Assessment on Nepal Power Market & Opportunity for Cross Border Power Trade
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IOE Pulchowk Campus
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This thesis presents the exportable energy projections for the decade from FY 2022/23
to FY 2032/33 of Federal Democratic Republic Nepal using numerous indicators. Also,
the thesis has presented the current power demand and hydropower generation
scenarios along with the electricity export/ import history with the neighboring country
India. Also, the present status of hydropower developments in the country has been
highlighted in the report. The existing transmission line infrastructure for cross border
power trade has also been highlighted in the study along with future plans of the
transmission infrastructures. The recent power trade developments with neighboring
countries India & Bangladesh along with BIMSTEC region has been detailed in the
study
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Nepal has endowed high potential of renewable water resources, possessing about
2.27% of the world’s fresh water resources. Most of the rivers flowing from Nepal
Himalayas covers 818,500 ha land area equivalent to 5%, out of the total surface area
of the country. In total, Nepal possesses 6000 rivers including rivulets and tributaries
in totaling of about 45,000 km in length and covering an area of 395,000 ha (48%) and
offering dimensional uses including hydropower development