Regional Meeting on Sustainable Energy for Asia -Pacific Least Developed Countries Kathmandu, Nepal Surendra Rajbhandari 1
Status of Electrification and Access as of July 2016 NEA, state owned electric utility responsible for generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. NEA operates in 74 districts. Municipalities fully electrified : 90 Municipalities partially electrified: 147 VDCs fully electrified: 882 VDCs partially electrified: 1514 Community electrified VDCs: 472 VDCs without access to electricity: 672 Source: NEA
Power Map of Nepal
Status of National Grid & Target for 2020 2016 July 2019 July, 14 th plan Generation capacity, MW 851 2301 Transmission network, cct km 2927 4477 33 kv Dist. Network, km 7000 7771 11 kv Dist. Network, km 31000 16500 Access to electricity, % 63 70 VDCs with access to electricity 2868 2976 Per capita consumption, kwh 128 160
Sustainable Development Goal 7(SDG7) for Nepal The SDG 7 targets include achieving the following by 2030: (i) Universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services. (ii) Substantially increasing the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. (iii) Doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency.
SDG 7 Goals and Targets for Nepal 2017 2020 2025 2030 Access to electricity (%) 78.69 83.38 91.19 99 Electricity consumption (kwh per capita) Installed capacity of hydropower (MW) Grid connected to solar PV (MW) 183 286 458 630 1,000 3,400 6,875 10,000 38 75 138 200 Source: NEA
Energy (GWh) Peak Load (MW) 30,000 Load Forecast 6,000 25,000 5,000 20,000 4,000 15,000 3,000 10,000 2,000 5,000 1,000 - - Energy Fiscal Year Peakload
Furthering Energy Access: Potential Energy Mix Hydro Hydro ROR, PROR Hydro Storage Thermal Renewable coal fired diesel and gas fired Import from India (Hydro) Solar Mini/micro/pico hydro Wind
Furthering Energy Access: Electricity Generation Potential Hydropower potential: 83,000 MW Wind potential estimated at 3000 MW Solar potential over 3000 MW with possibility of harnessing 2920 GWh of energy with utilization of 0.01% of land area of Nepal Utility scale installation being perceived to end the persisting power shortages
Furthering Energy Access: Funding and Implementation Modalities Government of Nepal Contribution NEA s Internal Resources Multilateral development banks Development finance institutions Public Private Joint Venture Community Rural Electrification
Community Rural Electrification Joint venture approach between Electricity Users Community and Nepal Government. The Program started in 2002. Nepal Nepal governmen Govt. 90% t 80% Investme nt in RE Projects Consum EUC er 10% 20%
Community Rural Electrification Fast and Sustainable approach of Grid Electrification in Rural Nepal Grid Electricity access to propoor communities P1- Priority One program of Nepal Government
Furthering Energy Access through Grid Extension: Issues and Challenges Regulatory Planning Funding Regulatory Institution Distribution code Cost recovery mechanism Central Planning Body Distribution/Rural Electrification Plan Master Plan Coordination Funding gap No direct access to multilateral dev. banks
Furthering Energy Access through Grid Extension: Issues Most of the funding through debt financing Credit available from Multilateral and development finance institutions on govt. guarantee Direct access to grants from GCF, CCF, SCF, SE4All etc not available SF, SREP, GCF, CCF available for renewable energy only
Furthering Energy Access through Grid Extension: Issues ADB led SREP program under implementation for integration of utility scale solar under VGF Policy for implementation of grid connected renewable energy Promotion of private sector engagement Partnership for implementing energy efficiency essential Promotion of smart grid technology in distribution