Nepal
Licence granted to cross-border transmission line
- Apr 30, 2024
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has granted licence to the Indian portion of an Indo-Nepal transmission line, owned by Butwal-Gorakhpur Cross Border Power Transmission Ltd (BGCPTL). In a recent order, CERC granted licence to BGCPTL for Read more
India becoming a bigger net exporter of electricity
- Apr 29, 2024
India, over the years, has become a bigger net exporter of electricity with respect to its neighbour trade partners –Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. According to an analysis by T&D India based on official statistics released by Grid Corporation Read more
PGCIL JV seeks licence for Indo-Nepal cross-border line
- Apr 8, 2024
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), in a recent order, has stated that “Butwal-Gorakhpur Cross Border Power Transmission Ltd,” a joint venture between Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) and Nepal Electricity Read more
GE Grid Solutions to modernize 39 substations in Nepal
- Feb 8, 2023
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has announced that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to automate 39 substations across Nepal, as part of an Asian Development Bank-funded project. The contract will Read more
Salasar Techno Engineering wins its first ever international EPC order
- Jan 18, 2023
Salasar Techno Engineering Ltd (STEL), in a release, said that it has won its first ever international EPC order. The company has been awarded an EPC contract valued at Rs.143 crore from Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). To Read more
Arun-3 HEP: Concreting of transformer hall begins
- Dec 27, 2022
Concreting of the transformer hall has begun at the under-construction Arun-3 hydropower project in Nepal being developed by SJVN Ltd. In a release, SJVN said that several construction activities started on the project during the visit of Nand Lal Read more
Land acquisition for Arun-3 transmission line underway
- Nov 18, 2022
Land acquisition for the transmission line associated with the Arun-3 hydropower project in Nepal is underway, according to senior officials of the implementing agency SJVN Ltd. The transmission line contract has been divided into two packages, covering a total Read more
Commissioning of Nepal’s first 400kV GIS substation
- Sep 19, 2022
In this case study, Arjun Singh, Project Manager, Linxon India, recalls the infrastructural and Covid-related challenges surmounted during the successful completion of Nepal’s first 400kV GIS substation located at Dhalkebar and commissioned by Linxon for Nepal Electricity Authority. The Read more
NHPC signs MoU with PTC India for power sale from Nepal projects
- Sep 1, 2022
NHPC Ltd and PTC India Ltd recently signed an MoU for sale of power to be generated from NHPC’s upcoming West Seti and Seti River-6 hydropower projects in Nepal. The MoU was signed by Shri A.K. Singh, CMD, NHPC Read more
NHPC plans to enter solar manufacturing, signs MoU
- Aug 25, 2022
Central power sector PSU NHPC Ltd plans to enter the solar manufacturing space for which it has signed an MoU with another public sector entity Bharat Electronics Ltd. In a brief stock exchange communication, NHPC said that on August Read more