Many of our friends around the world have asked us about the recent commitments from Germany and Japan to help solar in Nepal and what it means for us.

For those not aware, Germany just offered 9.5 million euros for improving the solar home system in rural communities and supporting the peace process (see [...]

Pulitzer Prize winning author Kai Bird who lives in Nepal writes in The Huffington Post about Steven Solomon’s book “Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization” and how water problems add to Nepal’s current energy crisis. It is interesting to note that Kai is dealing with his own loadshedding problem with diesel generator [...]

At Gham Power, we often get asked — “why is your PV system more expensive than the ones advertised in the local market? So-and-so is selling a solar light system for Rs 20,000, or so-and-so has a system that runs lights and TV for Rs. 50,000″, and so on..

Well, the short answer is [...]

Happy to report  a big day at Gham Power

First, the ad in Kantipur has our phones ringing off the hook. Even though the staff was prepared for the call volume, at times it got overwhelming. If you had to wait long to get connected, sorry about that – we will do a better [...]

Nepal is in prime solar region, getting 2 to 3 times more solar energy compared to world solar leader Germany. Nepal’s total electricity need is around 800 megawatts, which is a tiny fraction of the amount of solar energy Germany installs PER YEAR! By this math, Nepal has every region to be extremely serious about harnessing solar energy to address its current embarrassing loadshedding schdule of issuing 12-plus hours of blackouts per day. [...]