 hydel projects (kp 10/06/2009)

Local demands imperil power projects, by Pragati Shahi (kp 09/06/2009)

New system to reduce outage? (kp 07/06/2009)

Govt, ADB panel for West Seti (kp 06/06/2009)

Let the sun shine in: Going solar doesn't just make ecological sense, it also makes economic sense, by Shradha Basnyat (nt 05/06/2009)

The perfect synergy, by Prabesh Paudyal (kp 03/06/2009)

Kulekhani increases power generation by 38 per cent (ht 02/06/2009)

Outage hrs cut (kp 01/06/2009), Power outage halved to 4 hours daily (rn 01/06/2009)

Power cut to come down (kp 16/05/2009)

Local groups seek pvt sector help for hydropower projects (ht 15/05/2009)

Micro-hydro deal signed to generate 150 MW electricity (rn 14/05/2009), PPP MoU signed for micro hydro (kp 14/05/2009)

Dams in foothills can ease power crunch: Experts, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 14/05/2009)

End Reluctance To Achieve Goal, by Sudheer Raj Sharma Dhakal (rn 14/05/2009)

Valley gets respite from power cuts (ht 13/05/2009)

NEA gets Kawasoti substation (kp 08/05/2009), Japan lends a helping hand to construct Kawasoti substation (ht 08/05/2009)

Life after dark: With or without lights, life goes on in Kathmandu's gallis, by Chong Zi Liang (nt 08/05/2009)

Bhote Koshi hydro operating partially (kp 07/05/2009)

‘NEA won’t budge on demand fee’, by Bed Raj Poudel (kp 06/05/2009)

Power woes plague Jhapa (ht 06/05/2009)

Watered down: Federalism will hinder optimal exploitation of water resources, by Ratna Sansar Shrestha (nt 01/05/2009)

Hydro power project under fire (ht 29/04/2009), Hydel project construction halted, by Suryamani Gautam (ht 30/04/2009)

Plan to build hydel projects sans donors, by Pragati Shahi (kp 29/04/2009)

Hearing on Arun III begins, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 28/04/2009)

Hydel convention kicks off (ht 26/04/2009), Govt assures to iron out hurdles to woo more FDI (rn 26/04/2009), Funds inadequate to tap hydro potential: Guv (ht 27/04/2009), Commercial banks not capable of investing in big hydel projects: NRB Gov (nn 27/04/2009)

Power outage goes down in eastern Nepal (ht 25/04/2009)

India halts power supply deal, by Akanshya Shah (rep 24/04/2009)

CFL drive to kick off in July (ht 23/04/2009)

Locals hold up NEA venture, by Mudita Bajracharya ht 18/04/2009)

Believe it or not, Manang has to cope with power surplus (rn 18/04/2009)

Load shedding hours reduced (nn 17/04/2009), Power-cut down to 12-hr-day (kp 18/04/2009)

VDC boasts of 11 hydropower projects (ht 16/04/2009)

Power producers for re-adjusting rates (ht 15/04/2009)

Mid-Marsyangdi running to full capacity (ht 14/04/2009), Mid-Marsyangdi to operate in full capacity (rn 14/04/2009), Mid-Marshyangdi starts production in its full capacity (nn 14/04/2009)

Upper Karnali project hits a snag, by Puskar Thapa (ht 14/04/2009)

Partial closure (ht 14/04/2009)

Sajiban, best alternative for fossil fuel: Experts, by Sangam Prasain (rn 12/04/2009)

Entrepreneurs demand uninterrupted power 12/6 (kp 11/04/2009)

Sunlight to feed national grid (kp 09/04/2009)

NEA to apply electricity balm, by Pragati Shahi (kp 08/04/2009)

Kulekhani starts storing water (rn 08/04/2009)

Norway to help in hydro plan (kp 06/04/2009), FNCCI to start rural hydropower projects (ht 06/04/2009), FNCCI to build hydro projects (nn 06/04/2009)

Sajeevan: Sources Of Green Energy, by Rajesh Man KC (rn 05/04/2009)

Nepal-India JV to tap wind power (kp 04/04/2009), Windmills bring new rays of hope: Bills to be 50% less than NEA’s (rn 04/04/2009)

Power plant hamstrung by furnace oil shortage (kp 04/04/2009)

Ruination of the West Seti Dam Project, by A.B. Thapa (sp 03/04/2009)

Harassed GMR asks govt to douse trouble flames (kp 03/04/2009), Opposition to power project draws govt's attention (ht 03/04/2009)

Green energy policy pledge (kp 02/04/2009)

Rainfall may bring power outage relief (kp 01/04/2009)

India again offers to sell electricity to Nepal (nn 01/04/2009), India offers to export electricity to Nepal (Times of India 02/04/2009), India offers help to address power woes in Nepal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (Asian Tribune 02/04/2009)

Nepal, Norway ink MoU: Peace, power to get a boost (kp 31/03/2009), Norway commits to hydropower development, by Arjun Bhandari (ht 31/03/2009), Hydro-investment sought, by Gopal Khanal (kp 01/04/2009)

Load Shedding: O' My Darling! Nepalese are dancing to the tune of the load shedding, 16 hours a day, by Bhuwan Thapaliya (Ohmy News 31/03/2009)

Govt’s energy target to cost Rs 1.5 trillion (ht 30/03/2009), 10,000 MW power generation to cost Rs. 20 bn (tn 30/03/2009), 10,000 MW power generation to cost $250 mln (Xinhua 30/03/2009)

Load-shedding to haunt till 2019, report says (rn 30/03/2009), Report: Nepal's power load shedding to haunt till 2019 (Xinhua 30/03/2009)

Norway eyes Khimti project (kp 29/03/2009)

Agreement to set up mini hydro plants (kp 29/03/2009)

Private firm to launch wind power project (ht 29/03/2009)

Hydel projects light Bajura, by Arjun Shah (kp 27/03/2009)

Concern about uncertain investment climate, interview with Nadia Sood (nt 27/03/2009)

Marshyangdi contributes to power woes, by Prem KumariGhale (kp 26/03/2009)

NEA plans North-South power lines within 10 yrs (ht 26/03/2009)

Boost to power in dark times (ht 25/03/2009)

Korean firm finds power prospect in Valley's waste, by Mudita Bajracharya (ht 25/03/2009)

Tall Indian offer on power supply, by Pragati Shahi (kp 24/03/2009), India proposes to sell 500 MW electricity to Nepal (nn 24/03/2009), PM takes up power purchase issue with Indian envoy (nn 26/03/2009)

Power outage hours increase (kp 21/03/2009)

Maybe, an energizer (ht 20/03/2009)

Solar energy subsidy to reduce power woes (ht 19/03/2009)

Govt pledges money to build diesel plants (kp 18/03/2009), Govt urged to rev up diesel plant (kp 19/03/2009)

Govt likely to divert unused budget to energy projects (ht 18/03/2009)

Govt plans to import 500 MW electricity from India, says PM (nn 17/03/2009) [This does not sound reasonable because India herself has power shortage in several regions!], Govt mulling 500 MW power deal with India (rn 18/03/2009)

Supply or not, NEA charges demand fee (kp 16/03/2009)

New contractor for Upper Tamakoshi (ht 16/03/2009), Road hope for Tamakoshi, by Balkrishna Basnet and Rajendra Manandhar (kp 18/03/2009)

Woes aplenty as load-shedding refuses to go down (nn 16/03/2009)

Pledge to ease power crisis (kp 15/03/2009)

Call to ease legal hassles in hyropower development (ht 15/03/2009)

Locals seek govt’s stance on Upper Karnali hydropower (rn 15/03/2009)

Yadav asks German support in hydro power (rn 13/03/2009)

Lower Modi hydel project on anvil (ht 09/03/2009)

Solar power, by Dominik von Bohlen (kp 08/03/2009), Power cut boosts demand for solar source of energy, by Shivani RL Rana (ht 13/03/2009)

Khudi hydel project bags int’l award (kp 07/03/2009)

Private sector willing to run multi-fuel plant, by Binod Bhandari (kp 07/03/2009)

Nepal mulls power import from Delhi, by Pragati Sahi (kp 05/03/2009), NEA set to import 30-MW from India (kp 07/03/2009), Nepal-India water talks hit a high note on Day 1, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 13/03/2009)

Hydro projects to face anti-graft body music (kp 05/03/2009)

Minister's innovative call to save energy (ht 04/03/2009)

India proposes formation of Pancheshwar Development Authority (nn 03/03/2009)

Rukum's electrification scheme behind deadline (ht 02/03/2009)

Darker Days Ahead! (rn 28/02/2009)

Bhotekoshi to be shut till April (ht 28/02/2009), Bhote Koshi shuts down (kp 05/03/2009), Bhote Koshi to come into operation after 3 months (nn 05/03/2009)

Kulekhani water level at its lowest: Officials, by Pragati Shahi (kp 27/02/2009)

A strategic hydropower plan, interview with Jenik Radon (nt 27/02/2009)

Switching strategies, by Ashish Subedi (kp 26/02/2009)

Norway interested to help in hydropower (rn 25/02/2009)

Power cut hurts Safa Tempos (ht 25/02/2009)

Power relief likely as deck cleared for 60-MW (kp 24/02/2009), Harassed industrialists give ultimatum (kp 26/02/2009), Nepal starts importing electricity (nn 26/02/2009), NEA team to India (kp 27/02/2009)

Beema Samiti retards hydel project, by Kuber Chalise (ht 23/02/2009)

Kulekhani hydro-power project on the verge of closing (nn 23/02/2009), Kulekhani faces closure, by Pratap Bista (kp 26/02/2009)

Wind energy machine demo (ht 22/02/2009)

Man self-funds hydel project (ht 21/02/2009)

Producing 150 MW not tough: Investors (kp 21/02/2009)

No end in sight to power outage (kp 20/02/2009), No respite from load shedding (nn 20/02/2009)

House seeks clarification: Mid-Marshyangdi irregularities (kp 19/02/2009)

The dam treaties, by Ratan Bhandari (kp 19/02/2009)

Nepali labour halt work at Kulekhani III (kp 19/02/2009)

Industrial areas in east blessed with 24-hr electricity (rn 18/02/2009)

Upgradation cost down, by Pragati Shahi (kp 17/02/2009)

Rural folks light up electricity scheme (ht 16/02/2009)

The road to 10,000 MW, by Peeyush Tiwari (kp 14/02/2009)

Humla hydel project yet to see light of day (kp 13/02/2009)

Country's largest factory closed (ht 13/02/2009)

‘Energy revolution’ to rid Nepal from power crisis: Environment minister (nn 13/02/2009)

Baglung NEA office padlocked (ht 12/02/2009)

Bid to promote alternative energy (kp 11/02/2009), Alternative energy exhibition in offing (ht 11/02/2009)

Melamchi villagers shut Indrawati IV (kp 10/02/2009), Hydel project resumes op (ht 12/02/2009)

National capital will power Tamakoshi: Minister (kp 09/02/2009)

Outage hits forensic lab work (ht 09/02/2009)

Govt open to suggestions to address power outage woes (ht 09/02/2009)

Industrialists claim govt can end load shedding if it wants (nn 08/02/2009) [??]

Load-shedding to be reduced by half 'soon' (nn 08/02/2009), Country may get outage respite (kp 09/02/2009), Power cuts to go down 5 hrs by February-end (rn 09/02/2009)

45-MW lifeline for the eastern region from mid-February, by Shekhar Regmi (ht 07/01/2009)

Dry winter takes a toll: Power outage could increase (kp 07/02/2009), Two power houses stop production; power outage might increase (nn 07/02/2009)

Japan aid for Seti hydel sought (kp 06/02/2009)

Feeder line feeds industries power (kp 05/02/2009)

Ruminating Over Dark, by Bikram Singh (rn 05/02/2009)

Korean company writes to NEA: Chameliya cost can come down (kp 04/02/2009)

Powerhouse lockout (kp 03/02/2009), Private power firm faces wrath of the powerless (ht 03/02/2009)

Clamour for regular power (kp 02/02/2009)

Parliamentary sub-committee formed to probe Mid-Marshyangdi scam (nn 01/02/2009), Panel to probe project delay: Mid-Marsyangdi under scanner (ht 02/02/2009), PAC to probe Marshyangdi delay (kp 02/02/2009)

Rural Baglung enjoy 24-hr power supply, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 31/01/2009)

NEA chief in the line of fire for power woes (ht 31/01/2009)

Power cut to reduce to 12 hrs a day soon (kp 30/01/2009)

Electricity price hike in the offing (nn 30/01/2009)

No To Bhutan’s Energy Development Model, by Rabin Subedi (rn 30/01/2009)

Hydro project activities to resume (kp 30/01/2009)

Rs 3 billion to generate 147 MW, by Pragati Shahi (kp 28/01/2009)

West Seti locals sore over contractor’s acts (rn 28/01/2009)

New guidelines in place for 100 MW hydel project licences: Promoters'financial,technical strengths to count (ht 26/01/2009)

ADB mission in Kathmandu to discuss hydro projects (nn 26/01/2009)

Move to generate bio-gas thru waste, by Mudita Bajracharya (ht 25/01/2009)

Grappling with darkness, by Mahabir Paudyal (kp 25/01/2009)

Power conference nod to 13-point programme (ht 24/01/2009)

Asian Development Banbk must rethink, by A.B. Thapa (sp 23/01/2009)

Bright ideas, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (kp 23/01/2009)

Power cuts down to 14-hrs a day, by Pragati Shahi (kp 23/01/2009), Marginal respite from power woes (ht 23/01/2009), Ray of hope (kp 24/01/2009)

‘Local agents’ behind tardy hydropower development: Parties accused of lacking political will (kp 23/01/2009)

Licenses of 12 hydro projects scrapped: Recalcitrant promoters pulled up (ht 22/01/2009)

Study on hydel potential soon (ht 22/01/2009)

Govt preparing to amend Electricity Act (kp 21/01/2009)

Palpa traders protest outage (kp 21/01/2009)

Govt comes up with new grant policy (nn 21/01/2009)

Investment in hydropower plummeting: Mahat (rn 20/01/2009)

Extended load-shedding, by Ajit N S Thapa (ht 19/01/2009)

Govt to ban heaters, AC and refrigerators (ht 19/01/2009)

Hadikhola hydel to produce power soon (nn 19/01/2009)

Thermal plant plan shelved, by Pragati Shahi (kp 17/01/2009)

Panel urges safety for hydel projects (ht 17/01/2009)

Load shedding: Life Without Light, by Keshab Poudel (sp 16/01/2009)

Outage timing will be cut by half, says PM (kp 16/01/2009), Respite from power crisis not near: Experts (kp 17/01/2009), Seven-party nod to lessen power woes (ht 17/01/2009) [And how shall this happen? Such politics should have been started by the NC governments of the 1990s!!]

Sudden relief from power-cuts (ht 16/01/2009), Load-shedding hours reduced (rn 16/01/2009)

No power cut in two Syangja VDCs, by Bhawani Adhikari (ht 16/01/2009)

Protest over power cuts in Kathmandu (Gulf Times 16/01/2009)

Jatropha farming awaits cabinet nod (kp 15/01/2009)

Marshyangdi generating only 35 MW (kp 15/01/2009)

Lead kindly light, by Rabindra Nepal (kp 15/01/2009)

Power outage causing mobile network failure (ht 15/01/2009)

Relief from power cut likely (kp 14/01/2009), Power-cuts to come down ‘in week’ (ht 15/01/2009)

Door-to-door drive to promote CFLs put off (ht 14/01/2009)

Major power cuts cause unrest in Nepal, by Paul Anstiss (Radio Netherlands 14/01/2009)

Power hope for private hospitals (kp 14/01/2009)

Sunsari journos to fight power cut (rn 14/02/1009)

Power outage bleeds industries white (ht 14/01/2009)

Outage takes toll on water supply (kp 13/01/2009)

FM stations cut short transmission (kp 13/01/2009)

Safa tempos bear brunt of power cuts, by Eliza Tuladhar (ht 13/01/2009), Load shedding hits eco-friendly tempos (kp 14/01/2009), EVs might stop running (ht 14/01/2009)

NMA seeks end to power cuts (ht 13/01/2009)

Current issues, by Deepak Raj Adhikari (kp 13/01/2009)

PM's fiat to cut power outages (ht 12/01/2009)

Solar device gains at outage's expense: Alternative energy apparatus in demand,thanks to load-shedding (ht 12/01/2009), Experts moot solar energy to redress power woes (ht 14/01/2009)

Karnali lighting bid falls flat (kp 11/01/2009)

Load shedding Hits students hard, by Amrita Gurung (kp 10/01/2009)

100 MW In 100 Days, by Pradeep K. Tamrakar (rn 10/01/2009)

Report a myth as ‘electrified’ village comes to terms with living in dark, by Binod Thapa (ht 09/01/2009)

16-hr-day power cut to greet nation soon, by Pragati Shahi (kp 08/01/2009), Sixteen hours daily load shedding likely from next week (nn 09/01/2009), Power outage to hit 16 hrs from Sunday, by Pragati Shahi (kp 10/01/2009), 108-hr weekly power cut from Sunday (ht 10/01/2009) [Remember: a week has 168 hours only! Nepal has no chance to survive in this way but the stupid politicians still only fight for their own power and prerogatives!!], Prachanda finds outage scapegoat (ht 10/01/2009) [This is partly true! Responsible are the mainly Nepali Congress led governments of the failed 1990 system!! But the Maoist have also responsibility because of their militant insurgency!!]

Govt asks India to repair Koshi-ravaged towers (kp 08/01/2009)

Reconstruction of electricity poles starts in Sunsari (rn 07/01/2009)

Maiden pilot hydroproject in limbo (ht 04/01/2009)

Student mission to tap wind energy (kp 04/01/2009)

Power crunch forces Jhapa factories up against wall, by Lila Baral (kp 03/01/2009), Power outage hits Jhapa industries hard, by Lila Baral (kp 07/01/2009)

Energy Crisis: Its Impact On The Economy, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 03/01/2009)

Protest halts Chamelia hydel construction, by Rajendra Nath (kp 02/01/2009), Construction of Chameliya hydel project disrupted (rn 04/01/2009)

Draft policy on wind energy to be tabled today (ht 02/01/2009)

West Nepal to see less power outage, by Laxmi Prasad Upadhyaya (rn 02/01/2009), Power import from India gives relief to western Terai (nn 03/01/2009)

New Nepal, Dark Nepal! (rn 02/01/2009), There will be darkness ahead: And you thought 12 hours a day was bad, by Dewan Rai (nt 02/01/2009), Crisis Mode:m As the country braces for 12 hours of load shedding everyday, the government goes on crisis mode (sp 02/01/2009) [The responsibility for this enormous power crisis goes back to the total ignoarnce by the governments of the 1990 system which were mainly led by the Nepali Congress!!], Energy crisis heap of trash from past: PM (rn 03/01/2009)

Quick resolution of present power shortage crisis, by A.B Thapa (sp 02/01/2009)

Power crisis: Changing consumption patterns, by Deepak Raj Adhikari (ht 01/01/2009)

Ten ways to lighten you up on stark, dark days (ht 31/12/2008)

Govt planning to add 145 MW electricity to national grid soon (nn 31/12/2008), Govt to buy 145 MW power from India (rn 01/01/2009), Govt to add 145 MW by mid-March: Outage to top 16 hrs (kp 01/01/2009), 30 MW power import begins today (ht 01/01/2009)

Minister Sah bats for micro hydel projects (kp 31/12/2008)

Their pound of flesh, by Biswo Poudel (kp 31/12/2008)

No power cut at industrial zone, by Rishi Baral (ht 30/12/2008) [related to Pokhara]

Outage kicks safa tempos in teeth, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 29/12/2008), Outage cripples health facilities, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 30/12/2008), Load-shedding woes spawn health crisis: Hospitals limit admission as generators give away, by Merina Sharma (ht 30/12/2008), Power cut hits small businesses, by Amoti Nembang (kp 30/12/2008), NEA lockout hits far-western dailies (ht 31/12/2008), Energy crisis hits economic activities, by Sangam Prasain (rn 31/12/2008), Tourists leaving Pokhara due to lengthy blackouts (kp 01/01/2009)

Protests in the capital as load-shedding woes get worse (nn 29/12/2008)

Tackling power crisis: Focus shifts to micro-hydro (rn 29/12/2008)

One urban household consumes as much energy as 15 rural households (kp 29/12/2008)

Mid-Marsyangdi 70 MW output only in February (ht 28/12/2008)

Two-day meet of micro hydropower producers kicks off (nn 28/12/2008)

Power cuts affect public service delivery, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/12/2008), Citizens march demanding alternative to power outage (kp 27/12/2008)

13-hour-day outage to greet nation, by Pragati Shahi (kp 26/12/2008), Powerless about power woes: 12-hr daily outage from Monday (ht 26/12/2008), Nepal declares power emergency, 14-hour daily outage likely (Times of India 26/12/2008), Nepal imposes severe power cuts (BBC News 26/12/2008)

Govt unveils energy crisis plans (kp 26/12/2008), Govt declares ‘National Power Crisis,’ crisis mitigation plan introduced (rn 26/12/2008)

Upper Karnali development policy killing the goose laying golden eggs for a meagre benefit, by A.B. Thapa (sp 26/12/2008)

Chameliya Hydropower Project: Undue Delay, by Keshab Poudel (sp 26/12/2008)

Green light to thermal plant blueprint (kp 25/12/2008), Power crisis: Diesel plants and other options, by Amrit Nakarmi (ht 25/12/2008), Thermal Debate: PM backs thermal plant to tide over grinding load shedding woes but experts disagree (sp 26/12/2008)

Marshyangdi generating only 4 MW, by Prem Kumari Ghale (kp 25/12/2008)

Private operators find winter power tariffs below par (ht 25/12/2008)

Locals cry for land lost to hydel project, by Baburam Lamichhane (ht 24/12/2008)

Water level in Indra Sarobar drops to record low (rn 23/12/2008)

Power Crisis (rn 23/12/2008)

NEA floats power purchase rate (kp 22/12/2008), NEA changes electricity purchase policy (rn 22/12/2008)

Shedding light, by Shyam K.C. (kp 22/12/2008), Grim reality (ht 22/12/2008)

Threat to halt Arun III project (ht 22/12/2008)

Morang industrialists want idle power plant back in action (kp 22/12/2008)

Snags may shut Kaligandaki: NEA, by Pragati Shahi (kp 21/12/2008)

Hydro sector deal on with Chinese firm (ht 19/12/2008)

Govt declares energy crisis: Thermal plants to generate 200 MW, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 18/12/2008), Installation of thermal power plants okayed (ht 18/12/2008), Thermal plant idea doesn't click: Experts, by Pragati Shahi (kp 19/12/2008), Hasty decision (kp 19/12/2008), 100 MW thermal use to cost 18b annually (kp 20/12/2008), Experts rule out viability of thermal power plants (rn 20/12/2008), Country reeling under power crisis: Nation will collapse sans thermal plants: PM (kp 20/12/2008) [Not the current government is responsible for the failed development but those after 1990 that were mainly led by the Nepali Congress or the monarchy!!], Govt 'in the dark' about diesel plant economics: Pvt sector stands to lose Rs 75 bn (ht 20/12/2008), Mahat raps Maoists on diesel plants issue (kp 21/12/2008), Call to tide over power crisis (kp 21/12/2008), Only 3,000 MW possible in 10 years (kp 21/12/2008)

Ten hours a day of load shedding from today (nn 18/12/2008) [!!!], Power outage hits 63 hours a week (kp 19/12/2008), Power cut to lead to job loss (kp 20/12/2008), Public anger boils over power cut woes (ht 20/12/2008)

NEA’s ‘fake load shedding’ tactic (kp 17/12/2008)

NEA clients start clearing outstanding power bills, by Surendra Kafle (ht 17/12/2008)

Govt working to end power crunch: PM (rn 15/12/2008)

Hydropower Lessons From Bhutan, by T.P. Mishra (rn 13/12/2008)

Power cuts to end soon: FM Bhattarai (kp 12/12/2008), Can Dr Bhattarai walk power cut free nation talk? (ht 12/12/2008)

Mid-Marshyangdi to produce power from Sunday (rn 12/12/2008), Long wait for Marsyangdi ends finally, by Pragati Shahi (kp 14/12/2008), Mid-Marsyangdi launch today, by Ramji Rana (ht 14/12/2008), 70MW Mid-Marshyangdi hydel comes into operation (nn 14/12/2008), Mid–Marshyangdi goes operational: Relief from outage still far away (kp 15/12/2008), Mid-Marsyangdi launch to cut load-shedding hour (ht 15/12/2008), Some Relief (rn 16/12/2008), Relief yet to come (ht 17/12/2008)

Are Nepal and India aiming to kill Kosi High Dam Project?, by A.B. Thapa (sp 12/12/2008)

Committee to shield hydel projects (kp 11/12/2008)

Task force boost to hydropower dream (ht 10/12/2008)

Funds crunch puts paid to alternative energy initiatives (ht 09/12/2008)

Govt woos hydel investors with security promise, interview with Bishnu Poudel (ht 09/12/2008)

Govt to support Arun III (kp 08/12/2008)

Power shortage to stay for 5 more yrs (kp 08/12/2008), Power cut to continue for five more yrs: NEA (rn 08/12/2008)

Villages await funds to light up, by Pragati Shahi (kp 08/12/2008)

Next three years critical for hydropower, interview with Gyanendra Lal Pradhan (kp 07/12/2008)

Rukum folks launch revolution against dark (rn 07/12/2008)

Upper Tamakoshi gets cash boost (kp 06/12/2008), Deal signed for Upper Tamakoshi hydel (ht 06/12/2008)

Taskforce to study power plan’s viability (kp 04/12/2008)

Power cut to last 45 hrs a week (kp 03/12/2008) [see time table for Kathmandu, Pokhara and other places in the area]

Who gives a dam, by Dwarika N. Dhungel (kp 02/12/2008)

Power shortage hits TIA (kp 29/11/2008)

Naumure hydropower project puts 400 households in peril, by Numraj Khanal (kp 27/11/2008)

Entrepreneurs say power cuts will cost Rs 59b (kp 25/11/2008)

Symposium raises 'Vision 2020: Hydropower' hopes (ht 24/11/2008), FNCCI hosting symposium on power development (nn 24/11/2008), Join hands to meet power development target (rn 24/11/2008), Govt confused about hydel growth: Private sector (kp 25/11/2008), Govt must be clear on harnessing hydropower: Private sector (nn 25/11/2008), Govt action plan on hydropower in offing (rn 25/11/2008), Minister Paudel unveils rosy power picture (ht 25/11/2008), CEDBL sets up ‘Hydro-Fund’ for hydropower promoters (rn 26/11/2008)

2nd largest hydro project ready for take off (kp 19/11/2008)

NEA calls new bids for Koshi-hit towers, by Thira L. Bhusal (kp 18/11/2008)

Wind energy to tide over power cuts, by Kumansingh Tamang (kp 15/11/2008)

India, Nepal give major thrust to power projects (Hindu 14/11/2008)

Arun III raises 10,000 job hopes, by Kishor Budhathoki (ht 14/11/2008), Arun III to open its office in Khandbari, by Kishor Budhathoki (ht 20/11/2008)

PM Dahal calls for int'l investment in Nepal's hydro-power sector at BIMSTEC meet (nn 13/11/2008)

Fast-track programme to light up Rukum, by Thira L. Bhusal (kp 12/11/2008)

Load shedding to go up to 10-14 hours (rn 12/11/2008), Power cut irks industrialists (rn 12/11/2008), Power outage to go up during winter (kp 13/11/2008), Nepal to face major power shortage this winter (International Herald Tribune 14/11/2008), Power shortage: Darkness Rules, by Keshab Poudel (sp 14/11/2008)

Ensure hydro plant security: PM (kp 08/11/2008)

Mid-Marsyangdi testing today, by Ramji Rana (ht 07/11/2008), Mid-Marshyangdi hydel starts trial power generation (kp 08/11/2008)

Power woes may worsen this winter: With import from India disrupted,the country can witness historic load-shedding, by Mohan Guragain (ht 03/11/2008)

Debate over street lights payment continues, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 29/10/2008)

Dark hours to stay during Tihar (kp 28/10/2008)

Work on wind power starts (kp 25/10/2008), Wind power could make Nepal energy independent (rn 25/10/2008)

Is it our watwer strategy? Bonanza for Foreigner and Deadly Poison for the NEA, by AB Thapa (sp 24/10/2008)

Mills feel chill wind of power cut, by Prabhakar Ghimire and Thira L. Bhusal (kp 23/10/2008)

Survey forecasts windfall in wind power, by Merina Sharma (ht 22/10/2008)

No power, no progress, by Rabindra Nepal (kp 20/10/2008)

Nepal’s biggest hydropower project under attack again (Peninsula 20/10/2008)

‘White paper on electricity to all Nepalese in offing’ (rn 16/10/2008), Poudel vows to cut power cut (rn 17/10/2008)

Power theft high in Bhaktapur (kp 15/10/2008), 2.7m unit electricity pilfered (rn 15/10/2008)

West Seti info centre vandalized, by Rajendra Nath (kp 14/10/2008)

Cooking gas from waste, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 12/10/2008)

Let us be clear on 10,000mw, by Shyam KC (kp 06/10/2008)

Naumure fuels energy hope, thanks to India, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 05/10/2008)

Minister Poudel reiterates govt's vow to produce 10,000 MW (nn 04/10/2008)

Kosi dam hydropower: World's one of the largest hydropower, by AB Thapa (sp 03/10/2008)

Hydro promoters complain of injustice (kp 03/10/2008)

23 Sankhuwasabha VDCs remain in dark (ht 03/10/2008)

Combating load-shedding, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (kp 02/10/2008), White paper on load shedding to be presented (nn 02/10/2008)

Koshi study project extension agreed, by Thira L Bhusal (kp 30/09/2008)

Nepal has the power, India the market, interview with T.N. Thakur, chairman of Power Trading Corporation of India (PTC) (kp 29/09/2008)

Supreme court urged to reconsider West Seti decision, by AB Thapa (sp 26/09/2008), West Seti test case for hydro target, by Thira L Bhusal (kp 27/09/2008)

Nepal to import 60 MW more from India (kp 25/09/2008)

Hydro promoters want investment-friendliness: Rs 20 trillion needed for 10,000MW (kp 23/09/2008), Minister Poudel says it's possible to generate 10,000 MW in 10 yrs (nn 24/09/2008), DPM reassures promoters (kp 24/09/2008), Investors upbeat on Nepal’s prospects: Power summit concludes (kp 25/09/2008), Power Points: Officials, experts and businessmen from Nepal and India discuss ways for expanding cooperation in hydropower, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 26/09/2008), Powering growth (nt 26/09/2008)

Govt to speed up hydro project constructions (kp 21/09/2008), Third Power Summit to kick off on Tuesday (nn 22/09/2008)

Call to tap sources of alternative energy (ht 20/09/2008)

Improving Investment Climate In Power Sector, by Murali Dhar Pokhrel (rn 19/09/2008)

Paraguay, Bhutan and Nepal: Landlocked but Hydropower Rich; Cases of the Lamed Duck, Flying Geese and Sitting Duck!, by SB Pun (sp 19/09/2008)

Consumers blamed: No speedy end to load-shedding: NEA, by Thira L Bhusal (kp 18/09/2008)

Double-digit growth and power prospects, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (ht 15/09/2008)

People seek mobile camps to transfer land ownership:West seti project rush (ht 14/09/2008)

Third biggest hydel project in shambles (ht 13/09/2008)

SC upholds West Seti deal (kp 10/09/2008), SMEC gets SC nod for West Seti project (ht 10/09/2008), ‘No need for two-third majority in parliament on West Seti’ (nn 10/09/2008)

Load shedding hours to be increased to 35 hrs a week (nn 09/09/2008), 37 hrs load shedding from today (kp 10/09/2008), Power now (kp 10/09/2008), Back to Mangal Man, by Shyam K.C. (rn 11/09/2008)

Govt inaction mars Kulekhani, by Pratap Bista (kp 09/09/2008)

Jajarkot folks living in the dark (ht 08/09/2008)

Harnessing lightning, by Shriram Sharma (kp 05/09/2008)

Govt okays 1.8-MW hydel project (kp 04/09/2008)

Quest for alternative fuel a non-starter, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 04/09/2008)

Vision to tap hydro-power lacking (ht 30/08/2008)

Consumers to face up to 16 hrs of loadshedding (nn 27/08/2008), Power cuts up to 16.5 hrs a week (kp 28/08/2008)

Safety valve (ht 22/08/2008)

West Seti Hydroelectric Project (sp 22/08/2008)

Large dams at the centre of controversy, by AB Thapa (sp 22/08/2008)

Survey licenses for 15 hydro projects in 16 days, by Thira L Bhusal (kp 20/08/2008)

Energy security policy & hydropower, by NP Sharma (kp 20/08/2008)

NEA wants 15 pc tariff increase, by Thira L Bhusal (kp 19/08/2008), NEA mulls power tariff hike to cover losses (ht 19/08/2008), NEA plans 15 pc hike in power tariff (nn 19/08/2008)

Nepal just lost Rs 80b, by Sujit Acharya (kp 12/08/2008)

CPN-Maoist body against power projects in Karnali (ht 10/08/2008), Locals want to scrap contract on Upper Karnali (rn 12/08/2008)

Work to begin at West Seti Hydel Project (nn 08/08/2008), PTC stands by Nepal's giant power project (Economic Times 08/08/2008)

Renewable Energy - Myth Or Reality?, by Shyam KC (rn 07/08/2008)

Load-shedding here to stay despite rain (ht 04/08/2008)

Nepal in horifying ignorance about water export benefits, by AB Thapa (sp 01/08/2008)

The power of water: India lets private investors take the lead on sensitive Nepal projects, by Prabhu Ghuate (nt 25/07/2008), Nepal's energy emergency: Required immediately: more power to meet domestic shortfall and to reduce the trade gap by exporting to India, by Dewan Rai (nt 25/07/2008)

Energy village in offing, by Kuber Chalise (ht 23/07/2008), Small is beautiful (ht 24/07/2008), Call to go for rural electrification (ht 26/07/2008)

IFC to finance 25 pc Arun-III, Upper Karnali investment (kp 22/07/2008)

‘Chameliya hydel workers exploited’ (kp 20/07/2008)

Govt, WB restructure Fund: PDF fails to attract hydro projects (kp 19/07/2008)

Mid-Marsyangdi project (ht 19/07/2008)

Stung, NEA puts power commission bill in limbo (kp 19/07/2008)

Upper Tamakoshi : NEA, HBL ink Rs 6b deal (kp 17/07/2008), Bank loan for Upper Tamakoshi (nn 17/07/2008)

BPC and ACE seal a financial deal on developing a hydro project (nn 09/07/2008), Butwal Power to build Marsyhangdi III (kp 10/07/2008), BPC, Ace sign agreement (ht 10/07/2008)

Biogas from water hyacinth (ht 08/07/2008)

Locals demand shares in Arun III, by Surendra Subedi (kp 07/07/2008)

CA members want agreement on West Seti hydel project reviewed (ht 07/07/2008)

Watermill lights up village, by Bikash Thapa & Tula Ram Pandey (kp 06/07/2008)

NEA wants hurdles cleared for hydel project (ht 05/07/2008)

New “Achievement” For “New” Nepal, by Shyam K.C. (rn 03/07/2008)

Women seek ministry for developing alternative energy sources (ht 01/07/2008)

Hydel projects complete (ht 26/06/2008)

Manma lighted up after 15 yrs wait, by Bikas Thapa & Tula Ram Panday (kp 22/06/2008)

Committee to study 600MW Budhigandaki, by Thira L Bhusal (kp 21/06/2008)

NEA losses mount to Rs 270 million (ht 19/06/2008)

Ambeshwor to survey 100 MW Kali Gandaki Koban (kp 15/06/2008)

Balefi hydel set to take off (kp 13/06/2008)

An answer to climate change: Storage power project, by Prabesh Paudyal (kp 12/06/2008)

Budhi Gandaki project fails to attract investors, by Razen Manandhar (ht 12/06/2008)

NEA, Bhotekoshi dispute resolved (kp 11/06/2008)

'Cooking with electricity cheaper than fossil fuel', by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 11/06/2008), Energy policy sought (ht 11/06/2008)

Field study for Arun III begins (kp 06/06/2008)

Locals protest Upper Karnali Project, by Harihar Singh Rathor (kp 06/06/2008)

Power cut now 5 hrs a week (kp 05/06/2008)

Upper Tamakoshi access road construction delayed (kp 04/06/2008)

Khimti resumes operation (kp 03/06/2008)

Village near Phoksundo park lit with solar energy (ht 01/06/2008)

Himalayan Bank depositors' money at risk: Thorough Study of Upper Tama-Kosi Project Required, by AB Thapa (sp 30/05/2008)

Load-shedding cut to 9 hrs weekly (kp 27/05/2008), Power outage cut down to 9 hours a week (ht 27/05/200)

Hydro investors protest ministry decision (kp 22/05/2008), MoWR refuses renewal of licence (ht 22/05/2008)

Nepal-India relations: Hydropower development, by Dwarika N Dhungel (ht 14/05/2008), Means of hydropower development, by Prakash Nidhi Tiwari (kp 15/05/2008)

Jajarkot electrification in lurch (kp 13/05/2008)

No need for SC to intervene on Arun-III MoU: Ministry (ht 12/05/2008)

People power to hydropower: A Nepal-India conference in Bihar zeroes in on water resources, by Kunda Dixit (nt 02/05/2008), “The next step is to build high dams”, interview with Nitish Kumar (nt 02/05/2008)

Budhi Gandaki, by Prabesh Paudyal (kp 01/05/2008)

‘Export power to trim trade deficit with India’ (kp 01/05/2008)

Practising the idea (ht 30/04/2008)

WB officials meet PM, Prachanda; assure help in hydropower sector (nn 29/04/2008)

NEA likely to reduce power outage hours (ht 27/04/2008), NEA reduces load shedding hours by more than half (nn 28/04/2008), Load-shedding hours cut (ht 29/04/2008)

Micro hydro project renovation starts (ht 24/04/2008)

Reform in power sector stressed (kp 23/04/2008), Look for alternative to hydropower: Experts (ht 23/04/2008)

Load-shedding hits industries hard, by Arun Gyawali (ht 21/04/2008)

Load-shedding hours may go up again (kp 15/04/2008), NEA to continue 42-hrs weekly load shedding (kp 16/04/2008)

Bright ideas, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (kp 12/04/2008)

India helps rehabilitate hydro project (ht 04/04/2008)

Budhi Gandaki: Let’s do it, by Prabesh Paudyal (kp 02/04/2008)

All Eyes are on the Supreme Court: The Fate of the West Seti Project, by AB Thapa (sp 28/03/2008)

PIL against Water Resources Act, 1992 (ht 21/03/2008)

Quickest, Cheapest and Easy Way to Solve Power Shortage Crisis: Upper Karnali Development in Stages, by AB Thapa (sp 21/03/2008)

Pvt sector hydel projects more cost effective, by Bikash Sabgraula (kp 17/03/2008), Costly power (kp 18/03/2008)

NEA’s Rs 1.5b power bonds sold out (kp 15/03/2008)

Ridiculous handling of water resources: My Humble Effort to Make a Few Corrections, by AB Thapa (sp 14/03/2008)

21 firms interested in 600 MW Budhi Gandaki (kp 11/03/2008)

Projects for 105mw with Chinese funds, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 07/03/2008), China to provide fund for two hydropower projects (nn 07/03/2008)

Supreme Court must consifer all facts: Nepal Going to be Robbed of Vast Upper Karnali Potential, by AB Thapa (sp 07/03/2008), A-G defends Upper Karnali project in Supreme Court (ht 13/03/2008), SC clears path for Upper Karnali hydel project (ht 14/03/2008)

Ministries waffle over gifted hydro project, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 06/03/2008)

Alternative Energy Sources, by G.K. Pakavath (rn 04/03/2008)

MoU signed with Sutlej for Arun-III (kp 03/03/2008), Govt signs MoU awarding Arun III to Sutlej (nn 03/03/2008

Power cuts down by 6 hrs a week (kp 29/02/2008)

Amendment of Gandak Treaty must precede Buri-Gandaki project implementation, by AB Thapa (sp 29/02/2008)

Develop Devghat hydro: Locals, by Binod Tripathi (kp 27/02/2008)

Load-shedding adds to water woes of Lalitpur folk (ht 26/02/2008), Power outage forces cinemas to cut shows (ht 26/02/2008)

Darkness Grows Beneath Everest: Electricity still a problem in Nepal, by Bhuwan Thapaliya (on 23/02/2008)

Nepali private sector to build 100 MW project, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 22/02/2008), Domestic developers set sight on Kaligandaki Gorge project (nn 22/02/2008), Power to people (kp 23/02/2008)

Oslo seminar on Nepal’s hydropower (kp 18/02/2008)

Uncertainties About Upper Tama-Kosi Project, by AB Thapa (sp 15/02/2008)

India positive on providing Nepal 40 MW: Request for another 20 MW from Tanakpur (kp 12/02/2008), ‘No alternative to power purchase from India’ (kp 15/02/2008)

NEA to issue Rs 1.5b power bond Thursday (kp 11/02/2008), Power bonds to be floated (nn 11/02/2008), Bond is back (kp 12/02/2008)

Power plant rusts while power cut takes its toll (kp 10/02/2008)

Karnali people robbed of vast water wealth: Suicidal Upper Karnali Hydropower Deal, by AB Thapa (sp 08/02/2008), Show cause issued on Upper Karnali deal (kp 23/02/2008)

CNI warns of one-third productivity loss to power cuts (kp 07/02/2008)

Sutlej to decide on Arun III today (kp 06/02/2008), Agrees to all conditions: Sutlej certain to land Arun III, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 09/02/2008)

Impact Of Load Shedding, by Ahanker man Singh (rn 06/02/2008)

Power crisis to worsen for next 5 yrs: House panel for crisis mgmt, tough measures (kp 05/02/2008)

Kulekhani turbine repair after a month (kp 05/02/2008)

400 factories not to pay NEA demand charges (kp 05/02/2008)

Negotiations begin for Arun III (kp 04/02/2008), Arun III negotations on (kp 05/02/2008)

Locals demand 33 pc share of Chilime hydro (kp 03/02/2008)

Consumers to face up to 8 hours of power cuts now (nn 01/02/2008) [46 hours of power cut per week now!!!]

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Must Speak: West Seti high dam controversy, by AB Thapa (sp 01/02/2008)

NEA does it (kp 31/01/2008)

Upper Tamakoshi closer to realization (kp 30/01/2008)

Hydropower: A Corner Stone for Nepal’s Development, by Gyanendra Lal Pradhan (tg 30/01/2008)

‘PPA rate soo for up to 10 MW projects’ (kp 26/01/2008)

GMR lands 300 MW Upper Karnali, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 25/01/2008)

"Next Generation Will Not Have To Suffer Load Shedding", interview with Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Minister of Water Resources (sp 26/01/2008)

Transmission lines: Choked Infrastructure, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 25/01/2008)

Water Resources Ministry’s Horrifying Decision: devastation of Kosi Project potential, by AB Thapa (sp 25/01/2008)

India to provide only 15 MW of promised 40 MW, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 22/01/2008)

NRN's plans to invest in hydro-electricity sector goes kaput (nn 21/01/2008)

Ministry starts talks with GMR for Upper Karnali (kp 21/01/2008)

Transmission line construction to begin (nn 17/01/2008)

SMEC to clarify West Seti stance by Jan-end (kp 17/01/2008)

36-hours a week of load shedding from Thursday (nn 09/01/2008), 36 hours a week load shedding from today (kp 10/01/2008)

Pie in the sky, by Ratna Sansar Shrestha (kp 09/01/2008)

EPF set to invest Rs 12b in Upper Tamakoshi, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 08/01/2008), Dolakha folks welcome Upper Tamakoshi, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 09/01/2008)

AEPC gets Rs 32m for cutting CO2 emission (kp 08/01/2008)

124 MW free energy sought from Arun III, Upper Karnali One project per developer (kp 07/01/2008), Upper karnali project : Govt to award licence to bidder offering 12MW free power (ht 07/01/2008)

Minister says Arun III, Upper Karnali will proceed despite Maoist opposition (nn 06/01/2008)

Govt to set up one lakh biogas plants in 3 years (ht 06/01/2008)

Minister promises 5,000 MW in 10 years (nn 06/01/2008) [??]

15 hrs a week power cut from Sunday (kp 05/01/2008), Load shedding hours to increase (nn 05/01/2008), Factories bearing the brunt of load-shedding: Having to put up with a loss of over Rs 10 million every day (ht 06/01/2008)

West Seti negotiation on Jan 6 (kp 02/01/2008)

Criteria change for awarding Arun III, Upper Karnali (kp 31/12/2007)

More Bio-gas projects as CDM (kp 30/12/2007)

West Seti: ‘10 pc free energy, else re-bidding’ (kp 28/12/2007), West Seti: Who gives a dam?, by Rabin Subedi and Ratan Bhandari (kp 29/12/2007)

Nepal’s power grid saturated, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 27/12/2007)

Govt panel invites SMEC to renegotiate West Seti (kp 25/12/2007)

Solar power lights up 250 Lamjung houses (kp 21/12/2007)

Power cuts increase to 6 hours a week: Another increase in two weeks (kp 18/12/2007)

House panel grills Water Resources Ministry (kp 03/12/2007)

China set to finance controversial dam, by Yuki Tanabe (kp 23/11/2007)

Energy consumption in rural Nepal, by Navaraj Pokharel (ht 22/11/2007)

Consumers to face upto 4 hours of power cuts (nn 20/11/2007)

$ 300m loan for tapping 125 MW (kp 17/11/2007)

Load-shedding to be Late by Few Weeks, by Razen Manandhar (ht 14/11/2007)

Govt to resettle West Seti-hit people (kp 31/10/2007)

Kulekhani area locals want more royalty, by Pratap Bista (kp 27/10/2007)

Karnali Ujyalo program still in the dark, by Tularam Pandey (kp 18/10/2007)

Nation plunges into darkness (samn 11/10/2007)

WB to fund biogas plants in rural Nepal (nn 04/10/2007)

Gandak hydro shut down (kp 01/10/2007)

Kulekhani reservoir level maximum (kp 29/09/2007)

Chamelia, Raghughat on fast track: Funds pour in for projects worth 57 MW, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 28/09/2007)

$1.9 m rural energy project signed (kp 25/09/2007)

Thoppal Khola hydro completed (kp 25/09/2007)

Biogas development in Nepal, by Surendra Lal Shrestha (kp 23/09/2007)

Bankers keen on hydros (kp 18/09/2007)

Power summit from today (nn 17/09/2007)

PTC to start financial services firm (kp 17/09/2007)

Disoriented Water Policy and IPPAN, by AB Thapa (sp 14/09/2007)

Hydro license fee hiked, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 13/09/2007)

Why electricity is costlier in Nepal?, by Shree Prakash Jang Rana (sp 07/09/2007)

Hydropower component axed: Controversy Surrounding Melamchi Project, by AB Thapa (sp 07/09/2007)

Politics block power projects with India (Gulf Times 02/09/2007), India, Nepal fail to finalise power project (Gulf Times 08/09/2007)

Govt to get tough on non-performing hydro licensees, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 25/08/2007), Massive hike in hydro license fee this week, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 27/08/2007), Encouraging move (kp 28/08/2007)

Karbali project comparable to three gorges project of China, by AB Thapa (sp 24/08/2007)

NEA trying to raise funds for Tamakoshi (samn 24/08/2007)

Power outage to intensify in future (samn 22/08/2007), Eleven hours of daily load shedding in the offing (nn 24/08/2007), 11 hrs daily power cuts in offing, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 24/08/2007)

Govt decision on power projects on cards (samn 18/08/2007), Tender to be invited for 396 MWs (kp 20/08/2007)

Khimti workers intensify stir (kp 17/08/2007), 60 MW Khimti faces closure, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 19/08/2007), Agitators continue stir at Khimti, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 20/08/2007), Khimti strike (kp 20/08/2007)

NEA’s loss down from Rs 2.47 b to Rs 320 m (kp 16/08/2007)

750 Mw West Seti and far western region, by SB Pun (kp 15/08/2007)

Dam, dams and damn, by Shyam KC (kp 13/08/2007)

Fate of India-Nepal power agreement hangs in balance (Gulf Times 11/08/2007)

Petition against West Seti (kp 10/08/2007)

Water resources strategy falls short of targets, by Tirtha L Bhusal (kp 09/08/2007)

Mid-Marshyangdi to be delayed by two years (nn 08/08/2007)

Power in principle, by Aneesh Lohani (kp 01/08/2007)

Chilime to cap price for next 4.5 yrs, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 29/07/2007)

Phemekhola hydro into operation (kp 29/07/2007)

West Seti hydro-power development, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 26/07/2007), Nepal Bar, Interim Constitution and West Seti Project Controversy, by AB Thapa (sp 27/07/2007)

Hydel plant destroyed (samn 25/07/2007)

400 KW hydel plant for Khimti folk (samn 20/07/2007)

Indian Firm 'Bags' Arun III, Upper Karnali (sp 13/07/2007), GMR to lose either Arun III or Upper Karnali, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 20/07/2007)

SMEC may consider offering free energy, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 07/07/2007), West Seti project likely to start in Nov (samn 07/07/2007), Nepal’s biggest power project to take off (Peninsula 08/07/2007), Construction of 750-MW West Seti hydel to start by year-end (NN 08/07/2007), Parliament approves govt decision on West Seti (nn 19/07/2007), Govt to abide by House instruction to get free power from West Seti (nn 20/07/2007), SMEC ready for ‘workable solution’, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 22/07/2007)

White gold: Brace yourselves for a flashflood of new hydropower projects, by Kunda Dixit (nt 06/07/2007)

German bank to release Marsyangdi funds (samn 05/07/2007)

WB, AEPC sign agreement for hydro power project (nn 01/07/2007)

Solar heaters popular in Valley (samn 30/06/2007)

Naumure or Bhalubang site for high dam: West Rapti Project, by AB Thapa (sp 29/06/2007)

Works at Mid-Marsyangdi hydel come to a halt (nn 29/06/2007), Mid-Marsyangdi work resumes (samn 01/07/2007)

Power project rules in for a change (samn 28/06/2007)

Meet on West Seti on Monday (samn 24/06/2007), Parties for free energy from West Seti (kp 26/06/2007), Govt ignores house panel's concern (samn 26/06/2007)

Electrification of 4 Lalitpur villages (samn 24/06/2007)

$169,000 aid for micro hydro project (kp 22/06/2007)

Remote village uses free electricity (samn 18/06/2007)

NEA's unpaid account rises to Rs 780 million (kp 17/06/2007)

EU to help Nepal on renewable energy (nn 15/06/2007)

Awarding hydropower survey licenses, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 14/06/2007), Learning lessons, by Ranjit Acharya (kp 14/06/2007)

Nepal to buy additional 40 MW power from India (nn 09/06/2007), India to offer Nepal another 40 MWs, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 09/06/2007)

Japan to provide $60 m for construction of New Kawasoti Sub-station (nn 08/06/2007)

Nepal-India power exchange committee meet kicks off in Kathmandu (nn 07/06/2007)

Govt wants NRN investment in hydro power (samn 06/06/2007)

Nepal to get peanuts from West Seti, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 04/06/2007), We will renegotiate West Seti: Mahat, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 05/06/2007), Unfair deal (kp 05/06/2007), Govt to seek free power from West Seti (kp 08/06/2007), Minister seeks help on West Seti Project (samn 08/06/2007), House panel asks govt to clarify on Seti (samn 13/06/2007)

Setidobhan hydel project neglected (samn 03/06/2007)

NEA apathy keeps power plant shut (samn 01/06/2007)

Water level dips at Kulekhani (kp 29/05/2007)

Locals block water to Puwakhola project (samn 27/05/2007)

Small hydel projects (samn 24/05/2007)

Light-sensitive switches for street lights (kp 21/05/2007)

Planning Commission Turning a Blind Eye: Great Loss of the Upper Karnali Hydro Potential, by AB Thapa (sp 18/05/2007)

Locals unite to illuminate village (samn 14/05/2007)

Nepal could be deceived: West Seti Project, by AB Thapa (sp 11/05/2007), Few more international than West Seti, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 20/05/2007)

Community hydropower supporting colleges (samn 11/05/2007)

NEA seeks hydropower policy (samn 11/05/2007)

No 2 mega projects for single firm (samn 09/05/2007)

What Nepal gets from Arun III, Upper Karnali?, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 07/05/2007)

Hydro project down over 6 years (samn 06/05/2007)

5,000 MW more in a decade? (kp 05/05/2007)

Projects worth 885 MW get licenses (kp 30/04/2007), Decide projects in hydro by consensus: House committee (kp 01/05/2007), Smart deals (kp01/05/2007), Politics pip Indian firm's hydropower bid in Nepal, by Sudeshna Sarkar (Earth Times 02/05/2007)

Budhi Gandaki shelved: GMR Group suggested for Arun III, Upper Karnali, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 28/04/2007)

Bio-gas project awaits CDM approval, by Pragati Shahi (kp 28/04/2007)

Govt decides to invest in West Seti, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 26/04/2007)

Locals padlock Upper Tamakoshi project office (kp 19/04/2007)

Could ethanol be used as a transport fuel?, by Devi Dutta Paudyal (kp 15/04/2007)

India can give only 35 MWs more to Nepal (kp 14/04/2007)

Power supply hit (samn 14/04/2007)

Set up big power plants to meet crying demand for energy: Experts recommend at seminar (Daily Star 13/04/2007)

Micro hydro in memory of Ghunsa victims, by Dharma Poudel (kp 12/04/2007)

Tiny input and giant output: Marshyangdi Project, by AB Thapa (sp 06/04/2007)

Power cuts further reduced (nn 30/03/2007), Power cuts reduced by another 12 hrs, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 30/03/2007), NEA further reduces load shedding hours (nn 03/04/2007), NEA reduces load shedding in Nepali capital (pd 04/04/2007)

Himal Energy acquires more BKPC shares (kp 29/03/2007)

Chipko icon damns dam-run hydro projects (samn 27/03/2007), Nepal to prioritize big hydropower: Oli (kp 28/03/2007)

ADB offers govt $45m for West Seti, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 27/03/2007)

Street lights biggest factor in NEA red ink, by Kosh Raj Koirla (kp 27/03/2007)

‘5000 mw hydro power in a decade’ (kp 25/03/2007)

Government permits NEA to purchase power from PTC (nn 24/03/2007), Nepal to buy power from India (pd 24/03/2007), Progress on Nepal deal to share power, by Bharat Bhushan (tc 26/03/2007)

NEA formally requests EPF to be lead investor (kp 24/03/2007)

New revelations could be embarassing: Upper Tama Kosi Hydropower Project, by AB Thapa (sp 23/03/2007)

Biogas becomes popular (samn 21/03/2007)

Load shedding hours reduced (nn 21/03/2007), Load-shedding reduced by 16 hrs per week, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 21/03/2007)

REDP for energy access to rural people (samn 21/03/2007))

14 companies in race for power projects (samn 19/03/2007)

Rural households get electricity (samn 19/03/2007)

Delays have cost hydropower projects, by Krishna Kanta Panthi (kp 17/03/2007)

NEA Could make terrible blunders (Upper Trishuli Projects), by AB Thapa (sp 16/03/2007)

Denmark and Norway support Renewable Energy (nn 15/03/2007), Denmark, Norway jointly provide Rs 3 billion for renewable energy (nn 15/03/2007), Rs 3b aid for renewable energy (kp 16/03/2007)

Small hydel projects stressed (SAMN 15/03/2007)

ADB consults govt on West Seti (kp 15/03/2007)

Load-shedding hours won’t change: NEA (samn 15/03/2007)

Hydropower development, by DNS Dhakal (kp 13/03/2007)

69 MW Marsyangdi shut down for repairs (kp 11/03/2007)

Now is the time to pursue economic agenda, says Karki (nn 11/03/2007)

Chukha model for hydro power development in Nepal?, by DNS Dhakal (kp 09/03/2007)

Govt working on 3 mega hydel projects (samn 07/03/2007)

South Asian countries to form ‘energy ring’ (nn 06/03/2007), India proposes building SAARC power ring, by Gopal Khanal (kp 06/03/2007)

'Special state provisions a must to address power crisis', interview with Arjun Kumar Karki, Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) (kp 05/03/2007)

FNCCI urges govt to immediately cut down load shedding (nn 04/03/2007)

Khudi to be inaugurated (kp 03/03/2007), Khudi hydropower to be inaugurated (nn 05/03/2006)

Bangladesh to Import Power From Nepal and Bhutan: Bibiana Gas Field will begin production on March, by Rafiqul Islam Azad (on 02/03/2007) [How shall this happen when Nepal does not have enough power for herself?]

Energy crisis brings industrial production down to 20pc (nn 01/03/2007), Power cuts take toll on industries (kp 02/03/2007)

32,000 rural houses have uninterrupted power, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 01/03/2007)

16 hours load shedding daily!, by Shahiman Rai (kp 26/02/2007), Power cuts annoy students, housewives, by Devendra Koirala (kp 26/02/2007)

Power Crisis, by Keshab Poudel (sp 23/02/2007), Deep cut in power supply, by AB Thapa (sp 23/02/2007)

Lack of power supply hits plus 2 classes (samn 23/02/2007)

Solar energy promises viable alternative (samn 22/02/2007)

39 MW plant closed down (samn 22/02/2007)

Revival of int’l interest in Nepal's hydro potential, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 19/02/2007)

630 MW to be added to power grid, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 17/02/2007)

Nepal’s Hydropower For Mutual Benefit (sp 16/02/2007)

NEA to impose load shedding for 40 hours a week (nn 14/02/2007), Up to 7 hrs power cut a day, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 14/02/2007), NEA campaign to reduce power use, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 16/02/2007)

Upper Tamakoshi hydel to begin soon (samn 11/02/2007), Kulekhani III interrupted (samn 11/02/2007)

Indian Power Ministry wants to tap Nepal's hydro potentials (nn 09/02/2007)

14 firms vie for 1,302 MW, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 08/02/2007)

Water supply dips with daily power cuts, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 05/02/2007)

3 hrs per day power cut from Friday, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 25/01/2007), NEA imposes crippling hours of load shedding (nn), Dark country (kp 26/01/2007), 6-hour per day load shedding from mid-February (nn 29/01/2007), Nepal in for round-the-year power cuts, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 29/01/2007), Dark deeds, by Bikash Thapa (nt 02/02/2007, originally in Kantipur, 30 January)

PSU to bid for hydel projects in Nepal, Bhutan (Earth Times 25/01/2007)

NEA to release Rs 3 billion worth power bonds (nn 12/01/2007), NEA to float power bonds worth Rs 3b (kp 12/01/2007)

Consumers for local fund in Tamakoshi (samn)

Load shedding hours to increase (nn 06/01/2007), 21 hrs in Hetauda, Birgunj: Power cuts 8 hrs a week, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 07/01/2007)

Nepal-India agree for construction of transmission lines (nn 05/01/2007), Bulk power exchange to become possible: Nepal-India to build high-voltage transmission links, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 05/01/2007), MoU signed (kp 06/01/2007)

Marshyangdi project closes down again (samn 02/01/2007), Government, Maoists appeal for restart of Middle Marsyangdi works; Melamchi works stalled again (nn 02/01/2007), ‘No Maoist threat to Mid-Marsyangdi’ (kp 03/01/2007), Melamchi project likely to be suspended (samn 03/01/2007), Lift suspension: Fischtner JV (kp 05/01/2007), Middle Marsyangdi works to resume (nn 06/01/2007), Marsyangdi hydel project yet to reopen (samn 09/01/2007)

Chameliya hydel work to begin soon (samn 30/12/2006)

Firms in hydel projects draw flak (samn 29/12/2006)

India offers 33 more MWs, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 28/12/2006)

'Upper Tamakoshi cheapest hydel project' (samn 28/12/2006)

Load-shedding to continue: SC (samn 22/12/2006)

Power for villages near Everest soon (samn 22/12/2006)

EBL interested in Upper Karnali, Tamakoshi (kp 18/12/2006)

Rural electrification plan in limbo (samn 16/12/2006)

Will NEA open its eyes? Load-shedding Problem, by AB Thapa (sp 15/12/2006)

Kulekhani-III work begins (kp 14/12/2006)

Nepal to subsidise clean energy projects, by Dambaru Ballab Kattel (Science and Development Network 11/12/2006)

Fund crunch hits electrification (samn 10/12/2006)

Nepali govt receives lucrative proposal for hydropower project (pd 10/12/2006), Open competition to decide investors (nn 15/12/2006)

Micro-hydro project completed in Humla (samn 09/12/2006)

Pulses of Tamakoshi-I hydro project, by Diby Dhoj Karki (kp 07/12/2006)

Upper Seti to inundate 1,057 households (samn 07/12/2006), Upper-Seti needed for stable power (samn 08/12/2006)

Indian company to provide 50MW power to Nepal (pd 06/12/2006)

Financing Upper Tamakoshi, by Apar Neupane (kp 05/12/2006)

Work resumes at Mid-Marsyangdi (kp 03/12/2006), Work resumes at Marsyangdi hydel project (samn 03/12/2006)

Load shedding to begin from Monday (nn 02/12/2006), Nationwide power cuts start Monday: Up to 40 hrs a week in February, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 02/12/2006), Nepal to Face Cold, Dark Winter: Electricity shortages plague country despite resources, by Indra Dhoj Kshetri (on 04/12/2006), Petition filed against load-shedding (nn 06/12/2006)

Rs 1.5b German largesse for troubled project, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 29/11/2006)

Nepal ’s water resources has the capacity of generating 83,000 mega watts of hydro power, by Bishwa Pradhan (tg 29/11/2006)

House committee asks govt to probe into irregularities in Mid-Marsyangdi hydel (nn 27/11/2006)

Load shedding to start from mid December (nn 26/11/2006), Mid-Marsyangdi to miss 2007 deadline: Strike to cost Rs 10m a day (kp 26/11/2006), Country fears black out again (samn 27/11/2006)

Disoriented Water Policy And IPPAN, by AB THAPA (sp 24/11/2006)

Power for the powerhungry: Why not to hurry hydro-deals, by CK Lal (nt 17/11/2006)

NEA charges Makalu Agro with power theft (kp 16/11/2006), Middle Marsyangdi project works stalled since three days (nn 17/11/2006), Construction works at Mid-Marsyangdi hydel come to a halt (nn 18/11/2006), Mid-Marsyangdi site evacuated (kp 19/11/2006), Marsyangdi darkness (nt 24/11/2006, origionally in Ghatana Ra Bichar, 22-28 November)

Non-payment leaves NEA high and dry (kp 15/11/2006)

Minister warns of further power cuts (samn 12/11/2006)

India to build 240 MW Naumure hydropower (kp 09/11/2006)

Hydropower for local empowerment, by Apar Neupane (kp 08/11/2006)

US, Russians vie for 10,800 MW project survey licence, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 05/11/2006)

Kulekhani-3 sets example in hydro sector (samn 04/11/2006)

Foreigners interested in Nepal's hydro (samn 02/11/2006), Minister urges for FDI in hydro power projects (nn 03/11/2006), Govt woos FDI in hydro-projects totaling 14,000 MW, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 04/11/2006)

Model for implementating Upper Tama Koshi, by R K Bajracharya (kp 01/11/2006), Minister urges domestic investors to fund Upper Tamakosi (nn 02/11/2006),  Rush without smart strategy, by Surya Raj Acharya (kp 06/11/2006)

Hydro projects to foreign companies by mid-December, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 30/10/2006)

Irate consumers protest at NEA office (samn28/10/2006)

Project to electrify remote villages (samn 25/10/2006)

Making light work: Rural electrification works best when managed by local communities, by Mallika Aryal (nt 20/10/2006)

NEA to go solo on 309 MW Upper Tamakoshi, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 20/10/2006)

Biogas Usage Increases in Nepal: Clean-burning energy source reduces pollution, deforestation, by Rupa Kharel (on 19/10/2006)

Nepal to import electricity from India from mid November (nn 18/10/2006),  NEA may not be able to import power from India this winter season (nn 24/10/2006)

Rural Syangja being electrified (samn 13/10/2006)

Winter power cuts to go down, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 14/10/2006)

Independent Power Producers (IPPAN)- A Request, by AB Thapa (sp 13/10/2006)

Hydropower interest (kp 13/10/2006)

Kulekhani III under construction, by Pratap Bista (kp 13/10/2006)

Indian grant to build up 250 MW, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 12/10/2006)

Employees on strike at NEA office (samn 11/10/2006)

Negotiations: the tricky part, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 10/10/2006 (kp 10/10/2006)

Load shedding to go (nn 10/10/2006)

Downstream benefit: a stumbling block, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 09/10/2006)

Nepal gears up to export power, load-shedding or no, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 08/10/2006)

Novel electrification brings joy to remote villages, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 27/09/2006)

Subsidy for alternative energy projects (samn 27/09/2006)

No power cuts during Dashain, Tihar, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 17/09/2006)

Potential hydropower projects, by Apar Neupane (kp 15/09/2006)

Solar power reaches every household, by Surendra Subedi (kp 15/09/2006)

Govt for public-private investment in Upper Tamakoshi (kp 15/09/2006)

Heralding A New Era: In a historic gathering, private investors from India and Nepal come together to discuss the mutual prospects under active encouragement from two governments (sp 15/09/2006)

Rural electrification strategy (kp 13/09/2006)

‘Biogas can bring in Rs 460m every year’ (samn 09/09/2006)

Nepal is not Bhutan: It’s counter-productive to push for the Bhutan model here, by Ratna Sansar Shrestha (nt 08/09/2006)

Good banking from clean energy, by Marty Logan (nt 08/09/2006)

India mulls 100 MW project for Nepal, by Sanjaya Neupane (kp 08/09/2006)

$50m from India for transmission corridor (kp 07/09/2006), Power Summit: Transmission highways on anvil, by Sanjaya Neupane (kp 09/09/2006), Power summit (kp 09/09/2006), Power sharing: India and Nepal try to break the ice on joint hyrdopower, by Kunda Dixit (nt 08/09/2006)

'Bio gas' to save villagers from wildlife, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 03/09/2006)

Financing deals for Upper Tamakoshi likely this week, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 03/09/2006)

Load-shedding from Sept 1 (kp 31/08/2006)

NEA chief interrogated (kp 28/08/2006)

NEA hemorrhages Rs 1.75b as suppliers pocket Rs 1.4b, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 26/08/2006)

Energy politics, by Surendra R Devkota (kp 23/08/2006)

Hydropower Mart '06 kicks off (kp 22/08/2006), Hydropower Invest Mart '06 concludes (kp 24/08/2006)

Load shedding from Sept 1 (kp 18/08/2006)

Khimti Hydro employees on strike (kp 17/08/2006)

Opportunities and challenges, by Apar Neupane (kp 16/08/2006)

Hydropower mart from Aug 21 (kp 15/08/2006)

Challenges Ahead: Incoming Loadshedding, by AB Thapa (sp 11/08/2006)

Birgunj NEA reports Rs 160m leakage (kp 08/08/2006)

Monsoon fails to replenish Kulekhani reservoir, by Pratap Bista (kp 02/08/2006)

Erratic power, phones hamper business (kp 02/08/2006)

NEA's loss swells to Rs 2.70b (kp 01/08/2006)

Plans afoot to create a 'power pool' in South Asia, by Munza Mushtaq (Asian Tribune 01/08/2006)

The country’s future is dark: Even if the right decisions are taken today, we’ll still have eight hours of winter power cuts daily till at least 2013, by Kunda Dixit (nt 28/07/2006)

Meeting Energy Needs In Langtang, by Hari Krishna Uprety (rn 16/07/2006)

ADRA Improves Access to Electricity in Nepal (Reuters Alert Net 10/07/2006)

Making hydropower more cost-effective, by Krishna Kanta Panthi (kp 09/07/2006)

Renewal energy scheme for rural uplift (samn 08/07/2006)

Power Export And Upper Karnali Project, by AB Thapa (sp 30/06/2006)

Question of exporting hydropower, by Krish Krishnan & Charles K Ebinger (kp 26/06/2006)

Can Nepal afford to export? by Sunil Thapa (kp 16/06/2006)

Sale of electricity rises (samn 14/06/2006)

Mid-Marsyangdi turns costliest-ever hydel project, by Bikash Sangraula (nn 10/06/2006)

Khudi power project in final phase (samn 07/06/2006)

UML-PFN cadres scuffle (nn 05/06/2006)

Meeting on Upper Koshi held (samn 04/06/2006)

NEA divers risk life for peanuts; No increment in 21 years (kp 04/06/2006)

Hydropower Potential and Challenges, by Deepak Adhikari (rn 29/05/2006)

Megawealth: How to turn falling water into wealth, Steve Gorzula (nt 05/05/2006)

Biogas project signs for carbon trading (kp 04/05/2006), Nepal to take on green house gases (samn 04/05/2006)

Hydel project’s closure worries locals (samn 03/05/2006)

Experts call for diesel plants to meet growing power demand (nn 06/04/2006), ‘Industries should establish independent power sources’ (kp 06/04/2006)

Harnessing Hydropower (kp 02/04/2006)

Power Transfer: Major American investor exits from Bhote Koshi power company, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 31/03/2006)

NEA's accumulated loss over Rs 5b (kp 30/03/2006), Saving NEA (kp 31/03/2006)

PIE's new bid to address power outage; NEA stops load shedding in Kathmandu during nights (nn 29/03/2006)

Experts for involvement of private sector in hydropower generation (nn 28/03/2006), Experts seek privatisation of power body (samn 28/03/2006)

Nepali company acquires majority stake in the Bhote Koshi (nn 27/03/2006), HIE buys 75% of Bhotekoshi (kp 28/03/2006)

Independent Power Producers Of Nepal, by AB Thapa (sp 24/03/2006)

Kulekhani reservoir out of danger: NEA (nn 22/03/2006)

Nepal to import 70 MW power from India (People's Daily 19/03/2006), 70 MW power to be imported, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 19/03/2006)

Load-shedding relaxed partially (kp 18/03/2006)

Load Shedding Once More Again Need to Sit around a Round Table, by SB Pun (sp 17/03/2006), Few Suggestions to NEA: About Loadshedding Problem, by AB Thapa (sp 17/03/2006)

Water level rises by 10 cm in Kulekhani, by Pratap Bista (kp 16/03/2006)

Industries in Nepal's eastern city hit hard by load shedding (People's Daily 16/03/2006), Loadshedding darkens industries (samn 16/03/2006)

Unwanted burden, by Sneha Shrestha (kp 15/03/2006)

Indian Corporation to Supply 150 MW Power to Nepal (nln 15/03/2006)

Hydro Project Faces Delays in Nepal: Middle Marsyangdi due to be completed in two years, by Arjun Sharma (Ohmy News 14/03/2006)

Load-shedding will continue: NEA (nn 12/03/2006)

NEA, FNCCI to manage load shedding (kp 11/03/2006)

Power crisis (kp 10/03/2006)

Load-shedding increases by 2 hrs a day (kp 10/03/2006), Loadshedding till 2015: Question is what can we do till then to make a bad situation bearable?, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 10/03/2006), Power cut increases to 49 hrs a week (samn 10/03/2006)

Nepal likely to see darker days: NEA (samn 07/03/2006)

Internal funds for 309 MW Upper Tamakoshi, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 07/03/2006

Kulekhani employees face health hazards (kp 06/03/2006)

35 hours load-shedding a week (kp 05/03/2006), More power cuts to spur price hike (samn 05/03/2006), Daily 5-hour power cuts hit tourism in Kathmandu (nk 05/03/2006), NEA doubles load shedding hours; No prospect of immediate end of it: NEA officials (nn 05/03/2006) [Please don't forget to include the royal palace area and the army camps!!]

Appeal To Save Kulekhani-3 Potential, by AB Thapa (sp 03/03/2006), Kulekhani reservoir near empty: Load-shedding to double soon, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 04/03/2006)

Nepal's biomass use high (samn 28/02/2006)

NEA to govt: Find funding for 9 projects (kp 26/02/2006)

NEA staff stage sit-in (kp 24/02/2006)

SMEC proposes Nepal to invest in West Seti (nn 21/02/2006)

Power in villages (samn 19/02/2006)

NEA's Chameliagadh (kp 15/02/2006)

“Unbundling may not solve load-shedding”, interview with Ratna Sansar Shrestha, a former board member of Nepal Electricity Authority (nt 10/02/2006)

Hydel projects in offing in Rasua (samn 05/02/2006)

Power shortage to worsen in Nepal in years to come, by Wang Haijing (TMC Net 05/02/2006), Power shortage to worsen in Nepal in years to come (People's Daily 05/02/2006)

Back to the Stone Age: The fruits of war include electricity and oil shortages, by Artha Beed (nt 27/01/2006)

NEA Announces Massive Power Cut-off in Nepal (nln 22/01/2006), 17 hours load shedding in a week: NEA (nn 22/01/2006), Writ petition against load shedding (nn 27/01/2006), SC issues show cause notice on load shedding (nn 28/01/2006), SC asks govt to justify power outage (samn 28/01/2006)

Marsyandi hydro tunnel completes (samn 20/01/2006)

Hydroprojects to raise 737 MW more in Nepal, by Sudeshna Sarkar (nk 17/01/2006)

Maoists to allow Modikhola project (samn 17/01/2006)

Load Shedding: Direct Result of Bad Planning, by AB Thapa (sp 13/01/2006)

Nepal Sends Team to India to Buy Electricity (nln 13/01/2006), Power-starved Nepal woos India for electricity (nk 14/01/2006), Nepal, India Agreed to Exchange Electricity (nln 15/01/2006), India agrees to give 50 megawatt electricity to Nepal (nn 16/01/2006)

Hydropower Invest Mart to be held in Kathmandu (nn 08/01/2006), Hydropower Mart to bring together investors, promoters (kp 11/01/2006)

Andhikhola plant bags Planet prize (samn 06/01/2006)

Tax exemption in power generation (kp 06/01/2006)

Water plan: Too late, also too much (samn 05/01/2006), “The Plan Will Have Short Term, Middle Terms And Long Term Strategy On Water Resources Development”, interview with Binod Kuma Shaha, Assistant Minister for Water Resources (sp 06/01/2006), Government unveils ‘National Water Plan’ (nn 06/01/2006)

Sindhuli to have 44 KW hydro plant (samn 04/01/2006)

NEA to introduce load-shedding from January (nn 28/12/2005), Load-shedding from January, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 28/12/2005), Load shedding from January 2: NEA (samn 30/12/2005), Nepal to See Partial Load-shedding Every Day (nln 02/01/2006), Power shortage (kp 03/01/2006), No immediate end to load shedding: NEA officials (nn 04/01/2006)

Electrocuting the NEA: The government is readying a controversial electricity ordinance, by Rajendra Dahal (nt 16/12/2005)

Villagers in dark after power outage (samn 15/12/2005)

‘Encourage private sector to generate power’ (kp 15/12/2005)

Power tariff hike put off for now (samn 15/12/2005)

Nepal: Solar Tukis Bring Light for All (Iran Daily 14/12/2005)

Hydropower Engineering Economics, by AB Thapa (sp 09/12/2005)

Govt working to avoid load shedding (samn 09/12/2005)

Power tariffs likely to soar soon (samn 08/12/2005)

Government working to develop power sector: Asst. Minister (nn 08/12/2005)

Rasuwa locals produce electricity (samn 06/12/2005)

Nepali hydro project bags UNESCO award (samn 06/12/2005), Andhikhola Hydel project among three winners of IHA Blue Planet Prize (nn 06/12/2005)

OPEC Fund Approves Grant of $1.3m for Nepal Power Project, by M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan (Arab News 01/12/2005)

Sustainable Global Energy And Nepal, by Kamala Sarup (Scoop 29/11/2005)

India-funded solar energy project goes operational in Dhading (nn 28/11/2005)

Electricity Pricing And Load Shedding, by AB Thapa (sp 25/11/2005)

Old Mindsets Stumbling Block: A senior Indian official calls for shedding off old mindsets to realize and accelerate the trading of power between Nepal and India, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 25/11/2005), Regional Energy Sector: Future For Growth, by Keshab Poudel (sp 25/11/2005)

Demand outstrips supply: Get your candles, torches and generators ready for a long, dark winter, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 25/11/2005)

Power shortage snags Birgunj industries (kp 24/11/2005)

Nepal to benefit from carbon trade (nn 18/11/2005), Nepal can benefit from CO2 trade (kp 18/11/2005)

500 homes in Gulmi receive electricity using solar electrification system (nn 11/11/2005), Solar energy lights up lives (samn 12/11/2005)

NEA trying to effect power tariff hike (samn 07/11/2005)

See the light (nt 28/10/2005, originally in BBC Nepali Service, 16 October)

A winter of electric discontent: Why the proposed 10 percent electricity price hike will not solve the problem, by Dipak Gyawali (nt 21/10/2005)

‘Light in Humla’ (samn 11/10/2005)

Villagers collect Rs 65m for electrification, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 08/10/2005)

Nepal submits hydel policy (kp 05/10/2005)

Energy for Nepal: Biogas solves environmental and health problems (tg 05/10/2005)

Cow dung for the climate, by Navin Singh Khadka (BBC News 22/09/2005)

Global Hydropower Generation And Nepal, by AB Thapa (sp 23/09/2005)

10pc hike in electricity tariff (kp 22/09/2005)

“We need storage systems for hydropower”, Interview with Sandip Shah, chairman of the Independent Power Producers Association (nt 16/09/2005, originally in Abhiyan, 12-19 September)

Micro Hydro Development: Reality & Constraint, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (rn 09/09/2005)

Biogas, A Viable Option To Firewood & Kerosene, by Kamal Dhungel (rn 12/08/2005)

Hydropower potential in S Asia, by Bhim Udas (kp 10/08/2005)

Shared Power: A regional gathering stresses on the need to deepen efforts to attain regional cooperation in energy, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 05/08/2005)

Seasonal tariff unlikely this season, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 02/08/2005)

Cowdung takes the cake: Nepal’s biogas program bags coveted award (nt 22/07/2005)

Regional Cooperation For Energy Security, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (rn 21/07/2005)

Phortse micro-hydro: Model partnership (samn 20/07/2005)

NEA's poor show continues, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 18/07/2005)

Energy & Sustainable Development: Better Energy Services To Poor, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (rn 14/07/2005)

Small is bountiful in Nepal's energy sector (Science and Development Network 13/07/2005)

Energy Policy: National and regional Implications, by Binayak Bhadra (tg 29/06/2005); see also part 2 (06/07/2005), part 3 (13/07/2005)

Role of Nepalese Water Resources for Meeting Energy Needs in South Asia, by Kamal Rijal (tg 29/06/2005)

Hydro Power Development Private Sector's Key Role, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (rn 24/06/2005)

Power short-supply hits industrialization, by Sujit Mahat (kp 10/06/2005)

Hydropower in Nepal, by Bhim Udas (kp 10/06/2005)

‘Abandoning Arun III a mistake’ (kp 08/06/2005)

Gas pipeline study (kp 07/06/2005)

Kathmandu to host hydropower conference (kp 04/06/2005)

West Seti developers meet Indian officials (Nepal News 02/06/2005), Power may flow in from Nepal, by Kandula Subramaniam (Indian Express 02/06/2005)

The untapped might of the Himalayas, by Stanley A Weiss (Deccan Herald 30/05/2005)

China, Australia to invest in Nepal's biggest hydro-electric project (Xinhua 16/05/2005)

The untapped might of Himalayas, by Stanley A Weiss (kp 12/05/2005)

Seasonal power tariff from mid-May, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 08/05/2005)

Blackout might continue outside Valley Nationwide power failure, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 24/04/2005)

Nepal Power Sector Reform Road Map, by S.B. Pun (sp 22/04/2005)

Energy sector Need for national regulatory body (ht 21/04/2005)

Ordinanace to unbundle NEA by June end, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 15/04/2005)

Defaulters owe NEA Rs 3.72 billion, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 10/04/2005)

Alternative Energy: Key To Rural Prosperity, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 08/04/2005), “Nepal Has Made Exemplary Progress In Alternative Energy”, interview with Bikas Pandey (sp 08/04/2005)

Kankai Multipurpose Project, by AB Thapa (sp 08/04/2005)

Terrible Loss: Upper Karnali Project, by AB Thapa (sp 28/01/2005)

Load-Shedding And NEA's Misplaced Confidence, by AB Thapa (sp 21/01/2005)

Nepal-India hydro project likely by January-end, by Chandra Shekhar Adhikari (rn 20/01/2005)

Nepal’s oldest power house in ruins, by Krishna Adhikari (rn 12/01/2005), Ruins: NEA ready to revive Pharping power house (rn 12/01/2005)

Govt to intervene in NEA-BKPC dispute (rn 09/01/2005)

Electricity lights Manang homes, by Thirtha Neupane (kp 09/01/2005)

Long dark winters ahead: Supply is not keeping pace with rise in the electricity demand, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 07/01/2005)

Load-shedding lifted (kp 07/01/2005)

Regional Electricity Trade Advantages For Nepal, by Prabal Adhikari (rn 27/12/2004), Nepal-India cooperation on hydropower (ht 28/12/2004)

On Hydropower Pricing, a review of the book "Hydropower Pricing In Nepal Developing A Perspective", edited by Upendra Gautam and Ajoy Karki (sp 24/12/2004)

Dreadful Ordeal : Nepal Electricity Authority, by AB Thapa (sp 24/12/2004)

Locals generate power in novel way (kp 24/12/2004)

NEA, Bhote Koshi to end power purchase stand-off (rn 15/12/2004)

Electricity available in 29 VDCs of Dhading (rn 13/12/2004)

Maoist conditions for Upper Tamakoshi, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 10/12/2004)

Chameliya hydel plan still alive, awaits donors (rn 04/12/2004)

Bhote Kosi (nt, originally in Kantipur, 29 November)

Nuclear Power And Nepal, by AB Thapa (sp 03/12/2004)

Gongar-Khimti line to ease power crunch, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 03/12/2004)

Ten years after abandoning Arun III: Sankhuwasabha is still smarting from the loss, but the rest of the country is probably better off, by Kunda Dixit (nt 26/11/2004), “After Arun there was a paradigm shift”, interview with Bikash Pandey (nt 26/11/2004)

€ 30m German fund for Mid-Marsyangdi (kp 26/11/2004)

Govt urged to encourage pvt sector role in development of hydropower (ht 25/11/2004), Privatising hydropower (ht 26/11/2004), Private investment in hydel stressed (kp 01/12/2004)

Fresh Nepal-Indo hydro-power cooperation, by Krishna P Sigdyal (kp 19/11/2004)

Small power projects need improved pricing system (ht 18/11/2004), Small hydro projects attracting investors (rn 18/11/2004)

Irregularities in NEA’s power distribution (ht 13/11/2004)

Regional energy: Envisioning a secure future (pr 10/11/2004)

Mid-Marsyangdi may close again, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 08/11/2004), Mid-Marsyangdi works suspended, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 09/11/2004), Maoists urged to allow Mid-Marsyangdi (kp 10/11/2004), Germany for direct payment to contractor, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 19/11/2004)

Nepal’s biogas program can be a money-spinner, by Shandip K.C. (kp 06/11/2004)

West Seti construction likely to begin in 2005 (kp 06/11/2004)

Forthcoming Studies of Kosi Dams, by AB Thapa (sp 05/11/2004)

Book Review: An alternative system for rural electrification (pr 04/11/2004)

Mid-Marsyangdi works to resume Friday, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 29/10/2004), Mid-Marsyangdi works resume, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 30/10/2004), Marsyangdi woes (kp 30/10/2004)

Nuwakot people waiting to bulbs (rn 28/10/2004)

Nearly 8,000 benefit from micro hydro (rn 26/10/2004)

Power thefts hit NEA hard (ht 16/10/2004)

SMEC negotiating with Chinese parties, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 12/10/2004)

Hydropower eyes public investment (ht 11/10/2004), Tapping Hydropower (rn 11/10/2004)

Reform needed to tap Indian power market (kp 09/10/2004)

Karnali-Chisapani no longer on back burner, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 09/10/2004)

Delivering Sustainability: Challenges And Opportunities For The Energy Industry (sp 08/10/2004)

A Decade After Arun Devacle: Hurting The Poor, by Keshab Poudel (sp 08/10/2004), "Arun III Debacle Was A Huge Loss For The Country", interview with Ram Sharan Mahat (sp 08/10/2004), Experience with the Arun (Nepal), excerpts of the statement by Bikash Pandey of the Alliance for Energy, Nepal to the World Bank Board of Executive Directors Washington, DC, February 3, 1998 (sp 08/10/2004)

Energy Infrastructure Development Special Bank Essential, by Atma K. Shrestha (rn 07/10/2004)

Indrawati III Hydropower generates profit (ht 04/10/2004)

Ramechhap locals to protest against NEA (rn 03/10/2004)

Delayed reaction: Every day that construction is halted on the Mid-Marsyangdi project, Nepal loses millions, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 01/10/2004)

Japanese investors to study Upper Seti project (kp 27/09/2004)

NEA appoints local co-arbitrator, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 26/09/2004)

Micro-hydro operators’ training organised (rn 25/09/2004)

The Kali Gandaki tangle: NEA management, with official collusion, let $30 million in guarantee money slip away, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 24/09/2004)

Nepal Electricity Authority: Misleading Report, by AB Thapa (sp 24/09/2004)

Training for hydropower operators concludes (ht 24/09/2004)

Mid-Marsyangdi talks fail (kp 22/09/2004)

Extension works of biggest power transmission line to start (rn 20/09/2004)

NEA files case against Kali Gandaki ‘A’ contractor, by Bikash Thapa (kp 20/09/2004)

Middle Marsyangdi works to resume (kp 14/09/2004), MMHEP to resume work from Sept 16 (ht 15/09/2004)

Call to promote biogas plants (ht 14/09/2004), Experts underscore biogas potentials (kp 14/09/2004), ‘Govt won’t decrease biogas subsidy’ (rn 14/09/2004)

Kaligandaki-A workers on strike (kp 06/09/2004)

33 Years of Indo-Nepal Power Exchange and YET ? Need for Critical Rethinking on Nepal’s Export Strategy, by SB Pun (sp 03/09/2004)

Operations at MMHP remain halted (ht 01/09/2004)

Modi Khola shutdown costing NEA dear (ht 30/08/2004)

NHPC connects its power to national grid of NEA (rn 21/08/2004)

Treacherous Planning : Water Resources By Dr. AB Thapa (sp 20/08/2004)

Two Decades Of History: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is successful in supplying energy to the consumers (sp 20/08/2004)

NHPC to construct 4.5 MW LIH (kp 20/08/2004)

Electricity vs insurgency (kp 16/08/2004)

Frequent power cuts affect business acitivities (kp 10/08/2004)

Royalties to districts hurt by hydropower (kp 09/08/2004)

India to expedite Koshi mega project, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 09/08/2004), High dam, high hopes (kp 10/08/2004), Indian panel to pave way for Koshi dam in Nepal (ht 17/08/2004), Work starts on Koshi High Dam DPR, but where’s Mahakali?, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 17/08/2004), Benefits of proposed dam on Saptakoshi discussed (rn 20/08/2004)

Nepal Bangladesh Bank becomes PDF administrator (ht 05/08/2004)

Bio-gas plant (rn 04/08/2004)

Greenbacks for being green Nepalis can soon start collecting their reward for not polluting the earth, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 30/07/2004)

A bright spot Reaching power to the people, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (ht 02/08/2004)

World Bank, PDF And Government, by AB Thapa (sp 30/07/2004)

Rural folks ‘better’ at electricity distribution than NEA, by Arjun Bhandari (ht 30/07/2004)

Govt for amicable settlement of KGA dispute (kp 28/07/2004)

Powerstation back in service (kp 25/07/2004)

On Micro-Hydel: Amreeta Regmi explains the Nepal’s micro-hydro development through a perspective of the sociopolitical situation, a book review (sp 23/07/2004), Book on micro-hydel intervention in Nepal released (rn 27/07/2004)

Modikhola Hydropower workers carry on strike (rn 21/07/2004)

Inadvertent overachievement (nt 16/07/2004)

An alternative current: An ex-politician from Khandbari shows how hydroelectricity can help fund local health and education, by Kunda Dixit (nt 09/07/2004)

Hydro projects fail to provide power (kp 08/07/2004)

‘Micro-hydro projects need to be linked’ (ht 07/07/2004), Micro hydel plays vital role in rural electrification (rn 08/07/2004)

Agreement signed to administer PDF project (kp 30/06/2004)

Attract foreign investment in hydropower: Experts (kp 20/06/2004)

NEA threatens to cut electricity supply (kp 20/06/2004)

Light in Humla campaign frees households from darkness (rn 19/06/2004)

From hydro to solar: With photovoltaics, Nepalis don’t have to curse the darkness anymore, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 18/06/2004)

Startling Paradoxes: Upper Karnali Project, by AB Thapa (sp 11/06/2004)

Irregular power supply hits industries (kp 06/06/2004)

Accepting Responsibility : West Seti Project, by AB Thapa (sp 28/05/2004)

Hydropower project (ht 28/05/2004)

Upper Tama Koshi Hydel project to start by 2007 (rn 25/05/2004)

NEA Killing Goose Laying Golden Eggs, by A.B. Thapa (sp 21/05/2004)

Privatisation of Chamelia Hydel Project opposed by locals, by Ravi Dhami (ht 20/05/2004)

Energy: Whither Power Sector, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 14/05/2004)

NEA blacklists 1034 in Saptari (ht 14/05/2004)

Sustainable Sources: Rural Nepal needs to focus on sustainable energy sources like solar and wind energy, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 07/05/2004)

For Mutual Benefits: Experts emphasize the need to forge closer regional cooperation in the harnessing of energy for the betterment of people of South Asia in a regional workshop, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 30/04/2004)

50 more users’ groups to manage rural power supply (ht 28/04/2004)

Energy Resources Status, by Santa Bahadur Pun (tg 28/04/2004)

NEA undergoes a quiet revolution, by Govind Misra (ht 25/04/2004)

Vital tool for hydro-power, by Bishnu Prasad Gautam (kp 15/04/2004), Private sector crucial to hydropower (ht 15/04/2004)

Nepal-US pact on power sector reform (ht 03/04/2004), Sharing Of Knowledge: A leading US power regulator will be providing expertise and sharing experiences to help Nepal in the sector, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 09/04/2004)

Bhairab Risal Bringing light to Humla, by Saurav Jung Thapa (kp 31/03/2004)

Load shedding still to continue, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rn 30/03/2004)

India, China urged to help in electricity generation (ht 25/03/2004)

78 pc Nuwakot population still without electricity (ht 22/03/2004)

Too much, or too little water: Mis-timed maintenance on Marsyangdi and drought trigger power cuts (nt 19/03/2004)

Making a killing on contracts: Why do the Nepali people almost always get the short end of the deal in foreign-funded projects?, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 19/03/2004)

Mid-Marsyangdi work stalled (ht 16/03/2004)

Chilime master Dr Nepali looks upstream, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 16/03/2004)

No electricity for Panchthar, Taplejung yet (kp 14/03/2004)

Impreglio SpA demands $4.5 million (kp 13/04/2004)

Elysee Frontiere back with Upper Karnali, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 31/01/2004), ‘Elysee Frontiere has green signal from India, too’, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 03/02/2004)

Let there be light: The people are willing to pay for electricity, but can the government deliver on its promise?, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 23/01/2004)

70 megawatt Marsyangdi works set to resume (kp 22/01/2004), Marshyangdi hydel project resumes work (kp 02/02/2004)

Hydropower woes (kp 21/01/2004)

Kali Gandaki ‘A’ controversy deepens (kp 20/01/2004), Largest power prt a reality after umpteen false starts, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 22/01/2004), HM to inaugurate Kali Gandaki "A" 144-meawatt Hydro-Project today (pr 22/01/2004), HM inaugurates Kali Gandaki "A" 144-megawatt Hydro-Project (pr 29/01/2004), Power Push: The largest hydroelectricity project of Nepal – KGA – is formally inaugurated pushing the country’s total power generation by 27 percent, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 30/01/2004)

Give local people their right to resources, say experts (ht 19/01/2004)

Residents celebrate electrification of village (kp 14/01/2004)

Marsyangdi contractor to complete project by 2006, by Bikash Thapa (kp 14/01/2004)

NEA must shell out Rs 560m to secure installations: RNA, by Bikash Thapa (kp 09/01/2004)

Thailand Nepal And Electricity Policy, by A.B. Thapa (sp 02/01/2004)

Alternative Energy: Solar Power, by Akshay Sharma (sp 02/01/2004)

Coops to handle electrification (ht 02/01/2004)

‘Supply power in remote areas’ (kp 02/01/2004)

NEA Board gives nod to Frankfurt agreement, by Bikash Thapa (kp 02/01/2004)

For older links see archive

Background

Biogas Support Programme Nepal, BSP aims to develop a sustainable biogas sector in Nepal by the year 2000

Office of Energy Efficiency Services (OEES), Ministry of Industry

Electricity Development Centre on Arun III

Hydropower Development of Nepal

Rural Energy Development Programme