Designing Resilient and Sustainable Solar Battery Infrastructure (DResi) for High Mountain Areas of Nepal

Mr Anurag Pokharel 
Senior Analyst, VRock & Company

Mr Bishwas Basnet
Visiting Faculty, Department of Electrical Engineering
Tribhuvan University

Mr Manoj Wagle
MSc Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering
Tribhuvan University

Saurav Khatiwada
Data Analyst & Reporting Manager
Aligned Community Care

Nepal’s high-mountain electricity infrastructure has poor system resilience. There are several challenges to disaster relief, recovery, and infrastructure restoration. To address that, this research aims to develop a self-sufficient and resilient electricity service solution for high mountains that incorporates the concept of circular economy. To achieve that, battery storage solutions will be designed with knowledge of the hazardscape, the energy landscape, and the post-disaster energy requirements of the target area. Deployment of second-life lithium-ion batteries is envisioned to reduce costs. Battery performance and market analysis would be done to assess the scope for scalability.