Introduction
Center for Energy Studies (CES)
was established on January 21, 1999 (7 Magh 2055) under the
umbrella of Institute of Engineering (IOE), Tribhuvan University
(TU). Institute of Engineering, which is the only one government
supported higher education center of Engineering, came into
being in 1972. This institute emphasizes for the production
of qualified technicians, engineers, and higher-level experts
in different disciplines of engineering. The institute has
great responsibilities in the development works of the nation.
CES directly links to the trained, highly qualified manpower
in various faculties of engineering and energy fields. Besides
this, it helps integrate the national level eminent energy
experts in one place to work together. On the other hand,
there are many foreign eminent renewable energy experts, who
are impressed from the active visions of CES. They are also
eager to support CES with their contributions. CES can play
the role of a bridge between the national and international
organizations involved in energy sector.
The exploitation programmes in Nepal either, in the large
hydropower or conventional petroleum field, suffer from a
lack of trained manpower, adequate budget as well as necessary
facilities. The investment for exploiting large hydropower
is quite high and also it is quite difficult to lay transmission
and distribution network all over the country within short
period of time. Thus, one of the most promising options is
to make more extensive use of small scale renewable sources
of energy derived from the sun, wind, water, cow-dung (biogas),
hot springs, geothermal, wood, etc. wherever these resources
are locally available. The geographical location of Nepal
is highly favorable for the exploitation of renewable energy
resources. Nepal is considered to be one of the richest countries
in the world in the renewable energy resources. There are
more than 6000 small and large-scale rivers, 34 hot springs
in the different parts of the country. Similarly, there are
sufficient numbers of livestock population reflecting a potential
of establishing 2 millions biogas plants in the country. Nepal
gets about 300 sunny days in a year so there is high priority
of harnessing solar energy for the exploitation of solar PV
and solar thermal.
The world "energy" is highlighted in media after
the first worldwide oil shock in 1973. Since then, it has
continued to remain in the news. In Nepal, the energy problem
is very serious. There is only about 39 percent of people
having access to electricity. In spite of the huge potential
of hydropower, the import of petroleum product (crude-oil)
continues to increase. So, the price paid for petroleum product
constitutes about 35 percent of the income of the foreign
currency of our national import bill, which is an alarming
situation in our national economy.
The above mentioned renewable energy resources reflect that
Nepal needs a center for Renewable Energy Technology. Hence,
CES was established under IOE, TU for the promotion and development
of RETs and to fulfill the demand of energy technicians and
experts needed for the country. Though this center was established
only few years ago, within a very short span of time, it has
covered all the necessary directions for the establishment
of higher learning center of energy, such as awareness programme,
trainings, workshops and research work.
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