What are the major source of energy in Nepal. List them
1 Answer
The major sources of energy in Nepal are :
- fire wod
- agriculture residues
- hydropower
- biogas
- petroleum
- solar energy
- biogas
Nepal has no known deposits of oil, gas, or coal except for some lignite deposits.
Nepal relies heavily on traditional energy resources, as no significant deposits of fossil fuel are available. Nepalese use the lowest commercial energy (around 500 kWh per capita per year) of all South Asians by far. The total energy consumption in Nepal for the year 2003/04 was 363 million GJ of which the residential sector consumed 90% and agriculture sector 1% as shown in the figure. Based on the fuel type, biomass provided 86% of the total energy consumption, petroleum 9%, which is mainly consumed by urban areas, electricity only 2% and renewable 1% of the total energy. About 40% of the total population has benefited from electricity by the end of the Ninth Plan. This 40% is reported to include consumption of 33% from National grid and 7% from alternative energy.
About 84% of Nepal population lives in rural areas, and agricultural work is the mainstay of the rural population. For the year 2003/04, total rural energy consumption was 288 million GJ of which the rural residential consumed 97%. From end use perspective, of the total energy consumed in rural Nepal, 63.9% was used for cooking, heating accounted for 8.5%, lighting 1.31%, agro processing 3.4%, animal feed preparation 16.5% and others such as religious occasions and ceremonies 4.3%. of the total energy consumption of 288 million GJ in rural Nepal, biomass accounts for 98% while electricity accounts for only 0.1% of the total energy consumes and petroleum products comprise 1.6% and renewable source 0.5% of the total energy consumed. Among the entire energy resource base, biomass is the dominant resource base of the country with respect to its utilization. Though, Nepal has a huge potential for hydropower production, currently this remains mostly untapped. Other commercial forms of energy are not known to exist in any significant amounts.