energy

Bishal Thapa on the Potential and Pitfalls of Energy Trade for Nepal
September 12, 2023x
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Bishal Thapa on the Potential and Pitfalls of Energy Trade for Nepal

#Ep.064 Nepal has come a long way from its dismal past of power shortage and routine load sheddings. Today as more hydropower projects come online and supply is beginning seasonally to exceed demand there is an optimistic anticipation for power trade within the energy fraternity in Nepal. In this episode, Satish and Bishal evaluate the scope of the electricity trade between Nepal and its regi...

Padmendra Shrestha on the Intricacies of Community Engagement in Nepal's Hydropower Development Projects
August 29, 2023x
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Padmendra Shrestha on the Intricacies of Community Engagement in Nepal's Hydropower Development Projects

#Ep.61 An Environmental Assessment (EA) is a recognized mechanism to assess and predict an infrastructure project's potential environmental, social, and economic impacts. In the context of hydropower development, EAs are conducted to identify, evaluate, and mitigate the project's impact on both the natural environment and the communities. Nepal started EAs in 1997. However, their effect...

Anantaa Pandey on Driving the EV Revolution in Nepal
June 13, 2023x
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Anantaa Pandey on Driving the EV Revolution in Nepal

#Ep.048 Nepal has recently made significant progress in sustainable transportation, particularly electric mobility. As it strives to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality, electric vehicles are becoming an increasingly important part of its climate action plan. This has also generated a lot of interest in the energy and transportation sectors. But despite the government's targets of 25% ...

Suman Basnet on Transforming the Nepali Kitchen: Nepal's Push for Electric Cooking Solutions
May 23, 2023x
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Suman Basnet on Transforming the Nepali Kitchen: Nepal's Push for Electric Cooking Solutions

#Ep.043 Nepal aims, ambitiously, to reach net zero emissions by 2045. Doing so requires it to extensively curb emissions from its energy sector, which accounts for 54% of its total emissions. One of its action plans to that end was a push to use green renewables through alternative cooking practices, where electric cooking has massive potential. It aims to ensure that electric stoves are used a...

Bimal Regmi on Deciphering the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report on Climate Change through a Nepali Lens

Bimal Regmi on Deciphering the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report on Climate Change through a Nepali Lens

#Ep.037 Adopted in 2015, the Paris Agreement was hailed as a leap for humankind to achieve climate change mitigation, adaptation, and establish effective mechanisms for climate finance. The agreement set the long-term temperature goal to keep the rise in mean global temperature to well below 2 °C (3.6 °F) above pre-industrial levels, and preferably limit the increase to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F), recogni...

Conversations: Sagar Prasai offers a Political Economy of Electricity Market in India and Beyond
September 26, 2022x
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Conversations: Sagar Prasai offers a Political Economy of Electricity Market in India and Beyond

Ep. Co#004 Nepal’s hydropower narrative has always had the export of electricity to India as one of the key components. In this episode of PxP:Conversations, Saumitra Neupane and Sagar Prasai discuss how the Indian electricity market gets featured in Nepal’s hydropower imagination, the impact that this has had on Nepal’s ability to exploit its hydropower potential, and what differentiates the N...

Conversations: Satish Joshi on Reframing Nepal's Hydropower Energy Narrative
September 14, 2022x
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Conversations: Satish Joshi on Reframing Nepal's Hydropower Energy Narrative

Ep. Co#002 For over half a century, Nepal has deeply held on to the established narrative of its immense hydropower potential. Proponents have long proclaimed hydropower as a source of clean and affordable energy and a means of achieving national prosperity through the export of electricity to markets in India and beyond. In reality, however, the country has realized only a fraction of its pote...

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