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来源类型 | Article |
规范类型 | 其他 |
DOI | 10.1080/00856401.2013.788469 |
ISBN | 0085-6401 |
Peeling the energy pickle: expert perceptions on overcoming Nepal's electricity crisis. | |
Sovacool, Benjamin K; Dhakal, Saroj; Gippner, Olivia; Bambawale, Malavika Jain | |
发表日期 | 2013-09 |
出处 | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies |
出版者 | Taylor & Francis |
出版年 | 2013 |
页码 | 496-519 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Underinvestment, low levels of electricity access, natural disasters, topography and hydrology make Nepal's electricity crisis akin to ‘peeling a pickle’: difficult to pin down and hard to manage. Based primarily on the perceptions of a sample of experts, this article lays out a roadmap for how the ‘pickle’ of the Nepali electricity crisis can be peeled. Drawing on primary data collection from research interviews, the study offers a brief summary of the Nepali electricity and energy sectors. It then details six separate electricity challenges identified by respondents—topography and climate; political instability resulting from the aftermath of the Maoist insurgency; poverty and corruption; lack of financing and investment; constrained technological and human resources; and, finally, aid dependency and political manoeuvring. We conclude by calling on Nepali policymakers to invest in distributed generation, transmission upgrades, seasonal hydroelectric storage and industrial energy efficiency practices, and to introduce electricity tariff reforms, among other measures. |
URL | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/58342/ |
来源智库 | Science Policy Research Unit (United Kingdom) |
引用统计 | |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/468207 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sovacool, Benjamin K,Dhakal, Saroj,Gippner, Olivia,et al. Peeling the energy pickle: expert perceptions on overcoming Nepal's electricity crisis.. 2013. |
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