1. This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
Presented by
Dr. Alexander Spachis

2. Key Project Information
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
Key Project Information
The Project is a joint initiative of the European Union and the Government of Nepal
Project set up on August 2004
Start of field implementation: July 2006
Project end date: 15 September 2012 (extended time-frame)
Total budget: EUR million
EU contribution: EUR 15 million
GoN in-kind contribution: EUR million
Executing agency: Alternative Energy Promotion Center, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Nepal

3. This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
Overall Objective
to create a renewable energy infrastructure in rural areas, which facilitates income generation, sustainable growth and delivery of social services, thus alleviating poverty

4. The project supports institutional solar PV and Thermal Systems…………
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
The project supports institutional solar PV and Thermal Systems…………
Solar Energy Systems (stand-alone)
Solar Photovoltaic
(budget: EUR 10 million)
Institutional PV systems
PV agro-grinding mills
PV water pumping systems
Solar dryers
Solar water heating systems
Solar Thermal
(budget: EUR 0.15 million)
Total 38 systems
Total 933 systems

5. Eligible End-users and End-uses
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Eligible End-users and End-uses
Public institutions
Schools
Operating computers, printers, photo copier, audio visual appliances, and lighting for hostels / evening classes
health posts
vaccine refrigeration, lighting
Community Organizations / General Communities
Water pumping systems
Agro-grinding mills
Information and telecom centers
Computer literacy
Community entertainment

6. Project implementation areas………….
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Project implementation areas………….
281 VDCs of 21 districts in hilly and mountain regions with
remote possibility of grid extension in next 5 years
no proven potential for micro-hydro
Map of Nepal showing Project-districts
A glimpse of rural Nepali village

7. Project benefits about
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
Project benefits about
more than1 million rural people of Nepal

8. This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
The project supported installation of solar PV
and solar thermal equipment in;
206 health posts
378 schools
107 milling
30 water pumping
212 other community services (includes
computer literacy, community entertainment
community telecommunication centres)
38 solar thermal systems (24 solar dryers
and 14 solar hot water systems).

9. 8 different PV packages for various end-users…
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8 different PV packages for various end-users… Sn
PV package
Capacity
End-uses 1
Health Post
600 Wp
Vaccine refrigeration, lighting 2
School 1
1000 Wp
Computer, A/V education, lighting 3
School 2
1900 Wp 4
Community entertainment
200 Wp
TV, video 5
Community telecom
900
Telephone, fax, copier 6
Computer literacy
700 Wp
Computer, lighting 7
Agro-grinding mill
1500 Wp
Agro milling 8
Water pumping
Case-by-case

10. Distribution of Equipment by Types of Services
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Distribution of Equipment by Types of Services
PV Systems
Total 933 systems with about 1 MWp installed capacity
Thermal Systems
Total 38 systems

11. Support to Renewable Energy Test Station (RETS)
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Support to Renewable Energy Test Station (RETS)
The project supported Renewable Energy Test Station to equip and staffed for to perform the quality control of solar energy equipment, including the solar thermal applications. The quality assurance schemes, codes of practices, and minimum standards for institutional solar PV systems etc. have been developed in central and rural areas;

12. This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
Nepal has 75 districts, & project was implemented
in only 21 districts.
Districts were selected based on the following criteria
low electrification
large number of rural communities with remote
possibility of electric-grid extension in next 5 years
large number of rural communities residing in the
areas with no potential sites for mini/micro-hydro
power generation
low human development index
high solar radiation
existence of mature Community Organizations
(COs) groomed by other interventions

13. This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
Support to AEPC
The project has been beneficial to build
and strengthen capacity of the Nepalese
Institutions, mainly capacity building of
AEPC officials, providing an opportunity
to take trainings and studies abroad. It also
assisted to extend AEPC's Management
Information System (MIS) to institutional
solar PV and solar thermal applications;
electronic monitoring of all projects; public
access to the MIS via Internet.

14. This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
Overall, the projects to contribute to reduce
poverty in rural areas of Nepal by improving
the quality of social service delivery and by
creating income generating opportunities for
local communities. The project has been
implemented in 21 hilly and mountainous
districts of Nepal, with a target of benefitting
more than 1 million people from improved
social services and increased income due to
the availability of electricity in their
communities.

15. The project stimulated the rural development by improving energy
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Key Impacts of the Project
The project stimulated the rural
development by improving energy
service provision to users in rural
communities without electricity. It has
been instrumental to provide energy
service for social services of the rural
communities.

16. Key Impacts of the Project …cont
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Key Impacts of the Project …cont
Drudgery reduction and time saving of the
beneficiaries of all the water pumping systems.
Women are benefited as they used to fetch
water from a distant water-source before the
installation of solar water pumping system.
The saved time is being used in other
activities such as kitchen gardening, cattle
farming, studying etc..

17. Key Impacts of the Project …cont
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Key Impacts of the Project …cont
Availability of nearby agro-grinding facility
with the aid of solar PV powered agro-grind
milling systems has started reducing the
drudgery and saving the time of the
beneficiaries to a considerable extent. Prior to
installation of the milling systems, the users
had to walk a long distance with the load
agricultural grains for milling.

18. Computers, printers and photocopy
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This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
Key Impacts of the Project …cont
Computers, printers and photocopy
machine are being operated with solar
power in all the schools supported by
the project. The computer education is
being provided to the students of
remote rural areas who had never got
such opportunity before.

19. The villagers are able to use mobile phones and CDMA phones due to
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
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Key Impacts of the Project …cont
The villagers are able to use mobile
phones and CDMA phones due to
availability of charging facilities in their
village. They can also talk to their family
abroad due to these facilities.

20. They internet facilities are available at
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Key Impacts of the Project …cont
They internet facilities are available at
the village and they can use the internet
for information and knowledge outside
the village.

21. The lighting facility in the rural health
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Key Impacts of the Project …cont
The lighting facility in the rural health
posts, the health workers are now
providing services to the emergency
case patients in night times also.
Particularly, pregnant women have been
benefitted during the delivery.

22. This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT
This project is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Nepal
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