Technology

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The Nepalese Himalayas

The Himalayan region’s large irradiation values coupled with lower temperatures results in a larger PV potential, as well as an increase in the PV cell’s efficiency. The Himalayan region has the advantage of being located in India and China, countries both with rising energy demands.
With our project in the initial stages, we felt that the Nepalese region’s lower energy demands would provide a more suitable platform. We chose the municipality of Pokhara as it offered a higher altitude, large amounts of free space and was near a power distribution point.

 

The map above shows the proposed area in Nepal. The red line on the map depicts the microwave transmission beaming path from the solar farm to the city of Pokhara. The blue path indicates a possible route for an overhead 33 kV distribution line from the same locations. The lower half shows the elevation profile along the transmission path (top) and the distribution line (bottom). The red star indicates the location of the transmitter array in Banglung Pani and the blue stars are possible locations for the receiving array

PV Cell Considerations: Sunpower-E20/333

 

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Transmission 

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Distribution

 

 

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