Is solar radiation a problem in Nepal?

According to the solar and wind energy resource assessment (SWERA) report of Nepal , solar radiation in most populous cities are less than the other urban areas.

How many mw can a rooftop PSP produce in Kathmandu?

Load Profile with electricity from rooftop PSP without backup (10% utilization) Assuming the solar radiation of Kathmandu for a particular month as an average of whole Nepal, 10% utilization of rooftop would produce 492 MW at middle of day. This size plant will produce almost 3338 MW h energy, which is two times larger than the shortage energy.

How to estimate urban energy consumption in Nepal?

Best way to estimate Nepal's urban energy consumption would be by finding energy consumption on each municipalities and adding them. However, Nepal's statistical reporting system does not provide information about the energy use by individual municipality.

Why does Nepal have a low energy consumption?

Electricity contributes only 2% of total energy demand of the country in Nepal whereas traditional biomass like firewood (77%), dung cake (5.7%), and agricultural residue (3.7%) fulfills most of the remaining energy need . The low consumption of modern fuel is attributed to low level of industrialization and low level of urbanization.

Why does Nepal need a hydropower plant?

As Nepal has good potential to establish hydropower plants because of its terrain and hydrology, its electricity generation is dominated by clean hydropower. Other electricity sources such as thermal power contributes less than 0.5% of total energy needs.