Hydropower Scenerion Of Nepal

Human Dimension of Development (HNRSC 511)

Exaggeration or Realism Development “A Ray of Hope” Photo: Intake of Middle Marsyangdi HPP. Source: NEA

No matter what, we are fed up with these long load shedding and memorizing the schedule of load shedding.

“We need to act as a whole and eliminate these headache and handover our Next generation a Load shedding free Country”

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Policy for short term popularity of Government & stick to the Chairs.

 Opening door for private & foreign developers/

investors.  Theme of the Government for soliciting.

 Challenge..!!  Make policy  We can achieve

Theoretically 2nd in the World. Potential 83,000MW

But: 617MW, less than 0.5% 52% of Population does not have access to electricity.

Per capita consumption is 87.19kWh (western countries: 20,000kWh) We need 60,000MW to attain 10,000kWh per capita level

Abundant resource with lacking Plans, management and leadership. Human Dimension, so called stakeholders: - Community People - Promoters/ License Holder - Government

Effect of Hydropower Development on GDP per capita 600 GDP per capita, US $

Incremental GDP/capita 500

GDP/capita (2005)

400

329 219

300

110

200 100

234

234

234

10000

20000 Hydropower Capacity, MW

30000

0

This ultimately leads to a high discount rate.

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Financial Institution not supportive (no guidelines insensitive to power sector from the Central Bank)

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No FI in Nepal possesses expertise to monitor & finance as HPP uses a number of discipline like civil, electrical, mechanical engg., hydrologist, geologist, environmentalist, other HRs etc.

Investment requirement for Hydropower

80000

$1200/kW

$1600/kW

$2000/kW

$2400/kW

70000

Million US $

60000 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0 5000

10000

Hydropower Capacity, MW

20000

30000

60% of Project Cost upto 10MW 40% of Project cost above 10MW (source: PDB)

The PDF has not financed any project till date. The procedure is long and the developers donot wait as they have to pay interest of the remaining amount.

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With HP development of 10,000 MW: in construction phase: 2000 persons per year for 750 MW

In operation phase: 32,000 people per year  

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Avoid 26 million barrels of Oil and save 1040 million US $ (assuming oil price of $40/barrel). Substantial increase in the GDP. The country will be heading towards development. No load shedding