Biggest Hybrid Wind-Solar Power System Arrives Online In Nepal

source: www.evwind.es

The biggest wind-solar hydropower system of Nepal arrived online in Hariharpurgadi village located in the regions of Sindhuli district on December 5.  The entire construction of the hybrid power system had been funded by a project backed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is a multilateral lending institution based in Manila, Philippines.  The organism has been powered by 20-kilowatt wind turbines harmonized through 15-kilowatt solar photovoltaic panels.  It is capable of generating 110 units of energy on a daily basis, which would be sufficient to meet the village’s demand of 87kWh.  Presently the system is serving to 83 households across the regions.

According to the statements of Mukhtor Khamudkhanov, ADB’s country director for Nepal, the system would help the people to access to reliable, clean and affordable energy that would open up a new window to connect to the outer world by means of the Internet and mobile phones.  The facility of availing the electricity from the mini-grid would also disclose numerous opportunities for different commercial activities across the village and help out tiny trades get off the market.  The wind-solar hybrid system has been installed underneath the project of ADB’s South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation Power System Expansion.

Sources have informed the project estimates about $16.2 million, and it would be partly funded by the government of Nepal, the local society and the Scaling up Of Renewable Energy Program under the Climate Investment Fund. The operation and installation of this hybrid wind-solar system was implemented by the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC). Moreover, it is aimed at scaling up decentralised off-grid moves in order to elevate rural Nepal’s access to electricity.  The government had initiated the first mini grade wind-solar system in western Nepal six years ago.