aphically quite diverse and resplendent. Nepal has strict en ironmental protection policies in place. The Environment Protection Act (EPA) 2019 and Environment Protection Rules (EPR) 2020 serve as guiding documents for e
l) plans and programs of the government. The report builds on Nepal's Long-term Strategy (LTS) for Net Zero Emissions 2021 and presents a 100% RE plan to decarbonize the energy sector of Nepal by 2050 within a carbon budget to remain at 1.5 °C increase in global temperature. T
D ISSUES IN NEPAL'S ENERGY SECTOR3.1. Weak Inter-Sectoral Coordination and Regu ator Provision among Key Sector Players3.2. Inadequate Transmission and Distribution Network for Wi e Pr motion of Eficient Electric Stove 3.3 Less Focus on Solar and other RETs3.4. Li ited Skilled Human Resource and Capacity3.5. Incongruity between Power smis
0.25.3. Investing in Storage CapacitiesNepal currently operates a large fleet of run-of-river hydropo er plants with no pump storage capacity. However, according to the Global Pumped Hydro Atlas, Nepal has 2,800 good storage sites.25 With the high share of dispatchable hydropower, storage capacities to avoid curtailment for grid-connected
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