The Department of Electricity Development (DoED) has issued power
generation licenses to 29 hydropower projects in fiscal year 2012/13 so
far. The total installed capacity of the 29 projects is 794 MW. The department has issued generation licenses to 65 projects so far.
“As generation licenses are issued only after the hydropower projects fulfill certain criteria set by the government, we are hopeful that these projects will be completed on time,” Gokarna Raj Pantha, information officer of DoED.
Hydropower producers should complete feasibility study and Environment Impact Assessment /Initial Environment Examination, sign Power Purchase Agreement or Connection Agreement, attain financial closure and submit industrial registration documents to apply for general license.
Major projects that have received power generation licenses this year include Lower Arun (400 MW), Rasuwagadhi (111 MW), Kabeli A (37.6 MW), Nyadi Khola (30 MW) and Khani Khola (30 MW).
The generation licenses are issued for 35 years for projects meant for domestic consumption and 30 years for export-oriented projects.
This year, the DoED scrapped survey licenses of some four dozen companies to discourage the trend of occupying rivers.
According to Pantha, as many as 75 firms holding survey licenses had applied for the generation license.
Power Summit in the offing
The Independent Power Producers´ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) is organizing Power Summit 2013 in Kathmandu in the last week of August with the objective of giving momentum to hydropower development.
The event, which will be held on August 26-27, is being jointly organized by IPPAN and India´s Power Trade Corporation. The Ministry of Energy and Investment Board of Nepal are supporting the event.
“The private sector also feels the need for ´energy´ and motivation to plough ahead in order to deliver on its critical role to an energy starved economy,” IPPAN said in a statement.
The main objectives of the conference are to conduct a critical review of where IPPAN has reached since 2006, what it lacks, and what it needs to put in place to gear up the hydropower sector. The contents of the summit cover all the major areas such as political landscape, legal and regulatory framework, accurate demand forecast, project financing infrastructure, including transmission lines and access roads, and managing local expectations.
Government officials of both Nepal and India as well as private sector power producers and development partners will take part in the event.
IPPAN is expecting to build a status-report, a clear picture of the state of affairs and establish a plan of action with designated roles and responsibilities for the hydropower sector in the power-strapped country, according to the statement.
src : republica
“As generation licenses are issued only after the hydropower projects fulfill certain criteria set by the government, we are hopeful that these projects will be completed on time,” Gokarna Raj Pantha, information officer of DoED.
Hydropower producers should complete feasibility study and Environment Impact Assessment /Initial Environment Examination, sign Power Purchase Agreement or Connection Agreement, attain financial closure and submit industrial registration documents to apply for general license.
Major projects that have received power generation licenses this year include Lower Arun (400 MW), Rasuwagadhi (111 MW), Kabeli A (37.6 MW), Nyadi Khola (30 MW) and Khani Khola (30 MW).
The generation licenses are issued for 35 years for projects meant for domestic consumption and 30 years for export-oriented projects.
This year, the DoED scrapped survey licenses of some four dozen companies to discourage the trend of occupying rivers.
According to Pantha, as many as 75 firms holding survey licenses had applied for the generation license.
Power Summit in the offing
The Independent Power Producers´ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) is organizing Power Summit 2013 in Kathmandu in the last week of August with the objective of giving momentum to hydropower development.
The event, which will be held on August 26-27, is being jointly organized by IPPAN and India´s Power Trade Corporation. The Ministry of Energy and Investment Board of Nepal are supporting the event.
“The private sector also feels the need for ´energy´ and motivation to plough ahead in order to deliver on its critical role to an energy starved economy,” IPPAN said in a statement.
The main objectives of the conference are to conduct a critical review of where IPPAN has reached since 2006, what it lacks, and what it needs to put in place to gear up the hydropower sector. The contents of the summit cover all the major areas such as political landscape, legal and regulatory framework, accurate demand forecast, project financing infrastructure, including transmission lines and access roads, and managing local expectations.
Government officials of both Nepal and India as well as private sector power producers and development partners will take part in the event.
IPPAN is expecting to build a status-report, a clear picture of the state of affairs and establish a plan of action with designated roles and responsibilities for the hydropower sector in the power-strapped country, according to the statement.
src : republica
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