Deployment of Hydropower in Nepal: Multiple Stakeholders’ Perspectives

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/91097 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/91097 http://eprints.org/relation/isIndexCodesVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/91097 archive 353 disk0/00/01/66/27 2020-08-10 03:54:00 2021-08-27 17:33:23 2020-08-10 03:54:00 article show Singh R.P. Nachtnebel H.P. Komendantova N. 1880 0000-0003-2568-6179 Deployment of Hydropower in Nepal: Multiple Stakeholders’ Perspectives pub prog_asa hydropower; perspectives; scoring; ranking; decision Nepal could rely on its huge renewable energy potentials to meet its energy demand sustainably. Also, renewable energy sources are considered by several national policy makers and international organizations as an engine for socio-economic development of the country, which can provide access to electricity to everybody and stimulate economic activity and economic growth. Several efforts were taken by the national government to stimulate deployment of renewable energy electricity generation capacities. However, the country is still not able to cover its energy needs with renewable energy despite decades of efforts for their deployment. The assumption of this research was that uncertainty in energy policy and planning gaps in Nepal are connected with the dominance of a limited number of discourses and ignorance of other voices which might be helpful. Nowadays, evidence exists that a multi-stakeholder and multi-sector perspective is extremely important for sustainable development. We provide evaluation of various perspectives, including technical, social, economic, environmental, and political. We collect empirical data in frames of a comprehensive stakeholders’ process in Nepal. The stakeholders’ preferences are analyzed through various methods of decision support sciences such as multi criteria decision analysis. To fast track hydropower development, the government has classified them into five categories based on their generation capacity. Assessment of each category and their collective comparison on multiperspectives has never been tried. Hence, such an assessment leading towards their prioritization is the objective of the study. It may help to identify a suitable strategy or policy to maximize national benefits. The study carried within the framework of five alternatives (categories) of hydropower schemes and nine different hydropower perspectives applicable in Nepalese context. The scoring method based is on secondary source evidence is applied for assessment. The study ranks medium schemes (25 to 100 MW) as best in Nepalese context. 2020-08-05 published Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 10.3390/su12166312 161 public Sustainability 12 16 6312 TRUE 2071-1050 FALSE no info:eu-repo/semantics/article