India ‘positive’ to purchase surplus electricity from Nepal
KATHMANDU, Feb 24: An agreement has been reached to form a joint task force on a proposal to construct a hydropower project to be built with joint investments of Nepal and India.
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 10: Nepal sold over 1.7 billion units of electricity worth Rs 15.4 billion to India during this year’s rainy season. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NTA) exported surplus electricity to India during the period between mid-May and mid-December, 2023. A maximum of 700 megawatts of electricity was sold daily at the average rate of […]
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KATHMANDU, Dec 8: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has exported power worth Rs 15.4 billion to India during the monsoon this year. As per the agreement, the NEA started exporting surplus electricity to India on June 1, 2023.
Accordingly, the NEA sold over 1.7 billion units
KATHMANDU, June 3: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has started exporting 39 MW of electricity to India with the onset of monsoon. The NEA has started exporting electricity generated in Nepal to India from Wednesday midnight. NEA has exported 39 MW of surplus electricity to India.
Nepal has started exporting electricity that could not be consumed due to an increase in power generation to India.
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KATHMANDU, Feb. 25: Nepal and India have agreed to develop large hydropower projects in Nepal through joint investments, Nepal's Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation said on Thursday.
During a secretary-level joint steering committee meeting, the two sides agreed to set up a joint technical team to work on the plan, the ministry said in a press statement.
"We're still in the early stage of discussion on developing large hydropower projects through joint investments," Chiranjeevi Chataut, joint secretary at the ministry, told Xinhua.
According to him, no project has been identified for joint investments.
Indian companies are currently involved in some large hydropower projects in Nepal, including the 900 megawatts (MW) Arun-III Hydropower Project in eastern Nepal and the 900MW Upper Karnali Hydropower Project in western Nepal.
According to the Nepali ministry, the two sides also agreed that the Nepal Electricity Authority and the Power Grid Corporation of India would set up a joint venture by April to construct a 400 kilovolts (KV) new Butwal-Gorakhpur transmission line on the Indian side.
Nepal will construct part of the proposed transmission line on its side, as the two countries agreed to jointly fund a 140-km-long transmission line on the Indian side in September last year.
Currently, power trade between Nepal and India is conducted through the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur cross-border transmission line in eastern Nepal, which has a capacity of 400KV.
Nepal aims to export its surplus electricity to Indian markets, during the monsoon in particular. In November last year, India allowed Nepal to export 39MW of electricity to the country through its energy exchange market.
India has also agreed to allow Nepal to export more electricity to India in the upcoming monsoon season, according to the Nepali ministry.
In addition, Nepal and India have agreed to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of a cross-border transmission line between Nepal and India's West Bengal State, and such a transmission line may work as a transit for power trading between Nepal and Bangladesh, said Chataut.
ousehold electricity consumption with the onset of winter, dedicated supply to industries and increase in electric vehicles is fuelling demand for hydropower, reducing wastage. This is why, despite having started exporting surplus electricity to India last month, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is now scrambling to meet a spike in domestic demand. Electricity demand is increasing […]
Photo: KUNDA DIXIT hile almost 10% of the Nepali population continues to live without power, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has begun to export surplus electricity to India citing the absence of transmission lines to transport power to load centres. Nepal reached a deal with the Indian Energy Exchange (IEE) on 1 November and from […]
Estimating that Nepal will produce surplus electricity after the 465-megawatt Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project begins full operation, the Nepal Electricity Authority Managing Director Kul Man Ghising has met several officials in India to explore power sale opportunities there.
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Estimating that Nepal will produce surplus electricity after the 465-megawatt Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project begins full operation, the Nepal Electricity Authority Managing Director Kul Man Ghising has met several officials in India to explore power sale opportunities there.
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