How much does an uninterruptible power supply cost in Bhutan

Bhutan Crushing Unit is a major Dolomite Powder processing unit of Pugli area which is located along the western border of Bhutan. The industry consumes only electrical energy for all its processes. Electricity is drawn from BPC through a MV category service con-nection. The average monthly electricity consumption is 84,788kWh. 27. Yarab Pvt. Ltd.

Bhutan is a net power surplus country and the main driver of the economy has been export of electricity. Bhutan exports up to 80% of the electricity it pro-duces every year (BPC, 2013). Between 2007 and 2013, the country has been domestically consum-ing approximately 25% of the clean hydropower that it produces, exporting the majority to India.

The demand has risen further due to the in-crease in the number of consumers getting connected to the grid across Bhutan. Further, most part of Bhutan being located in the cold Himalayan range, the demand for electric-ity is particularly high in the winter as compared to the summer months.

A high growth rate in rural electricity access in the last decade is a major indicator of the effort put in by the Government. Bhutan's advantage critically hinges on the excess supply of electrical energy which earns large revenue catering to the current account deficits, consequently balancing trade.

Secondary data on energy consumption was available from the Bhutan Power Corporation's Power Data Handbook – 2014 Bhutan Living Standard Survey conducted in 2012 and Baseline Study of Fuels -2013 carried out by GIF and the Royal Government of Bhutan.

This would take the country's installed generation capacity to 4,546 MW by 2020. The total installed electricity-generat-ing capacity in Bhutan, as of 2014, is approximate-ly 1,606 MW from major hydropower plants, 8.2 MW from other small hydro and 10,352 kVA from diesel generators owned by BPC (BPC, 2014).