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Hydropower output rises, opening export scope in the wet season

Capacity has grown as new projects connect to the national grid.

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Hydropower capacity has increased as projects completed in recent years connect to the national transmission system.

With wet-season output exceeding domestic demand, officials point to export potential.

Transmission infrastructure

Delays in transmission lines and substations risk stranding generation that has already been built.

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Prakash Adhikari
Prakash Adhikari

Business Correspondent

Writes on banking, capital markets and public finance.

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Deepak Thapa

Senior Correspondent

Two decades reporting on public policy and infrastructure.

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