Nepal planning to add transformers to increase power consumption
Nepal: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is planning to add new transformers as a strategy to increase the power consumption.
Nepal: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is planning to add new transformers as a strategy to increase the power consumption.
The NEA has directed the distribution centers to add transformers and upgrade them in order to maintain the electrical load to 50 % in the transformers.
NEA’s Managing Director Kulman Ghising said: “We are moving forward with a plan to encourage the use of induction heaters at homes and to open charging stations for electric vehicles to increase electricity consumption. We need to build structures that can hold the load of induction heaters and charging stations, for which it is important to bring improvements in the transformers to maintain the load to less than 50%,” Ghising said, directing the distribution center chiefs.
The NEA has been using 50, 100, 200, 300 and 500 KVA distribution transformers to distribute electricity among the consumers. The authority has added distribution substations with the capacity of 765 MVA to the system by either building a new one or upgrading in three years. The distribution capacity has been increased by 1,000 MW by installing about 10,000 distribution transformers.
It is projected that 1,000 MW power will be added to the national grid after the completion of under-construction Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project in the current fiscal year. To increase the access and consumption of electricity, the government has announced to electrify the entire country within three years. The authority as a part of its implementation announced full electrification of 40 districts and is working accordingly.
Source: My Republica