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Nepali farmers offloading hay from truck

Legacy Project

Gasification-Based Electrification for Rural Livelihoods

Funder: Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

Project Timeline: February 25, 2013 - June 30, 2016

Country: Nepal

Program Area: Clean Energy & Circular Economy

Nepal’s rural poor urgently need clean and reliable electricity. This pilot project examines the potential of electrification through biomass gasification technology. The results of the effort are expected to help inform government policies to utilize the technology to deliver electricity to rural communities across Nepal.

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.