Winrock International - 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. Winrock International REPSO Nepal provides Results-Focused, Human-Centered, Science-Based and Market-Driven technical and financial assistance for the promotion and scaling up of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) in Nepal. REPSO Nepal's experience and expertise ensures that energy projects are well designed, use the appropriate technology and are sustainable.

Winrock International REPSO Nepal provides full range of services including feasibility studies, financing strategies, project design and implementation, technology and market assessments, developing project pipelines and mobilizing investments, reforming energy planning and policy to building capacity of governments, communities, financial institutions, and the private sector. In addition, REPSO Nepal has been supporting the commercial generation of power from distributed energy systems such as small hydropower, solar photovoltaic, grid electrification and wind to increase the rural population's access to electricity (rural electrification), and had substantially promoted clean transportation, micro-finance, and decentralized energy through biogas. REPSO Nepal has made significant contribution in unlocking credit financing for renewable energy promotion and productive end use. Solid waste management project in Ilam was successful in managing municipal solid waste through public private partnership. Carbon trading and capacity building of national and sub-national government, bank and financial institutions and private companies has been nuclease to REPSO Nepal’s work in Nepal.