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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Energy & Power Systems > Completed Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Completed Projects
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Testing Electric Pressure Cooker adoption in Socio-economic and Cultural Context of Nepal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Fuelwood continues to be the primary cooking fuel in Nepal, followed by imported liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Nearly 73.5% of the households depend on fuelwood for cooking, and only 26.3% of households were using LPG. Nepal has 42 GW, technically and economically viable, hydro generation potential. Affordable and uninterrupted access to grid electricity, for a significant part of the day, is available to 71.7% of households, making it an ideal country to explore the viability of electric cooking adoption. A study in 2019 reported that both men and women in Nepal highlighted the electric rice cooker’s positive impacts.<\/span><\/p>\n

A multi-disciplinary consortium consisting of Indian and Nepalese non-government organisations (IRADe and WACN) proposes this community-scale pilot study to examine the socio-economic and cultural acceptability and financial viability of Electric Pressure Cooker (EPC) adoption in Nepal. The study aims to accelerate the uptake of EPC in Nepal and has identified the following broad objectives:<\/span><\/p>\n

(i) Providing EPC intervention to members of women communities in rural and urban locations of Kavrepalanchok district,<\/span><\/p>\n

(ii) collecting data about cooking practices for intervened households using a localised version of the MECS e-cooking diary to understand communities willingness and challenges to adopting EPC and related behavioural changes,<\/span><\/p>\n

(iii) organising a workshop to bring together policymakers, women groups, electric cooking appliance supplier\/manufacturer, civil societies, researchers and users to inform study findings for accelerating EPC adoption in Nepal and<\/span><\/p>\n

(iv) Translate these findings of electric cooking to international funding agencies for scaling-up this study in South Asian countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supported By: Loughborough University, the U.K. under the programme Modern Energy Cooking Services \u2013Electric Cooking Outreach (MECS-ECO)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Impact Assessment of Electricity Access on Health and Education<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The main goal of this study is to assess the status of the electricity access at government-run PHCs and schools and its impact on health and education outcomes, in rural and peri-urban areas. The study will bring out the status of electricity supply at PHCs and schools in terms of availability, reliability, quality, convenience and usage. Leveraging benefits of stable electricity access, for better health and education services, itself requires enabling infrastructure and equipment available in PHCs and schools. Therefore, the proposed study will also use a list of “tracer indicators” to gauge the presence or absence of key infrastructure and instruments at the PHCs and schools. This study will assess whether a facility has grid access, a portable generator or a solar power source, and frequency of power interruptions. Following are the objectives of this study:<\/span><\/p>\n