A crippling power shortage that is here to stay, ease of installation and affordability are making experts take a fresh look at windpower in Nepal.With power cuts, windpower has gradually regained credibility as a viable, quick, and possibly cheap solution.Windpower is quick to install and offsets carbon emissions by reducing deforestation and consumption of imported petroleum-based products.Wind power is non-dispatchable meaning that for economic operation, all of the available output must be taken when it is available.
Nepal presently has some small-scale, stand-alone wind turbines. AEPC has built six wind-solar hybrids - 400W wind and 150W solar - each capable of supplying a community of about 10 residences with enough energy to run one radio and a CFL bulb. The wind turbines have been acting up and the community is relying solely on solar for the moment.
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