Bangladesh wants Nepal’s power, but India holds the key
Even as the region increasingly depends on interconnected grids to move renewable energy, the three neighbours are in a stalemate over a mere 20 MW The post Bangladesh wants Nepal’s power, but India holds the key appeared first on Dialogue Earth .
Every monsoon, Nepal's rivers swell and generate extra hydropower, which could supplement Bangladesh's reliance on fossil fuels. However, electricity trade between the two countries must pass through India's transmission network, which includes certain conditions. Since 2024, Nepal has been exporting 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh via the India-Bangladesh transmission line every June to November, with a desire to increase this to 20 MW more.
But in June 2025, the Indian power trading company managing cross-border grid operations with Bangladesh declined the request, citing capacity constraints on the India-Bangladesh transmission line. Despite this, energy experts and officials in all three countries believe the impasse is more complex than it seems, involving technical, procedural, and political factors.
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