Enhancing Federal Nepal’s Economy: Hydropower
Er. Gyanendra Lal PradhanHydro Solutions – Executive Chairman
Confederation of Nepalese Industries(CNI) - National Council Member
Kathmandu University - Senator
IPPAN - Advisor
Hydropower for Provincial Development • ONE large project of ~500 MW in every province
• 500MW ( ~2500Gwh ) project to adds 1% GDP
growth to Nepalese economy
• Each prov. to earn Rs. 30 bil. gross income annually.
• 5.4 Million - kitchens in Nepal. 1 KW electricity Consumption per Family : 3,000 MW possible to replace present gas import of about 50 Billion NRs. Ready Domestic market for 3000 MW.
• More domestic generation to replace NRs25 Billion
import of electricity from India.
• Kathmandu-Birjung Railway to replace 20,000
Trucks and Buses : Save over 100 B NRs worth of
Fuel and logistic cost. Consume more within Nepal
Electricity for industrial development to reduce
imports of big billion. Contd……..
9685MW 17799MW
16578MW
12127MW
3638MW
341MW
22820MW
Total Potential : 83,000MW?
Identified Few Provincial Projects
Finance and Planning Scheme
• Project development : Jointly by the Provincial & Central Government.
• Licenses : Approvals & Clearances : Cabinet decision within a Year.
• Finance : Long term soft loan ~ 2.5 Billion USD for each project.
• Funding Agencies : World Bank, ADB, AIIB, India Exim Bank, China Exim Bank,
JICA japan ; For each Project
• Expected Result: Import to reduce by NRs. 200 BIllion, new employment to
be generated, Central and Provincial Government relation to improve,
Provincial Government to have 20 Billion NRs a year for development.
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