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Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Deepak Khadka has said that the government is proceeding in a planned manner to make energy development the basis of a sustainable, inclusive and low carbon economy. Minister Khadka said that the government is moving on the path of sustainable development by implementing plans including risk reduction in development projects, increase in domestic energy consumption, export and promotion.
Alternative Energy Promotion Center A one-day energy transformation conference for a sustainable and low-carbon economy, 2025 has been organized. In the said program, Minister Khadka spoke about the 10-year energy development strategy announced by the government some time ago. Also discussed .
'When there is a strong government, it is time to do strong and good work, a 10-year strategy has been made and implemented in the energy sector in the next 10 years,' he said, 'By 2035, 28,500 megawatt electricity generation The goal is possible, for this we have amended various laws and made them timely, and in the next 10 years, we have set the goal of reaching one thousand five hundred units of energy per capita annually.'
Nepal has committed to achieve the goal of zero carbon emissions by 2045. Minister Khadka also informed that the government has a strong plan to achieve this goal and the necessary laws have been amended and structures have been built. "The time has come to think seriously about how to minimize the risk created during infrastructure construction, it is necessary to study the risk and take necessary actions to minimize it," Minister Khadka said.
He also stressed on the need to effectively use the support of donor agencies and development partners for sustainable development. In the conference, Water Resources and Irrigation Secretary Sarita Dawadi said that it is necessary to increase investment in renewable energy for 100% electrification. "The government has given importance to the promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency while making policies, plans and laws, and electrification should also be done from alternative energy sources in places where the transmission line does not reach," she said. The government will take care.'
Director of Development and Deputy Ambassador Pipa Bird of the British Embassy in Nepal said that emphasis should be placed on the mobilization of green finance for the promotion of renewable energy. "Nepal should emphasize on the development of renewable energy projects by promoting climate finance, green bonds and the latest financial mobilization and foreign investment," he said.
Alternative Energy Promotion Center's Executive Director Navraj Dhakal said that they are collaborating with various development partners and private sector, local level to make the energy system sustainable, reliable and achieve more achievements in the field of energy security. He said that there is still more work to be done in areas such as bringing electricity to places where electricity is not accessible, energy from waste, solar energy, wind energy, energy storage, determining the standards of electric vehicles, and promoting electric vehicles.
Pema Gamso, director general of ISIMOD, said that energy security is also a topic related to food security. He said that there is enough potential for Nepal to gain more benefits by increasing the use of clean energy in the public transport sector, agriculture and tourism. He suggested that in countries like Nepal and Bhutan, which are prone to natural disasters, more emphasis should be placed on the construction of small hydropower projects rather than large ones.
