download (pdf, 6MB) - SNV

■
■
Reducing dependency on imported energies and reducing negative environmental effects by the
proper use of resources and tools of local energy and by improving and increasing the energy use
competency.
Increasing the access of rural people by reducing the cost of development and installation of
alternative energy.
The result- oriented target regarding biogas plants in Tenth Plan is production of 44MW energy by installing
200,000 biogas plants in 65 districts (NPC, 2003).
13.5.2 The Priority- Based Strategies
■
■
■
As per the concept of improving living standard of rural people, priority will be given to the
programmes that are carried out in an integrated way to help in economic, social and environmental
sustainability while developing and expanding the alternative energy.
Emphasis will be given for necessary, research and technology handover that are required to reduce
the investment in the alternative energy technology and to increase the capacity so as to create an
atmosphere where maximum number of rural people can use.
A separate Rural Energy Fund will be set up for the sustainable development of rural energy. This
fund will expand to the district and village levels.
13.5.3 Policies and Strategies ;
Development and expansion of energy will be carried out with high priority to ensure the fulfilment
of minimum energy supply of energy that has remained as the basic need of the rural population and
to help develop the rural economy.
■ Consumers and local people will be participated in the plan framing, formation and conduct of energy
management to give sustainability to rural energy production, distribution and its use through social
mobilization by encouraging group formation.
■ Dependency on imported energy will be slowly reduced through proper use of alternative energy
resources.
■ Necessary reforms will be made in grants policies and management with a view to achieving
maximum benefit by increasing access of the rural families and communities to alternative energy
and technology.
■ Necessary financial assistance will be released for the sustainability of energy development by
completing the task of setting up the Rural Energy Fund. This will ensure increase in the access of
poor and downtrodden communities to alternative energy through group collateral scheme, set-up of
rolling fund and release of loans in less interest.
■ Participation of educational institutions, local bodies, private sector and national and international
non-governmental organizations will be increased at the maximum and they will be made more active
so as to carry out study, research and development works on various titles such as development of
alternative technologies, its expansion and reducing investment.
13.5.4 Programmes
Programme on Biogas: Popularity of biogas is increasing due to its diverse benefits in the rural families.
Therefore, biogas plants will be expanded so that it saves firewood, reduces dependency on imported energy,
there will be no negative impact in the people's health, there will be no environmental pollution and the slurry
coming out from the plan shall be used as one of the best fertilizers in the agriculture purpose. So, during the
plan implementation period, it is targeted that a total of 200,000 biogas plants including 100,500 domestic
biogas plants and 500 community biogas plants will be installed. Priority will be given to suitable but
relatively smaller size of plants and necessary researches and cost-reduction tasks will be carried out for its
development in the high-altitude Himali region.
Setting up Rural Energy Fund: In the context of huge investment required while initiating alternative
energies and competition with already established traditional energies, the Rural Energy Fund will be set up
114