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DEUTZ at the top of world
Between the world’s most highly populated states, the autonomous region of Tibet’s People’s Republic of China
in the north, and India in the south, west and east, is the state of Nepal, on average the world’s highest
country. To the north and east lie a major section of the Himalaya range including Mount Everest, whose summit
at 8,848 m above sea level is the highest point on earth, as well as seven other of the world’s highest peaks. In
this country, whose climate poses many challenges, DEUTZ has a presence with its air-cooled engines
that provide reliable local energy supplies as diesel gensets..
For the inland state of nearly 30
million inhabitants, with many
living in the Himalayan region,
each day poses fresh challen-
ges. There are more than 16
hours of power cuts daily, and
this in a country where more
than forty percent live above
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3,000m. The majority of Nepalese,
around 85%, live on the
land with 15% being urban dwellers.
The most populated centre
remains the Kathmandu valley,
where nothing functions without
energy supplies. It is not
just the banks and offices that
require a guaranteed supply of
energy, but also the hotel sector
- Nepal is a magnet for tourists.
Around 300,000 people travel
to Nepal each year with tourism
bringing in €50m, around 30%
of total income. Temperature
and air pressure represent daily
challenges to humans and machines
alike in a country where
some regions even today remain
undeveloped. The air cooled
DEUTZ 914 series engines are
the insider tip for this mountai-
nous region. They are easy to
use and extremely economical.
Furthermore, the robust DEUTZ
engines can always be depen-
ded on irrespective of the monsoon
climate temperatures ranging
between -20°C to +32°C.
The engines are equipped with
an extra kit that is adapted to
the region in which they are to
be used. There are specific kits
for desert applications, for use
in artic conditions or for tropical
heat and humidity conditions.
The air cooled DEUTZ engines
in the gensets are available in
performance classes from 29 to
152 kVA. Gensets with DEUTZ
engines are a real alternative in
the Nepalese market because
demand for energy there is continuously
growing. A supply grid
caters for the major centres
where energy is required, and
hydroelectric plants feed an
additional 550 megawatts into