Knowledge Products

Benefit Sharing in Hydropower

Though a variety of interpretations exist, the term ‘benefit sharing’ references a new set of programmatic methods to reconcile the uneven incidence of costs and benefits ...

Climate Change and Hydropower

The region has high hydropower potential, but the changing climate and likely changes in the hydrological regime may pose a risk to future hydropower development. The changing ...

Energy Outlook of the Hindu Kush Himalaya

The study shows that the HKH remains energy-poor, with more than 80% of rural households still reliant on traditional solid biomass fuel for cooking and heating. This is causing ...

Ex-post Impact Evaluation of Development of Sustainable Energy for Rangelands

Several technologies like solar photovoltaic home sets, solar lights, solar cookers and improved cook stoves are popular among the people in these project areas. The study ...

Projections of Future Energy Demand and Supply Options in the HKH

This study makes an attempt to generate database of HKH specific energy demand using both the ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approaches and undertakes sectoral energy ...

Regional Power Cooperation and Trade

Energy efficiency studies have traditionally focused on households or industries. Recent studies by the World Bank and the US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s ...

Role of Micro-Grids in Reducing Pollutant Emissions from Diesel Generators in Kathmandu

The ICIMOD study analyzes the potential for increasing energy efficiency and reducing emissions from diesel generating (DG) sets used during electricity outages in the Kathmandu ...