Kathmandu, Aug. 11 -- Nepal's electricity export to India has reached as high as 850 MW in the past two weeks, thanks to the soaring water flow in rivers along with increased rainfall this year.
According to the records of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the country is now exporting more than 20,500 megawatt hours of electricity to India on a daily basis. Rajan Dhakal, spokesperson for the NEA, said that electricity production has increased by a notable amount in the past two weeks. "Due to this reason, the NEA has been exporting unutilized electricity in excess after domestic consumption to the neighboring country," said Dhakal.
As most of the hydropower projects are run-of-river types, the country produces excess electricity with t...
Click here to read full article from source
To read the full article or to get the complete feed from this publication, please
Contact Us.