National Rural and Renewable Energy Programme (NRREP)

Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) continuously plays a leading role to develop RETs since 1996 to till the date in Nepal through support from development partners and GoN. After the second phase of the Energy Sector Assistance Program (ESAP II), National Rural and Renewable Energy Programme (NRREP) have been launched through the support of GoN and development partners (Danida, DFID, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, KFW, SNV and UNDP) as a single program modality to promote Renewable Energy Technologies (RET).

The development objective of the National Rural and Renewable Energy Programme (NRREP) is to improve the living standard of rural women and men, increase employment of women and men as well as productivity, reduce dependency on traditional energy and attain sustainable development through integrating the alternative energy with the socio-economic activities of women and men in rural communities.

NRREP has a clear emphasis on effectively reaching out to the more remote and poorest part of the country, it will apply demand led approaches actively involving beneficiaries in decision making, and support use of energy for productive purposes leading to income and employment increase in rural areas, and it has mainstreamed Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) into the programs at all levels.

Regional Service Center (RSC) ASTHA Nepal has been working at nine districts namely; Banke, Bardiya, Surkhet, Jajarkot, Dailekh, Kalikot, Humla, Mugu and Jumla. On RE Sector development since 2013 in support of AEPC through National Rural and Renewable Energy Project (NRREP).