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About Winrock

Winrock International is a recognized leader in U.S. and international development, providing solutions to some of the world’s most complex social, agricultural and environmental challenges.

Inspired by its namesake Winthrop Rockefeller, Winrock’s mission is to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources.

Winrock is a nonprofit organization that implements a portfolio of more than 140 projects in over 46 countries.

Areas of Impact

Agriculture
Human & Social Capital
Economic Development
Environment & Energy
Services
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Winrock in Nepal

Winrock International has been working in Nepal to increase access to clean energy through public awareness raising and capacity building since the establishment of Renewable Energy Program Support Office (REPSO) in 1997.

Winrock International-Nepal provides Results-Focused, Human-Centered, Science-Based and Market-Driven technical and financial assistance for the promotion and scaling up of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) in Nepal.

Projects

Efficient Electric Cooking Market Uptake in Nepal
Nepal Renewable Energy Programme (NREP)
Knowledge Exchange for Making Solar Water Pumping (SWP) System Affordable to Small Farmers
Comparative Analysis of Economic Activities and Job creation Spurred by Advent of Electrification...

Recent News

Country Director, Winrock International Nepal Shares Innovative Market-led Business Model for Solar Water Pumps at Knowledge Forum on Inclusive Water Management in Nepal
Country Director, Winrock International Nepal jointly unveils the Country Action Plan (CAP) developed for Transforming the Cookstoves and Fuels Market in Nepal
Final Report: Efficient Electric Cooking Market Uptake in Nepal (EECMU)
Communities and the grid: the effectiveness of community management of local distribution systems in Nepal

Success Stories

EPCs used consistently by low-income households in peri-urban Nepal

While transitions to electric cooking (eCooking) in more affluent and urban Nepali communities have been documented, a recent MECS Electric Cooking Outreach (ECO) challenge fund pilot study in Nepal has demonstrated clear uptake of eCooking by low-income peri-urban households – even those which collect firewood for free. 50 households in Katahariya Municipality (Rautahat District) participated in […]

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Better Together: How Knowledge Exchange Empowers Micro Hydro Plants

With funding support from WISIONS and in partnership with UNDP-GEF supported Renewable Energy for Rural Livelihood project under Alternative Energy Promotion Center, Winrock International implemented ‘Sharing Learning Across Projects: Operating Micro Hydro Plants as Commercially Viable Enterprises. The project selected five financially and managerially weak Micro Hydro Plants in the Baglung and Gulmi districts to participate […]

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Empowering Micro Hydro Plant

With funding support from WISIONS and in partnership with UNDP-GEF supported Renewable Energy for Rural Livelihood project under Alternative Energy Promotion Center, Winrock International implemented ‘Sharing Learning Across Projects: Operating Micro Hydro Plants as Commercially Viable Enterprises. The project selected five financially and managerially weak Micro Hydro Plants in the Baglung and Gulmi districts to […]

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