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Nepal, a land-locked country blessed with snow capped mountains of the Himalayan range, possesses hydropower potential of about 84,000 megawatts (MW), of which at least 42,000 MW can be utilized for economic gain. However, the current total installed generation capacity is only 650 MW, with the public sector accounting for 480 MW and the private […]

by Sadiq Zaidi 1.    For the last 3 decades, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has experienced the fastest economic growth in the world. A 10-fold increase in the gross domestic product (GDP) accompanied by rapid urbanization, has placed greater demands on urban energy services. The urban population is projected to increase by 50 percent […]

by Sadiq Zaidi 1.    Inadequate power supply has emerged as one of the most serious infrastructure constraints on sustainable economic growth both in the developed and the developing world. Additional investments in traditional commercial power supply sources alone will not be sufficient to bridge the demand-supply gap. The heavy reliance on fossil fuels in the […]