Hydro
Solar Home System
600,000 systems
Institutional solar power systems (solar PV and solar 1,500 systems
pumping systems)
Improved water mill
Improved Cooking Stoves
Biogas
4000 number
475,000 stoves
130,000 household systems, 1,000
institutional and 200 community biogas
plants
8. By 2020, Nepal intends to expand its energy mix focusing on renewables by 20 % and
diversifying its energy consumption pattern to more industrial and commercial
sectors.
9. By 2020, Nepal aims to increase the share of electric vehicle up to 20% from 2010
level.
10. By 2050, Nepal will decrease its dependency on fossils in the transport sector by 50%
through effective mass public transport means while promoting energy efficient and
electrical vehicles.
11. Nepal will develop its electrical (hydro-powered) rail network by 2040 to support
mass transportation of goods and public commuting.
12. Nepal will maintain 40% of the total area of the country under forest cover and
forest productivity and products will be increased through sustainable management
of forests. Emphasis will equally be given to enhance carbon sequestration and
forest carbon storage and improve forest governance.
13. Nepal will pilot a sub-national project on REDD+ to reduce about 14 million tons of
CO2-eq by 2020 by addressing the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation and
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