<
https://apnews.com/article/nepal-ev-energy-hydropower-241d486f228051c73ff2793e043b0cca>
"KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s abundant hydroelectric power is helping the
Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in
sales of electric vehicles.
Nearly all of the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, most of it
generated by river-fed hydro-electricity. Thanks to that abundant source of
power, the country is quickly expanding charging networks and imports of EVs
have doubled in each of the past two years, according to customs data.
The Nepal Electricity Authority estimates use of EVs has reduced oil import
costs by $22 million a year, and the savings are increasing.
Access to electricity in Nepal has soared in the past three decades as
hydroelectric projects were completed. Now all but 6% of the population can
reach the country’s fast-expanding grid. That is enabling the country to
leapfrog its neighbors in adopting EVs.
Nepal so far has the peak capacity to produce 2,600 megawatts of power and that
is increasing as new hydropower plants are completed. A very small amount of
power is also generated by solar plants.
“Our electricity in the grid is from hydropower so it is clean energy. And so
Nepal is ideally placed to use electricity to run our vehicles in the best way
it should be, which is that the energy source itself is clean. It is not coal,
gas or nuclear or petroleum,” said Kanak Mani Dixit, a leading environment and
civil rights activist."
Via
Fix the News:
<
https://fixthenews.com/good-news-democracy-india-reproductive-rights-ozone/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
