Nepal, Jan. 22 -- Without a massive and concerted effort to develop solar power, unmet electricity demand will continue to plague the energy sector, the economy, and the nation at large

Nepalis have always prided in the country's abundance of hydropower potential that will someday lead to national prosperity. Surveys have established that Nepal has 83,000 megawatts of hydropower capacity of which approximately half is commercially viable. General logic and the resulting government policy has dictated that even if just a reasonable portion of available capacity gets successfully harnessed, it would light up the country, fuel its industries, and leave a huge surplus for export, with potential annual revenue in the billions of dollars, as w...