Our Projects

Ongoing Projects

Clean Stove Programme for Mid-Day Meals in Schools

Supported by ABF and Vikas Yatra under their Corporate Social Responsibilities- March 2026- ongoing.

Summary

This project supports kitchen environment of schools through installation of institutional improved biomass cookstoves and electric cookstoves.

Ongoing Projects

Adoption of Clean Energy Cooking Stoves in Madhesh Province

In collaboration and supported by National Farmers Group Federation (NFGF) and CARE Nepal since November 2025.

Summary

The project promotes clean cooking solution among small farmers communities in Madhesh Province through installation of improved biomass cookstove, portable metallic biomass cookstove and electric cookstove.

Completed Projects

Clean Cookstove Project, Nepal

This project promoted 7300+ electric cookstoves in Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces in partnership with cooperatives, private sector, NGO, CREEs and local government from August 2022 - November 2024.

Clean cooking solution project

This project was a joint collaboration with AEPC/NREP through SKBBL. The project was conducted from April, 2022 to March 2023.

Adoption of Electric Cooking

August 2023-July 2024 (USAID, Urja Nepal Programme)

Digital innovations for E-cooking market development

This projet was supported by GIZ/EnDev and implementing partner for this project was practical Action. This project was conducted from December 2021 to 2023.

Private-Community partnership for upscaling promotion of electric cooking in community rural electrification areas of Bagmati province in Nepal

This project was conducted from March 2021 to December 2021, where the supporting partner was GIZ EnDev.

Contributing to forest conservation through electric cooking promotion

This project was conducted from December 2019 to March 2020. The supporting partner for this project was Forest without Borders, Canada.

Market-led promotion of electric cooking in Timal community electrification area

This project was conducted in Kavrepalanchok District, Nepal from June 2019 to February 2020. Its supporting partner was GIZ EnDev.

Behavior Change Campaign in Dhunginitar (ICIMOD Demonstration Site) of Nuwakot district, Nepal

This project was conducted from June - December 2018. Its supporting partner was ICIMOD and Clean Cooking Alliance.

Supply side development partner for maximizing the health benefits of clean cooking in urban Nepal: a demonstration project

This project was conducted from July to December 2018. Its supporting partner was Clean Cooking Alliance.

Market-led promotion of electric cooking in dewabhumi Baluwa community electrification area

This projet was conducted in Baluwa, Kavrepalanchok district, Nepal from November 2017 to October 2018. This project was self - funded by ABF.

Rebuilding energy access and livelihoods of earthquake affected communities in Nepal (Real)

This project was conducted in 2018. Supporting Partner for this project was Practical Action, contributed in supply side of rocket stove only.

Clean cookstoves social marketing project

This project was conducted from March 2015 to December 2018. This project was self-funded by ABD. The Capacity building of women entrepreneurs was supported by UNCDF/CleanStart Project.

Research Assignments

Assessment of Household Biogas (Gobar Gas) Adoption in Nepal: Policies, Sustainability, and the Way Forward

Integrated Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) March 2026 - March 2026

Transition of urban households to electric cooking in Nepal

October 2022-February 2023 (MECS/Loughborough University/UK)

Preparation of project document for promotion of eCooking among MSMEs in Nepal

December 2024-June 2025 (ongoing) (The World Bank Group, Kathmandu)

Energize Nepal Project Assessment

October-December 2018 (Energize Nepal Project, Kathmandu University)

Consumer assessment to support the adoption of electric cooking in Nepal

August 2020-June 2021 (Clean Cooking Alliance)

Assessment of Barriers and Scaling Pathways for Ex-situ Crop and Forest Residue Management Enterprises in Nepal

Integrated Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) March 2026 - May 2026

Analysis of factors affecting adoption of electric cooking options in electrified community of Nepal

June 2020-December 2021 (MECS/Loughborough University/UK)

High-level review of the End-of-Life (EoL) of Photovoltaic (PV) Infrastructure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (ABF is member of consortium led by Equal Access Energy, UK) November 2025 - February 2026

Services to collect a portfolio of data adding evidence to research on fuel stacking

Loughborough University/Modern Energy Cooking Services October 2025 - February 2026

Stock take and set GESI Targets in NDC 3.0

December 2024 (UNDP)

Identifying the Barriers and Suggesting Robust, Effective and Functional Supply Chain System and After Sale Services for the Promotion of E-Cooking

August 2023-August 2024 (The World Bank Group, Kathmandu)

Final Evaluation and documentation of the Practical Action implemented project ‘Sustainable Market Development of eCooking in Nepal (SMDeN)

Practical Action Nepal September 2025 - November 2025

Preparation of CDM (improved cookstove) monitoring report

2014 (CRT/N, Egluro Ltd. UK)

Review of Public and Private Sector Initiatives and Available Digital Solutions to Accelerate Electric Cooking Market Development in Nepal

September 2024-January 2025 (SNV Nepal)

Study to Understand the Processes, Impacts, and Challenges of a Market-Based Approach to Electric Cooking

January 2024-March 2024 (Alternative Energy Promotion Centre, Nepal Renewable Energy Programme)

Evaluation of the effectiveness of strategies to reach LNOB+ groups under SNV/EnDev Electric Cooking project in Nepal

SNV Nepal July 2025 - August 2025

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