Rural energy security utilizing renewable energy sources: Challenges and opportunities
Summary. Nepal faces severe rural energy insecurity due to complete dependence on imported petroleum and coal, low electricity access, and widespread reliance on kerosene and firewood. Deforestation from biomass extraction threatens environmental stability. The paper examines Nepal's renewable energy development status and identifies challenges to deploying abundant domestic renewable resources, proposing solutions to improve rural energy security while halting forest depletion.
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Karki, N. R., Jha, D. K., & Verma, A. K.. (2010). Rural energy security utilizing renewable energy sources: Challenges and opportunities. https://doi.org/10.1109/tencon.2010.5686743
Karki, Nava Raj, et al. “Rural energy security utilizing renewable energy sources: Challenges and opportunities.” 2010. https://doi.org/10.1109/tencon.2010.5686743.
Karki, Nava Raj, Deepak Kumar Jha, and Ajit Kumar Verma. 2010. “Rural energy security utilizing renewable energy sources: Challenges and opportunities.” https://doi.org/10.1109/tencon.2010.5686743.
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title = {Rural energy security utilizing renewable energy sources: Challenges and opportunities},
author = {Nava Raj Karki and Deepak Kumar Jha and Ajit Kumar Verma},
year = {2010},
doi = {10.1109/tencon.2010.5686743},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tencon.2010.5686743}
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TY - JOUR TI - Rural energy security utilizing renewable energy sources: Challenges and opportunities AU - Nava Raj Karki AU - Deepak Kumar Jha AU - Ajit Kumar Verma PY - 2010 DO - 10.1109/tencon.2010.5686743 UR - https://doi.org/10.1109/tencon.2010.5686743 ER -
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- DOI
- 10.1109/tencon.2010.5686743
- Countries
- Nepal
- Regions
- Asia
- Categories
- energy, climate-and-environment
- Added
- 2026-04-28