Around 300 energy experts from Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, Denmark, Singapore, and Africa have been participating in the two-day long seminar organised jointly by Kathmandu University, the Alternative Energy Promotion Center, and Energy Sector Support Programme.[break]
At the seminar that has been organised with a view to sharing experiences and finding solutions to fight the climate change, around 20 working papers on the possibilities of solar development will be presented and six among the papers will be presented by energy experts, said Component Manager of the programme, Madhusudan Adhikari.
Inaugurating the seminar, Vice-chancellor of KU Dr. Sureshraj Sharma stressed on the need for developing and extending solar energy to resolve the present energy crisis. He said the government should extend hands for partnership and collaboration with the technology research and private sectors for this.
Similarly, Alternative Energy Promotion Center’s Executive Director Dr. Narayan Prasad Chaulagain said the global climate change effect has highlighted the necessity of solar energy. He added that the unified efforts of the government, donor agencies, and private sectors could make the development of solar energy possible.
Chief Adviser of the Energy Sector Cooperation Programme, Nims Thomson, said more than 300,000 households in Nepal have been using electricity for lighting from solar energy.
He added that the technology should be taken to the poor’s access.
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