Activities
Current Projects

Climate change and livelihood initiative for pro-poor of Mustang district through effective dissemination of Solar Thermal Technology powering hot water facility
People living in the Mountain region rely heavily on conventional energy sources such as wood and animal dung for cooking, heating water and keeping the house warm. Recent trends in use of LPG and diesel as fuel has also increased. With the growing rate of tourists trekking along the Annapurna...

Climate Resilient Communities and Sustainable Livelihood Initiatives for Pro-Poor of Dolakha District of Nepal, continuation
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...

Promoting Electric Cooking in Nepalese Households
The project aims to promote electric cooking in collaboration with local governments and relevant e-cooking stakeholders. It targets to reduce the dependency of rural households on fuelwood thereby avoiding deforestation methods and increasing electricity consumption. Adequate capacity development is encouraged at both household and different levels of government to boost...

Ribdikot Drinking Water 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.

Assessing the impact of electric cooking intervention in Mahankal Rural Municipality
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)...

WISIONS Innovation Lab in Nepal
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...
Previous Projects

Methodology for Feasibility Study of Electric Clean Cooking Program in Rukum
Improving cooking is essential for developing countries like Nepal in reducing adverse human health and evnronmental impacts caused by burning firewood. This "Methodology for Feasibility Study of Electric Clean Cooking Program in Solabhang, Rukum " projects will identify all the necessary cooking requirements and their cooking behavior. Installation of different...

System Design of an Expandable, Reconfigurable, and Integrated Renewable Energy Microgrid for Remote, Off-Grid Communities
All Renewable energy technologies provide sporadic power and thus installing a single technology type into a remote community will not ensure continuous power supply. Therefore, a hybridised renewable energy microgrid can provide a solution for long term sustainability. However, the multi -sourced hybrid mini-grid technology, having a big potential benefit...

Detailed Feasibility Study of Low Head Turbine Sites-Two Sites in Hilly Region
People, Energy and Environment Development Association in joint venture with Oshin Power Service Pvt. Ltd are conducting detailed feasibility studies for the probable two sites in hilly region of Nepal. The low head sites should have less than 10 meters head and not include sites that use conventional micro hydro turbines...

Knowledge Exchange Workshops for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines Using Online Design Tools
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...

Why Micro-hydro fails: Investigation into Poor Performance of Micro-Hydropower Plants in Nepal
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...

Improving Agricultural Profitability with Solar Powered Mobile Cold Storage for Small Farm Holders
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...

Research and development to establish a commercially viable locally-constructed Turgo turbine for low-cost renewable electricity generation in rural Nepal
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...

Assessment of Low Power Electric Cooking in Nepal
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....

Village Electrification with wind turbine and solar power system in Nepal’s Upper Mustang region
The project is implemented by Energy, Environment Research and Development Centre (EERDC), together with People, Energy and Environment Development Association (PEEDA). This project aims to install a solar wind hybrid system for electrification of the 40 households in the village and a primary school named “Birendra Prathamik Vidhyalaya” which currently caters...

Climate Resilient Communities and Sustainable Livelihood Initiatives for Pro-Poor of Dolakha District of Nepal
Project Summary The project is envisioned to be implemented in 3 Village Development Committees (VDCs) namely Namdu, Jungu and Mirge and earlier VDC (recently integrated into Jiri municipality) specifically Thulopatal of Dolakha district, located in Mid-Mountain range in the Janakpur zone of north eastern Nepal. The project has started from...