Discuss the current situation of hydroelectricity of Nepal. |
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| Ans : Nepal has huge water resources with high potentiality. The potentiality of hydroelectricity in Nepal is about 83,000 Megawatt, which is 2.27% of the total hydroelectricity of the world. However, only 44,370 Megawatt of the potential capacity is techno-economically viable.
It is explained below in the table:-
Rivers basin
Theoretical potentiality
Techno- economic potentiality
Koshi
22350 MW
10860 MW
Gandaki
20650 MW
5270 MW
Karnali & Mahakali
36000 MW
27360 MW
Others Rivers
4000 MW
880 MW
83,000 MW
44370 MW
By the end of fiscal year 2015/16, a total of 829.2 MW hydroelectricity has been generated from various hydropower projects which is less 1% of the total potentiality. Out of generated hydropower 824.7 MW was connected to national grid.
Total installed capacity
Hydroelectricity connected to National Grid
824.7 MW
Hydroelectricity not connected to National Grid
4.5 MW
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