REACH

Nepal

1. Review of country experience with REGA technologies: The draft final report was submitted in April 2004. The report, endorsed by the NCA on 25 June 2004, is available on draft final Country Report-Nepal. [ PDF: 988kb | 65 pages ]



2. REGA project development to pre-feasibility/feasibility stage:
   

   Phase 1: The following pre-feasibility study report has been prepared and finalized:

   • Trolley Bus Development in Ring Road of the Kathmandu Valley [ PDF ]

   Phase 2: The following CDM Project Idea Notes (PINs) have been prepared:

   • Improved Cook Stoves [ PDF ]
   • Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln (VSBK) Program [ PDF ]
   • Light for All (Solar Tuki) [ PDF ]
   • Kathmandu Safa Tempo [ PDF ]
   • Landfill Gas Capture and Recovery Project

   • Changing process to reduce coal usage in cement industry
   • Use of gasifiers for industrial purposes
   • Replacing coal or oil with electric furnace in industries
   • Carbon benefits from community forestry
   • Use of solar thermal in commercial and industrial use

   Draft reports on the following pre-feasibility/feasibility studies/PDDs have been prepared/review:

   • Development of an East-West Electric Railway in Nepal [ PDF ]
   • Potential of generating CDM revenue from West Seti Hydroelectric Project and engagement in electricity spot market in India for sale of hydropower from Nepal [ PDF ]
   • Development of an East-West Electric Railway in Nepal

   
   
Draft PDD has been prepared and reviewed:


• Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln (VSBK) Program [ PDF ]
• Sisdol Landfill Gas to Energy Project [ PDF ]


3. Capacity building and outreach:
   
   
• First Regional Training Workshop held on 22-26 July 2002 in Bangkok
• South Asia Subregional Training Workshop on Project Pre-Feasibility Studies, 7-9 October 2003, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Second Regional Training and Planning Workshop on 5-8 October 2004 in Manila
• Nepal National Workshop held on 21 January 2005 in Kathmandu
• Workshop on Structural Set-up for Designated National Authority and Approval Process for CDM Projects in Nepal, 30 August 2005 in Kathmandu
• Training Workshop on Climate Change and Developing CDM Projects, 7-8 September 2005 in Kathmandu
• Workshop on CDM for Business Communities, 19 September 2005 in Kathmandu
• Training Workshop for Commercial Banks on Appraisal of REGA Investment Proposals and CDM, 2-0-21 September 2005 in Kathmandu
• Stakeholders’ Consultation Workshop on Pre-Feasibility Studies, 30 September 2005 in Kathmandu
• Carbon Fair in Nepal, 17-18 November 2005
• Enabling CDM in Asia and the Pacific: ADB’s Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency & climate Change Program (a side event at COP 11), 28 November 2005 in Montreal, Canada.
• Nepal Awareness Program on Clean Development Mechanism of Business Opportunities on 16 March 2006 in Kathmandu
• Clean Energy Week on 20-22 June 2006 in Manila.