Energy is the foundation of Bhutan's economy. Hydropower drives exports, supports green Bitcoin mining and underpins the Kingdom's carbon-negative status, while solar and other renewables are steadily expanding. Energy projects are capital intensive and contractually complex, which makes early and careful legal structuring essential rather than optional. Energy is a priority sector under the FDI Rules & Regulations 2025, and renewable energy is expressly favoured. Hydropower and large energy projects involve government counterparties, environmental clearances with the National Environment Commission, water and land rights, and long-term power purchase and concession agreements, while commodities and trading arrangements engage the convertible currency and repatriation rules clarified under the 2025 framework.

 

Basnet Attorneys & Law provides dedicated hydropower legal services alongside energy, mining and infrastructure advisory. We advise on project structuring, power purchase and concession agreements, EPC and financing documentation, foreign direct investment registration, environmental and regulatory clearances, and energy disputes including arbitration, bringing dedicated capability to projects of national significance.