Government of Nepal
Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
Alternative Energy Promotion Centre
Making Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Mainstream Supply in Nepal
Updates
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Programme Name |
Promotion of Solar Technologies for Economic Development (POSTED) |
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Commissioned by |
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) |
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Country |
Nepal |
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Implementing partners |
Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |
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Technology focus |
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Key Outputs |
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Duration |
March 2022 – December 2024 |
The Promotion of Solar Technologies for Economic Development (POSTED) is a Technical Cooperation (TC) project of the Government of Nepal and the Federal Republic of Germany and is jointly implemented by the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH with the support of the consulting firm Integration. The POSTED project aims to improve the enabling environment for disseminating solar technologies such as solar mini-grids, solar irrigation pumps and solar rooftops (on-grid and off-grid) in selected provinces of Nepal.
The overall objective of the POSTED project is to improve the legal, institutional, and technological conditions for the dissemination of solar technologies for climate-friendly economic development in selected provinces of Nepal. This objective is split into three categories:
The legal framework conditions for the use of solar technologies for economic development at the subnational level should be improved. A key role is attributed to the procedural regulations, incentive support systems and technical standards enabling the effective promotion of decentralized PV sys-tems by the mandated sub-national actors. The intervention seeks thus to pave the way for the roll-out of incentive and financing schemes, pointing towards public-private partnership models for solar mini-grids (SMG) and solar water pumping (SWP) for irrigation and smart processes and finance for solar rooftop (SRT) systems.
The education and training offered should cover a range of basic and advanced training courses for the planning and use of solar PV technologies. This includes the aspects of 1) developing and implementing effective solar promotion programmes by the mandated actors on a sub-national level, and 2) strengthening private companies and their staff to install solar PV solutions up to quality standards and ensure sustainable operation. With the current solar PV know-how concentrated in Kathmandu, the intervention seeks to upgrade and then channel the abovementioned capacities through provincial and local training institutions, thus establishing the capacities where they will be required more in future.
Digital monitoring for climate and environmental protection should be achieved. The controlling and monitoring of the impacts of solar PV systems on the climate, environment and resource protection should be strengthened. The intervention seeks to deploy digital systems to monitor greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction due to solar PV technologies, resource-saving planning/monitoring of solar water pumps and e-waste arising from solar PV technologies.
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POSTED Targets |
Indicators |
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Module Objective The legal, institutional and technological conditions for the dissemination of solar technologies for climate-friendly economic development are improved in selected provinces of Nepal. |
Module Objective Indicator 1: A ministerial directive has been issued by the Ministry of Energy coordinating the action of the Nepalese Alternative Energy Promotion Agency (AEPC) and the Nepal State Energy Corporation to increase the share of solar energy at the provincial level. Module Objective Indicator 2: In two sub-national government units, solar (PV) subsidy programs that support climate-friendly economic development are integrated into the energy sector planning Module Objective Indicator 3: In two provinces, 10 private companies offer solar (PV) systems and plant services (maintenance, repair) that comply with the guidelines of the sub-national funding/support programs. Module Objective Indicator 4: Among the 150 participants who graduated from training courses in the solar (PV) energy sector, the proportion of women is 20% Module Objective Indicator 5: One monitoring system that calculates the greenhouse gases mitigation for solar (PV) technologies has been piloted in two provinces. |
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Output 1 |
Output indicator 1.1: Three incentive schemes for the private sector are published by AEPC as part of a solar (PV) technology support programme. Output indicator 1.2: One catalogue with technical procedural regulations for the design of solar (PV) installations at sub-national level as eligibility criteria to benefit from subsidies is published by AEPC. |
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The range of basic and advanced training courses for the planning and use of solar (PV) technologies has improved. |
Output indicator 2.1: Three education and training courses for planning solar (PV) systems and solar (PV) subsidy/support programs are offered by training institutions for sub-national government units in two provinces. Output indicator 2.2: Three training offers for the technical planning, operation and maintenance of solar (PV) systems, which are eligible for subsidies/government support, are offered by local training institutions for employees (women and men) of private solar companies in two provinces each. |
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The technological prerequisites for controlling and monitoring the impacts of solar (PV) systems on the climate, environmental and resource protection have been strengthened. |
Output indicator 3.1: Three digital, data-supported planning and monitoring systems for the environmentally and resource-saving application of solar (PV) water pumps are in operation at the responsible authorities in two provinces. Output indicator 3.2: One digitally supported system for the systematic recording of electronic waste from the application of solar (PV) technologies is piloted in one province with technical and managerial staff from the provincial administration. |
Contact Address:
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Project office |
Field office-East |
Field office-West |
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231 Kandevtasthan Marg, Kupondol, Lalitpur, Nepal Phone: 01-5915200 Email: Posted@integration.org |
Shreeram Marga, BFM, Bakhri, Biratnagar 6 Morang, Nepal Phone: +977 9851163853 Email: NRegmi@integration.org |
Shikhar Chowk, Taranagar, Dhangadi, Nepal Phone: +977 9841750277 Email: AThapa@integration.org |