In his address to the 30th anniversary of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre here today, Minister Shrestha said energy development should not be seen only in terms of power generation and transmission. “I would like to remind that the development of energy is not only a means of producing and transmitting electricity but also for improving the living standard of the citizens, creating jobs, increasing production and ensuring social justice,” he said. He said that although the achievements made by the Centre in the last three decades are important, there is no situation to be satisfied with them. He said that renewable energy should be elevated from a program based on subsidies and access to it and linked it to economic activities and production. <\/p>\n
‘We cannot be satisfied with the achievements of the Centre in the last three decades. Now we have to move towards making renewable energy the basis of production, entrepreneurship, employment and economic prosperity through the program of expanding access to renewable energy. We have set a target to develop energy based economy,” he said. <\/p>\n
Minister Shrestha said that the development and expansion of renewable energy technology such as solar energy, micro hydropower, biogas and biomass along with big hydropower projects is necessary for the establishment of energy-based economy. He said that energy security should not be evaluated only by the quantity of electricity production. <\/p>\n
According to him, diversification of energy sources, ensuring access to all citizens, reliability of supply system and energy productivity should also be given priority for energy security. <\/p>\n
“In order to achieve this goal, along with large hydropower projects, renewable energy technologies such as solar energy, micro hydropower, biogas, biomass have also played an important role. We need to look at energy security not only from the outcome of production, but also from the perspective of resource diversification, ensuring access, reliability of the supply system and the productivity of energy use,” he said. <\/p>\n
Stating that the development of renewable energy sector should not be dependent only on government grants, he stressed the need of linking it with private sector investment, new technology, local entrepreneurship and business potential. He said that the investments made in the past by the government, development partners, the private sector and the community should be protected and converted into something that gives economic returns. Minister Shrestha stressed that the Alternative Energy Promotion Center should make a clear action plan to link the production and use of renewable energy with industry, agriculture, tourism and local economy. He said that the use of solar energy, micro hydropower, biogas and biomass should be expanded to the productive sector. He said that the energy potential, demand, consumption and future needs of each municipality should be studied to implement the concept of LP gas-free municipality. He said that the campaign could be made effective only by formulating a plan based on the actual situation and needs of the local level. Stating that the role of the Alternative Energy Promotion Center would be important for this, Minister Shrestha directed the center to make necessary preparations for the planned implementation of the concept from now on. He also stressed on the need to make the energy infrastructure more secure and reliable keeping in mind the risks Nepal is facing due to climate change. He said that Nepal is at high risk of climate change and climate-related disasters like floods, landslides, and heavy rains are affecting infrastructure and livelihood. The recent floods and landslides have made it clear that the development of a decentralized and distributed renewable energy system is equally necessary along with the central power system, he said.<\/p>\n
He said that along with energy production, its effective use should also be given priority. He said that there is a need to reduce the waste of energy produced, produce more with less energy and increase energy efficiency in the domestic and industrial sectors. <\/p>\n
He said that the bill related to renewable energy and energy efficiency registered in the House of Representatives is an important step. He said that the bill is expected to make the jurisdiction, capacity and role of the Alternative Energy Promotion Center more effective by linking renewable energy and energy efficiency with the national priorities. <\/p>\n
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