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Evidence on Nepal’s electricity system

Nepal builds more hydropower every year, yet still imports electricity every winter. This wiki explains why, page by page, with every figure traced to its source and every claim given a confidence rating.

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Why does Nepal import power in winter?

Most plants run with the river and there is very little storage, so output falls with dry-season flows while demand does not.

Who controls the grid?

The Nepal Electricity Authority dispatches the grid, buys most of the electricity and administers contract penalties, while also owning power plants that compete with the producers it judges.

What should change?

The constraints are ranked, and the options are compared with the evidence each one still needs.

Analysis 23

Argued, sourced pages that explain how the system works and where it fails.

Claims 16

Single governed statements with a confidence rating, evidence and caveats.

Explainers 46

Plain-language definitions of the ideas the analysis depends on.

Policy options 5

Decision dossiers that compare what could be done and what evidence is missing.

Projects & places 187

Records for hydropower projects, transmission lines, rivers, basins and institutions.

Data 63

Datasets, map layers and indicators, with their limits.

Sources 89

Notes on the documents behind the wiki: what each provides and how far it can be trusted.