Nepal Renewable Energy Programme (NREP)

Duration: February, 2019 - March, 2023

Project Location: Madhesh Province, Lumbini Province and Karnali Province

Partners: DAI Europe (Lead Partner), PEI, and Samriddha Pahad

Focal Person: Mr. Badri Nath Baral (Country Director/ Winrock International Nepal), Mr. Suman Basnet (Team Leader/ DAI Europe)

Status: Ongoing

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Coverage: Arghakhanchi, Banke, Bara, Bardiya, Dailekh, Dang, Dhanusha, Dolpa, Gulmi, Humla, Jajarkot, Jumla, Kalikot, Kapilvastu, Mahottari, Mugu, Nawalpur, Palpa, Parasi, Parsa, Pyuthan, Rautahat, Rolpa, Rukum East, Rukum West, Rupandehi, Salyan, Saptari, Sarlahi, Siraha, Surkhet

The British Embassy Kathmandu-funded, 4.5-year Nepal Renewable Energy Programme (NREP) is a Government of Nepal programme. It is designed to increase private sector investment to develop distributed renewable energy (RE) markets, primarily in commercial, institutional, and industrial market sectors; increase universal energy access, and a corresponding higher quality of life, to Nepali citizens living in remote regions and facilitate a policy, planning, legal construct, and regulatory environment conducive to both enabling and sustaining progress in RE market development and universal energy access.

NREP operates in Provinces Madhesh, Lumbini, and Karnali.  The Programme is implemented by the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) and a consortium led by DAI Global.

Measurable goals of the Programme include:

• Increase in installed capacity of RE by 16 MW
• Provision of RE to 95,000 households, 500 small businesses, and 200 schools and health centres
• Leveraging of £37.2m of private and public sector investment in RE
• Strengthened institutional and policy reforms and improved compliance mechanisms—across Federal, Provincial, and Local governments
• Avoided greenhouse gas emissions, e.g., by reducing imported energy during Nepal’s dry season, imported LPG for cooking, and imported diesel for back-up generators

On NREP, Winrock  closely work with DAI on the strategic implementation of the programme. Winrock play a pivotal role in RE market assessment, technical analysis of RE projects, development of a pathway to meet the programme’s installed RE capacity goals, balancing of RE demand and supply, and innovative finance interventions of RE in Nepal.  Winrock’s work for the Programme  strengthen market mechanisms to attract private RE investment, including climate finance, to drive market growth and socio-economic development across sectors.

For further information please visit:
http://www.nrepnepal.com