The project target group and community face several challenges: a lack of understanding and capacity to address climate change effectively, insufficient technical expertise for sustainable solutions, difficulties in developing project proposals that meet donor requirements, and a failure to integrate gender responsiveness. Additionally, there is a lack of networking and...

Objectives of the Project: 1) Understand success, failure and the well-being impacts of energy interventions by reviewing and mapping previous energy access initiatives in sub- Saharan Africa 2) Create a holistic well being framework, utilizing transdisciplinary methodologies to transform energy system design 3) Pilot and evaluate the SHINE framework on...

Due to erratic and rising rainfall and temperature patterns over the decades, climatic events in Pyuthan District have become increasingly unpredictable, leading to a higher frequency of climate-related hazards. Over the past three decades, Pyuthan has experienced a growing frequency of landslides, triggered by heavy precipitation, which has also caused...

The project aims to support households in the rural and peri-urban region with IoT- enabled induction stove. It will collect feedback from users to assess the practicality, affordability and effectiveness of the devices in real-world settings. It will the test the deployment and usage of the induction stoves and will...

The project will work closely with the respective local governments, public schools and relevant stakeholders to enable integration of electric cooking in school kitchens. High stakeholder engagement is crucial in instances where technologies are new, the perception of higher cooking costs on electricity still persists, the essentiality of flame visibility...

This project as supported by WISIONS (Germany) will provide energy access to two rural VDCs namely Toksel and Katunje in Okhaldhunga district, eastern Nepal, through the use of tested and robust low head pico-hydro technology. The project will also serve as a demonstration site for the feasibility of this technology...

The project is envisioned to be implemented in Baiteshwor Rural Municipality, Ward No. 3 (Earlier Mirge VDC) of Dolakha district. In the present context, in the absence of cold storage and related cold chain facilities, the farmers are compelled to either not sell due to small harvest or sell their...

People, Energy and Environment Development Association (PEEDA) along with partners Kathmandu Alternative Power and Energy Group (KAPEG) and the University of Bristol had implemented Electric Cooking Outreach (ECO) project in Mahankal Rural Municipality in South Lalitpur district that ended back in December 2021, under the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS)...

This personnel exchange project funded by FK Norway aims in creating more jobs, reducing drudgery, and improving living conditions through knowledge exchange between the partner institutions. Tarayana Foundation Bhutan, Practical Action Bangladesh & Technology & Action for Rural Advancement (TARA) India and PEEDA are the four partner institutions for this...

PEEDA in collaboration with University of Bristol (UoB), Nepal Yantra Shala Energy (NYSE) and Turbine Testing Lab of KU (TTL) will execute the project. The project will be funded for 2 years by Energize Nepal (http://ku.edu.np/energizenepal/) Turgo turbines are reported to be reliable, robust and able to operate efficiently over a...

The rural communities can generate increased income and food security from diversified agriculture and on and off farm activities via proper linkages between energy and landscape level management solutions alongside effective and adequate collaboration and joint investment by local government and local communities. The objectives of the project: - Establish...

The Local Level Transesterification and Bio-fuel Stove Project being implemented by PEEDA has been funded by Renewable Nepal Programme, Kathmandu University. PEEDA joined hands with Energy & Environment Pvt. Ltd. (E&E) & Energy Environment Research & Development Center (EERDC) for implementation of the project. This project devised a simple method...

The project aims to assess alternatives for low power electric cooking in Nepal so that the increasing conventional fuelwood demand could be reduced to some extent. This project is implemented in the rural area of Nepal, focusing on the off-grid community. The project is supported by the University of Bristol....

The project aims to enhance adaptive capabilities of targeted communities viz. women and children, marginalized commuities, Dalits and ethnic minorities against adverse effects of climate change. Moreover, it also aims to enhance agri-entrepreneurship skills, climate -resilient agricultural techniques and innovation in irrigation methodologies among targeted communities. The project is currently...

Bread for the World (BfdW), formerly EED, has been supporting PEEDA since last 9 years. The support was received for 3 different projects on Jatropha Biofuel. The first project was focused on project feasibility study, Jatropha plantation which was followed by agricultural activity, community engagement, plantation and income generating activities....