National Workshop on Standards and Testing of Cookstoves in Nepal
25 July 2013, Hotel Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal
Policy session
Presenter: Karuna Bajracharya, National adviser
Alternative Energy Promotion Centre
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7. Clean Cooking Solutions for All in Nepalese Context
1. Karuna Bajracharya, National adviser
Alternative Energy Promotion Centre
Clean Cooking Solutions for All in
Nepalese Context
National workshop on standards and testing of cookstoves in Nepal
25 July 2013
2. Nepal: Country Background - 1
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• Area: 147,181 sq. km
• Population: 26.494 million (CBS, 2012)
• Households: 5.427 million (including 5.423 million
individual HHs & 4 thousand institutional HHs) (CBS, 2012)
• Rural/urban population ratio: 83/17 (CBS, 2012)
• Energy Sector:
Energy consumption: 401 million GJ/Year (WECS, 2010)
Electricity access: 67% HHs (CBS, 2012)
Inadequate power supply (scheduled power cuts)
Petroleum: 100% imported
Heavy reliance on traditional biomass energy
3. Alternative Energy Promotion
Centre
Established on November 3, 1996
Currently under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
Semi autonomous status; Board represented by public sector, private
sector & financial sector
Working as a national focal agency for alternative/ renewable energy
in Nepal.
Mandate: policy and plan formulation, resource mobilization,
technical support, M&E, standardization, quality assurance &
coordination
Subsidy and financial Assistance
Institutional and organizational strengthening of stakeholders in the
renewable energy sector
Centre for excellence: micro hydro, biogas
5. 5
Household Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS): Mud type
1 pot hole 2 pot hole plane
2 pot hole raised
3 pot hole plane 3 pot hole raised Multipurpose
Rocket
6. 6
3 pot hole with water tank
3 pot hole with ash tray
2 pot hole with ash tray
3 pot hole without water tank 2 pot hole without water tan
Household ICS: Metallic type
8. Improved Cooking Stove (ICS) Initiatives in Nepal
• Introduced since 1950s
• Community Forestry Development Program (1980-91):
distribution of prefabricated ICS free of cost; no skill
transfer at local level; lack of ownership
• In govt. plan since 7th
Plan (1985-90); Current 3-Year Plan
(2010-13) target – 300,000 ICS
• Built-on-site ICS design by RECAST/TU in 1990s
• AEPC-executed Energy Sector Assistance Program,
ESAP (1999-2012)
• Emerging ICS projects, with or without carbon funding
• National Rural & Renewable Energy Programme, NRREP
(2012-17) – Biomass Energy Subcomponent 8
9. Key achievements
Strong local network of service providers
16+ RSCs, 250+ LPOs+DSCs; 32 MICS manufacturers
10,000+ trained ICS technicians (Stove Masters);
~50% women; ~40% certified promoters (quality stove
builders active in business)
720,000+ HHs benefitted through ICS, MICS & IICS
Standardized guidelines & implementation framework
Institutional partnership from national to local level
Local capacity for dissemination of 100,000 ICS/Year
Carbon project (PoA ICS) under validation
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12. Number of Households by Usual Type of Cooking Fuel
Data source: CBS, 2012
Ecological Belt Firewood Cow Dung
Mountain (8.6%) 344,843 1,517
Hill (42.1%) 1,696,376 2,810
Terai (49.3%) 1,429,005 558,799
Total(100%) 3,470,224 563,126
Grand Total 4,033,350
14. Technology Options for CCS4ALL
1. Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS): mud & metallic
Efficient burning of solid biomass & reduction in IAP;
progress so far (May 2013): 725,000+
1. Biogas
Replacing the solid biomass fuel; complements with ICS
(e.g., biogas is for cooking food & ICS for animal feed);
Progress so far (May 2013): ~ 300,000
1. Solar cookers
Alternative cooking technology option in specific regions
(e.g., trekking routes); Progress so far (May 2013): 600+
1. Briquettes, gasifiers & electricity based cooking
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“ICS is 1st
choice to reach another 3 million HHs !”
16. National Rural and Renewable Energy Programme,
NRREP(2012-17)
1. Central Renewable Energy Fund (CREF) Component
2. Technical Supports (TS) Component
2.1 Biogas Subcomponent (Biogas)
2.2 Biomass Energy Subcomponent (ICS, briquettes, gasifiers)
2.3 Solar Energy Subcomponent (Solar cookers)
2.4 Community Electrification Subcomponent (Electricity-based
cooking)
2.5 Institutional Development Subcomponent
2.5.1 Institutional Support
2.5.2 Monitoring
2.5.3 Gender and Social Inclusion
2.6 Climate and Carbon Subcomponent
3. Business Development for RE and Productive Energy Use
(PEU) Component
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•National Framework Programme of GoN implemented by AEPC
and supported by a number of development partners
•Components/Subcomponents:
17. Policy Environment
• Rural Energy Policy, 2006 => Renewable Energy
Policy, 2013
• Renewable Energy Subsidy Policy, 2013
• Renewable Energy Subsidy Delivery Mechanism,
2013
• Provision of indirect incentive through Value Added
Tax and Customs Duty Exemption
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18. Approaches
Joint muti-stakeholder coordination platform
Dedicated unit within AEPC
Monitoring against national baseline
Targeted capacity building for service delivery
Active engagement of local bodies, private sector,
development partners & stakeholders
National coordinated localized campaign
Clustered approach
Commitment of partners (for conceptualization &
implementation)
Multiple partnership modalities to cooperate in different
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19. Progress so far
Interest from private sector and investors
Stimulating response from Development Partners
Positive initiatives from carbon project developers
National ICS Forum (NIF) => National Alliance for Clean
Cookstoves (NACC)
Successful organization of Clean Cookstoves Market
Place 2013, an important platform for sharing of
experiences & for coming up with new resolutions
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20. The strategic intent of NACC is to coordinate efforts
and create synergies for providing Clean Cooking
Solutions for All by 2017
Coordinating Sector Knowledge
Collaboration Platform
Creating Enabling Environment
For more information visit
http://nepalcookstoves.org/
Nepal Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
(NACC)