Energy is an essential infrastructure for both economic development of Nepal and personal improvement in the quality of life. One of the major bottlenecks of the slow progress of development is the very low per capita energy consumption in Nepal. The per capita energy consumption in Nepal, 14.1 GJ, is one of the lowest in the world.Majority of rural areas are still out of reach of electricity connection. Even in the urban areas including Kathmandu and other major cities, there is a stark shortage of power all year round thus necessitating very acute load shedding, up to 18 hrs per day in the peak winter months. This lack of access to energy and shortages in power continue to be major constraints to economic development.

However, the situation, although seemingly very grim, has huge potential for private sector and other investors in Nepal’s energy sector to generate, transmit and distribute power. Nepal has a huge potential of hydropower in the country, arguably only second to Brazil, with estimated total generating capacity of 82,000 MW. The government identifying the need to regulate the energy sector has been developing and formulating numerousPolicies, Acts, Rules and Regulations for the development of the sector as whole. The Hydropower Policy 1992 governs the development of the hydropower sector in Nepal.

The huge potential of hydropower in Nepal in addition to the growing demand for electricity and the favorable environment being continuously created by the government depicts a promising phase in the development of the sector in the coming decade. In addition, there is also huge potential of stand-alone renewable energy in Nepal especially for remote rural areas. The government has been encouraging the development of such schemes to meet the energy demands of rural Nepal.

SID has deep understanding in the Nepalese energy sector and understanding of Nepalese power sector. SID offers implementable, holistic and quality advisory, engineering and capacity building services in energy covering all sources of energy and power sector to government, multilateral and private sector clients.

The portfolio of SID in the energy sector starts from the estimation of energy needs and identification of development needs and plans. It conducts all feasibility study analysis, design, procurement and construction management for energy projects including dams, power stations and transmission systems. SID is the coherent choice for all energy related development practices from the rehabilitation of turbines and penstock to larger scale strategic planning needs of the clients in the power engineering services.

Services are offered :

• Hydropower
• Transmission and distribution
• Renewable energy (solar, wind, biomass, etc.)

Projects under implementation:

• 3rd Trishuli Hydropower Project (20.1 Mw)
• Upper Chingard Hydropower Project (3.2 Mw)