Nepal’s total installed electricity generation capacity has reached 4,296 MW, with an additional 418 MW added during the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
According to records from the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (MoEWRI), the total capacity includes electricity generated by both the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and private power producers. However, projects currently under trial production and those based on alternative energy sources have not been included in the figure.
The ministry estimates that Nepal’s installed power capacity will surpass 4,500 MW by the end of the fiscal year. At present, hydropower and energy projects with a combined capacity of around 3,000 MW are under construction, while another 3,000 MW worth of projects are in the pipeline awaiting development.
In terms of infrastructure, approximately 7,360 circuit kilometers of transmission lines above 66 kV have already been completed. In addition, substations with a total capacity of 14,323 MVA have been constructed. The government has also completed around 8,225 circuit kilometers of 33 kV transmission lines along with substations having a capacity of 3,308 MVA.
Nepal’s per capita electricity consumption has now reached 450 kilowatt-hours. Access to electricity through the national grid and alternative energy systems has expanded to 99 percent of the population.
The country has exported 2,918 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity so far, while imports stand at 590 GWh. Nepal’s solar energy generation capacity has reached 62.7 MW, and micro as well as small hydropower projects have collectively produced 55.3 MW of electricity.
According to the NEA, electricity leakage across the country has been reduced to 12.5 percent, mainly due to government initiatives and targeted campaigns launched by the authority.
The MoEWRI stated that the government plans to further reduce technical power leakage by expanding substation capacity, upgrading transmission infrastructure, and implementing additional technical measures to improve efficiency in the power system.
