• DocumentCode
    2933395
  • Title

    An Economic Comparison between Grid Based and Isolated Rural Electrification in Nepal

  • Author

    Malla, Kalyan ; Pandey, Shreejan ; Bodger, Pat ; Wood, Alan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    25-28 March 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a methodology for financial analysis that compares costs and benefits of rural electrification by grid expansion with isolated micro hydro schemes. Financial analysis of three existing isolated micro hydro schemes in different parts of Nepal are compared against the alternative option of grid expansion. Case study results are tabulated and discussed.
  • Keywords
    hydroelectric power stations; power generation economics; power grids; static electrification; Nepal; economic comparison; financial analysis; grid expansion; isolated microhydro scheme; isolated rural electrification; Economic indicators; Electricity; Government; Hydroelectric power generation; Investments; Roads;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2011 Asia-Pacific
  • Conference_Location
    Wuhan
  • ISSN
    2157-4839
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6253-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APPEEC.2011.5748721
  • Filename
    5748721