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Federal regulators have granted Native American tribes more power to block hydropower projects on their land after a flurry of applications were filed to expand renewable energy in the water-scarce U.S. Southwest. Previously, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted developers approval to move ahead with planning even if tribes objected. Now, a new commission policy allows tribes to quickly veto proposals, forcing businesses to cooperate if they want the federal government to grant them exclusive rights to their hydropower projects.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The director general (DG) of the Department of Electricity Development, Jeebachh Mandal, has said that because the Ministry of Finance (MoF) is complacent in terms of making economic rules and laws, the private sector as well as the government entities are facing repercussions.

KATHMANDU, Feb 15: The permits of nine hydropower projects with a total capacity of 461 megawatts are in risk of being revoked after they failed to get approval from national parks and conservation areas to conduct feasibility study.

A number of hydropower projects in Nepal suffered substantial damages as a result of floods and landslides that were not predicted in the recent past. The devastation caused by the floods and landslides in the hydropower power plants has highlighted an urgent need for resilience in the construction and design of these vital infrastructures.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: On June 14, 2023, the employees working in the under-construction Super Hewakhola hydropower project at Chainpur, Sankhuwasabha, went to sleep after having dinner. The heavy flood in Hewakhola at around 9:30 PM not only washed away 18 workers along with their tents built on the river bank, but also damaged more than half a dozen structures of the project.