Villagers compete to install solar panels for SLC

This story in news daily Republica shows how solar technology helps Nepal in many more ways than one would normally think. Reposting here as well:

Villagers compete to install solar panels for SLC TEK NARAYAN BHATTARAI PALPA, March 2: The surest way to identify a house of an SLC candidate in the remote Ruksebhanjyang [...]

Loadshedding – “End is Near”?

A few days ago Honorable Energy Minister assured us that loadshedding as we know it will end in a couple of years. I couldn’t help but think of people who stand at busy street corners and crowded places holding signs of “End is Near” and prophesize that our world is coming to an end.. [...]

New Solar Power Plants in Karnataka and Bangkok – Kathmandu Next?

Two news articles from today’s Solarbuzz:

Bangkok Solar Power 11-MW Plant Bangkok Solar Power will spend Bt100 million to build the Lop Buri solar farm with a generating capacity of 11 MW. Press through Solarbuzz at: http://tinyurl.com/yk388w3 Suniva Solar Cells for 3-MW Solar Project in Karnataka, India Suniva(R), Inc announced the commissioning of a [...]

6.4 GW of Solar Installed Globally in 2009, How much will Nepal Install?

To those who question how large solar installations can be – I love to show these 2009 stats from Solarbuzz:

World solar photovoltaic (PV) market installations reached a record high of 6.43 gigawatt (GW) in 2009, representing growth of 6% over the previous year, according to the annual PV market report issued today by [...]

Gham Power Featured on Kantipur TV Headline News

Gham Power at Zero Energy House of Pulchowk Engineering Campus

Yesterday I had the unique opportunity to talk to the faculty and students at Center of Energy Studies (CES) of Pulchowk Institute of Engineering (IOE) about Feasibility of Large Scale Solar PV in Nepal. This talk came about from a meeting I had last week with Dr. Tri Ratna Bajracharya Ji, Director of CES [...]