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een fur<strong>the</strong>r compared with <strong>the</strong> case study of Vietnam, done by Nguyen (2007).The data<strong>for</strong> this analysis has been collected from various projects implemented under Alternative<strong>Energy</strong> Promotion Centre/Ministry of Environment, Rural <strong>Energy</strong> DevelopmentProgramme (REDP) supported by United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) <strong>and</strong>World Bank (WB), Regional Renewable <strong>Energy</strong> Service Centres (RRESC) of <strong>Energy</strong>Sector Assistance Programme (ESAP) <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> private companies from Nepal. In case ofAfghanistan, availability of systematic data was a major constraint noticed during <strong>the</strong>time of study. Data were collected from National Solidarity Programme (NSP) <strong>and</strong>National Area Based Development Programme (NABDP) under Ministry of RuralRehabilitation <strong>and</strong> Development <strong>and</strong> supported by UNDP in case of Afghanistan.2.1 Technology selection <strong>and</strong> energy estimationSt<strong>and</strong>-alone technology like solar home systems (SHS), wind home systems (WHS) <strong>and</strong>micro hydro are <strong>the</strong> promising off-grid technologies <strong>for</strong> remote rural electrification inNepal. Wind technology is not much explored in Nepal o<strong>the</strong>r than wind resourcemapping under <strong>the</strong> support of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) <strong>and</strong>some small wind generators <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> demonstration. Diesel generator set is hardly used infew accessible places where <strong>the</strong>re is no grid lines. In this paper we analyze <strong>the</strong> scenarioswith solar home system of 40 Wp, wind generator set of 400 Wp, <strong>and</strong> micro hydro of 25kW <strong>and</strong> 50 kW. The analysis will also look at <strong>the</strong> alternatives supplying with dieselgenerator, <strong>and</strong> also connecting <strong>the</strong> household with national grid extension. After <strong>the</strong> hugeinvestment in micro hydro power <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> off-grid electrification <strong>and</strong> rapid expansion ofgrid electricity under community rural electrification project of NEA, <strong>the</strong> distancebetween grid <strong>and</strong> some of <strong>the</strong> micro hydro project area is reducing significantly in Nepal.So, we have also looked at <strong>the</strong> LCOE with micro hydro connected with grid.In case of Afghanistan, <strong>the</strong> source of electricity is mainly micro hydro power, privatediesel generators <strong>and</strong> solar PV. No records on <strong>the</strong> exploitation of wind energy werefound. We analyze <strong>the</strong> levelized cost of solar home system (60 Wp), micro hydro (25 kW<strong>and</strong> 50 kW) <strong>and</strong> diesel generator (20 kW).After <strong>the</strong> choice of <strong>the</strong> reference technologies <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> analysis, we will estimate <strong>the</strong>availability of <strong>the</strong> energy with <strong>the</strong>se various renewable energy technologies. The energyproduced by <strong>the</strong>se technologies is location specific <strong>and</strong> hence differs in case ofAfghanistan <strong>and</strong> Nepal. The amount of energy generated depends on <strong>the</strong> metrologicalconditions <strong>and</strong> it has been estimated based on <strong>the</strong> yearly average data of <strong>the</strong> resources.The annual average solar insulation in Nepal varies from 3.5–8.5 kWh/m 2 /day (NREL,2007a) <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> estimated days <strong>for</strong> sun shine in a year is 300 days (WECS, 2010).Similarly, <strong>the</strong> average solar insolation intensity is 200 watt/m 2 . The annual average solarinsolation in Jhapa, Biratnagar <strong>and</strong> Chitwan districts are comparatively lower whereasDolpa, Mugu <strong>and</strong> Mustang have higher average solar insolation among all <strong>the</strong> 75 districts.In case of Afghanistan, <strong>the</strong> annual average solar insolation is varying from 4.5 to 7.0kWh/m2/day (NREL, 2007b), <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> estimated sun shine days in a year is 300 days(Meisen <strong>and</strong> Azizy, 2008). Most of areas have good solar insolation. K<strong>and</strong>ahar <strong>and</strong>Risø International <strong>Energy</strong> Conference 2011 Proceedings Page 361

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