The Innovation Lab (IL) is a transformative research approach developed by the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy with an aim to integrate sustainability research into multi-stakeholder processes and catalyze systemic change for climate-friendly and resource efficient communities. The vision of Phase 3 is that local governments, MHP management...

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...

Electric cooking has high technical perspectives. The successful adoption of electric cooking requires the target groups to be ensured with the complete package of technology hardware, quality education on the technology and affordable and reliable electricity. To make consumers adaptive to electric cooking technologies continuously and not return back to...

PEEDA has done several research studies in the energy field for clients such as Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), Centre for Rural Technology (CRT) and Winrock international (WI), and we also work with other organisations in the research and development of Pico Hydro. "Impact of Micro Hydro Projects on rural...

PEEDA is one of the partner organization for the project "Online Design Tools for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines". The other partner organizations are Kathmandu Alternative Power and Energy Group (KAPEG) (lead and contracting partner), Rural Electrification Research Group (RurERG) and School of the Earth ‘Nea Guinea’. The general aim of this project...

The project is aimed to provide drinking water facilities to rural households in Ribdikot Rural Municipality, Palpa via the installation of water pump, civil works for necessary transmission pipeline and anchoring and storage tank conversion. The project is supported by KRIA Foundation, Norway.

Facilitating the Poor into Ownership of Hydropower This study for Jalsort Vikas Sanstha – Nepal Water Partnership (JVS-NWP) documents how the poor of Nepal can be facilitated into the ownership of commercial hydropower projects. The report looks at poverty in Nepal and how income generating projects have many benefits (particularly in sustainability)...

This project will be carried out jointly by University of Bristol (UoB) and University of Coventry, UK and the People, Energy and Environment Development Association (PEEDA). The aim of this project is to understand the reasons behind poor performance and failure of MHP plants in Nepal. A field Study will...

The project is intended to conduct 40 numbers of demonstrations of electric cooking events in 7 MHP projects in Bajura distrct. The project plans to disseminate knowledge on electric cooking technologies: electric pressure cookers (EPCs), induction stoves, and electric kettles. The aim of the project is to show that electric...

Possible Ways of Minimization of the Rural Electrification Cost in Nepalese Context Undertaken for: Rural Electrification Development Alliance of Nepal (REGDAN) with Winrock International Funding This study’s purpose was to examine ways in which the costs of rural electrification in Nepal could be minimised. The project analysed: i) the implementation...

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)...

Gatlang Rural Electrification Pre-study This project for Gatlang Community Development Society and funded by the Norwegian Himal Asia Mission was examining the options for providing rural electrification to Gatlang VDC in Rasuwa District in Nepal. Central to the options is a 200kW mini hydro project on Cheedimo Khola. This project...