The unit has been established at the Center for Energy Studies (CES), Institute of Engineering, Tribhuwan University and will provide details every six months on the actual data and its analysis of the country’s energy to the government and other bodies.[break]
The unit is established with joint efforts of the Centre, the Vienna University of Technology, and the Institute for Energy System and Thermodynamics.
It was established with the investment of the Austrian Partnership Programme in Higher Education and Research for Development (APPEAR) and will start studies on energy system planning and economics on masters level from the next academic session, said Director of the Centre, Dr. Triratna Bajracharya.
Meanwhile, the Institute of Engineering of Nepal and the Harbin Institute of Technology of China signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the sectors of urban water resource and environment, today.
It will help make polluted water potable by purifying to lessen the shortage of drinking water in the town areas of the country and make energy from bio-garbage and run projects for energy crisis resolution.
Important works can be accomplished in the sector of energy and environment with the co-work of the institute which has expertise of international level in producing hydro-energy from the water purification and bio-garbage, said Director Dr. Bajracharya.
Signing the memorandum, Dean of the Institute of Engineering, TU, Prof. Bharat Raj Pahari expressed the confidence that the impact of climate change could be minimized from the management of garbage in cooperation with the two institutes.
Dean of the Harbin Institute of Technology, Prof. Nanqi Ren said the experience achieved in the use of polluted water and garbage in town areas of various countries of the world including China will be effective in Nepal.
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