{"id":639973,"date":"2024-09-29T11:34:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T08:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nepal-dam-building-spree-powers-electric-vehicle-boom\/"},"modified":"2024-09-29T11:34:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T08:34:18","slug":"nepal-dam-building-spree-powers-electric-vehicle-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nepal-dam-building-spree-powers-electric-vehicle-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nepal dam-building spree powers electric vehicle boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e1111b485\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e1111b485\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nepal-dam-building-spree-powers-electric-vehicle-boom\/#%E2%80%98Great_potential\" >&#8216;Great potential&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nepal-dam-building-spree-powers-electric-vehicle-boom\/#%E2%80%98Immediate_problems\" >&#8216;Immediate problems&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/kathmandu-is-ground-ze.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/kathmandu-is-ground-ze.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kathmandu is ground zero of an incipient transport revolution set to see the clapped out cars that clog its traffic-snarled streets make way for emissions-free alternatives.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/kathmandu-is-ground-ze.jpg\" alt=\"Kathmandu is ground zero of an incipient transport revolution set to see the clapped out cars that clog its traffic-snarled streets make way for emissions-free alternatives\" title=\"Kathmandu is ground zero of an incipient transport revolution set to see the clapped out cars that clog its traffic-snarled streets make way for emissions-free alternatives.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Kathmandu is ground zero of an incipient transport revolution set to see the cl<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed out cars that clog its traffic-snarled streets make way for emissions-free alternatives.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Taxi driver Surendra Parajuli&#8217;s decision to buy an electric cab would have been unthinkable a decade ago, when chronic power cuts left Nepalis unable to light their homes at night.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                    But a dam-building spree has led to dirt-cheap energy prices in a landlocked Himalayan republic otherwise entirely dependent on fossil fuel imports, meaning the switch has put more money in his pocket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has meant huge savings for me,&#8221; Parajuli, the proud new owner of a battery-powered and Chinese-made BYD Atto 3, told AFP in the capital Kathmandu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It gives 300 kilometers (186 miles) in a single charge and costs me a tenth of what petrol does. And it&#8217;s environmentally friendly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kathmandu is ground zero of an incipient transport revolution set to see the clapped out cars that clog its traffic-snarled streets make way for emissions-free alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>More than 40,000 electric vehicles are on the roads around the mountainous country, according to official estimates &#8212; a small fraction of the 6.2 million motor vehicles currently in service.<\/p>\n<p>But demand is insatiable: more than a quarter of those vehicles were imported in the 12 months to July, a near-threefold increase from the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Neighboring China, now the dominant player in electric vehicles globally, is supplying nearly 70 percent of the market.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;EVs are genuinely suitable for Nepalis,&#8221; Yajya Raj Bhatt, a prospective buyer at an electric vehicle motor show, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before, we had to rely on petrol cars, but now we can drive independently.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/electric-vehicles-are.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/electric-vehicles-are.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Electric vehicles are subject to much lower import duties, and the government expects them to help Nepal reach its ambitious aim of becoming a net-zero greenhouse gas emitter by 2045.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/electric-vehicles-are.jpg\" alt=\"Electric vehicles are subject to much lower import duties, and the government expects them to help Nepal reach its ambitious aim of becoming a net-zero greenhouse gas emitter by 2045\" title=\"Electric vehicles are subject to much lower import duties, and the government expects them to help Nepal reach its ambitious aim of becoming a net-zero greenhouse gas emitter by 2045.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Electric vehicles are subject to much lower import duties, and the government expects them to help Nepal reach its ambitious aim of becoming a net-zero greenhouse gas emitter by 2045.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                                                                                        <!-- TechX - News - In-article --><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Great_potential\"><\/span>&#8216;Great potential&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>More than four in five Nepalis did not have access to electricity at the turn of the century, according to the International Energy Agency.<\/p>\n<p>But rapid investment in dams, which generate 99 percent of Nepal&#8217;s baseload power, has transformed the energy grid since.<\/p>\n<p>Hydropower output has increased fourfold in the past eight years, according to government figures, while 95 percent of the population now has access to electricity.<\/p>\n<p>The country has already signed deals to export surplus power to coal-dependent India and has its sights set on future revenues by raising its current 3,200 megawatts of installed power generation capacity to 30,000 megawatts over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>Making electricity universal, and universally cheap, has the potential to jumpstart an economy that has historically depended on remittances from Nepalis working abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Kulman Ghising of the Nepal Electricity Authority told AFP that the benefits have already been felt by setting the favorable conditions for widespread electric vehicle adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Nepal is entirely dependent on imports from India to meet its fossil fuel needs, imposing additional costs on motorists, but Ghising said curbs on demand had saved the country around $224 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The EVs have great potential for us,&#8221; he added. &#8220;EVs in India and Bangladesh need to depend on coal, but in Nepal, it&#8217;s fully green energy,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Road transport accounts for just over five percent of greenhouse gas emissions and has fueled a worsening air pollution crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Kathmandu was this year listed as one of the world&#8217;s most polluted cities for several days in April.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/nepal-aims-to-have-ele.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/nepal-aims-to-have-ele.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Nepal aims to have electric vehicles account for 90 percent of all private vehicle purchases by the end of the decade.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/nepal-aims-to-have-ele.jpg\" alt=\"Nepal aims to have electric vehicles account for 90 percent of all private vehicle purchases by the end of the decade\" title=\"Nepal aims to have electric vehicles account for 90 percent of all private vehicle purchases by the end of the decade.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Nepal aims to have electric vehicles account for 90 percent of all private vehicle purchases by the end of the decade.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Experts say that getting more petrol-powered vehicles off the road will be a major step towards alleviating that problem.<\/p>\n<p>Electric vehicles are subject to much lower import duties, and the government expects them to help Nepal reach its ambitious aim of becoming a net-zero greenhouse gas emitter by 2045.<\/p>\n<p>Its plan aims to have electric vehicles account for 90 percent of all private vehicle purchases by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Immediate_problems\"><\/span>&#8216;Immediate problems&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But not everyone is convinced that the advent of Nepal&#8217;s electric vehicle boom portends an environmentally friendly future.<\/p>\n<p>Nepal&#8217;s ambitious hydropower plans are contentious, with campaigners warning that the construction of new dams risk damaging sensitive ecological areas.<\/p>\n<p>The government this year approved a new policy allowing the construction of dams that could impact previously protected areas, including forests, nature reserves and tiger habitats<\/p>\n<p>Hydropower projects also face the risk of damage from floods and landslides common in the country, both of which are increasing in frequency and severity because of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigners also say the government, in its rush to embrace electric vehicles, has neglected to make proper plans for managing the sizeable electronic waste burden.<\/p>\n<p>EV lithium-ion batteries contain materials that are hazardous to humans and the environment, and their disposal is costly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government does not seem far-sighted on this issue, it is just concerned with solving only im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te problems,&#8221; Nabin Bikash Maharjan of recycling enterprise Blue Waste to Value told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is high time for the government to prioritize it. 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