The document discusses the severe power crisis in Nepal, highlighting the reliance on diesel generators due to insufficient electricity supply and the health hazards associated with diesel fumes. Immediate solutions proposed include heavy subsidies for renewable energy production and low-interest loans, while long-term strategies suggest a mix of renewable energy sources with net metering. The author emphasizes the need to reconsider current energy practices to avoid future health and environmental costs.

1. CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
TO THE POWER CRISIS IN
NEPAL
Dr Neil Pande
Consumer

2. Scenario of February 2014
Load-shedding: 12 hours/day
Deficit: 434.5MW
Production: 659MW
Yearly Growth
Production: 40MW
Demand: 80MW
Minimum Requirement to be
Load Shedding Free:
2015: 1173.5MW
2016: 1253.5MW
2017: 1333.5MW
2018: 1413.5MW
2019: 1493.5MW

3. HOW IS THE DEMAND BEING
MET BY MOST BUSINESSES?
Diesel Generators
Almost USD 1 million dollar worth
Diesel being consumed daily by
Generators alone
NOC lost Rs171 Crore in Magh
2070 alone
7,50,00,000 Litre Diesel consumed
in total in Magh 2070 alone (Loss of
Rs 70 loss per litre)

4. HAZARDS OF DIESEL FUMES
According to American Cancer Society,
Lung cancer is the major cancer thought to be linked to diesel
exhaust, including cancers of the larynx (voice box), esophagus,
stomach, bladder, blood system cancers such as lymphomas and
leukemias (including childhood leukemia).
Lung Cancer is the Number 1 Cancer in Nepal…

5. BUYING POISON AT A LOSS

6. SOLUTIONS
Immediate: Heavy subsidies in
Home Production of renewable
energy, Low-Interest Loans, Grant
permissions for Commercial
Productions
Long Term: Work towards a MIX
in Renewable Energy with NET
Metering
Cost may be more in the beginning, but the catastrophic health cost of the future need to be
added…
Subsidy in Poison MUST

7. “If aliens did
visit us, I'd
be
embarrassed
to tell them
we still dig
fossil fuels
from the
ground as a
source of
energy.”
–Neil deGrasse Tyson