Strategizing Demand Side Management on Residential Sector of Nepal and its Impact on Electricity Planning

Type Conference Paper - Proceedings of IOE Graduate Conference, 2014
Title Strategizing Demand Side Management on Residential Sector of Nepal and its Impact on Electricity Planning
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2014
URL http://conference.ioe.edu.np/ioegc2014/papers/IOE-CONF-2014-68.pdf
Abstract
Approximately 42% of the electrical energy supplied by Nepal Electricity Authority and 80% of the total
energy consumption were consumed in residential sector. Demand Side Management programme can lead to
sustainable development of the country with appropriate and effective use of the available source and reduce the
Green House Gas emission. This paper analyses the residential energy profile and variation in it with inclusion of
various national plans and its associated emission based on LEAP framework for five regions with seven end-uses.
Intervention of Grid based Electricity in most of the end-use and Solar PV and Micro-Hydro for lighting has been
considered. Study shows biomass will still be the dominating fuel in future. Electricity per capita consumption
would increase to 369 KWh with generation requirement of 8 times of the present value for sector being more
electricity based. In case of solar, 165 MW would be required to meet the 30 % of the lighting load to end of study
period. Scenario that can be created and solution for better utilization of energy has been argued in the paper.
Country based potential and clean energy that needed to be provided has been observed in the study.

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