[{"bbox": [83, 106, 996, 134], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives are"}, {"bbox": [113, 145, 1136, 200], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1 contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1): Gender-equitable and disadvantaged groups focused policies are developed and implemented at national, provincial and local level."}, {"bbox": [113, 210, 1139, 265], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2 contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1): Inclusive clean energy technologies are installed and operational"}, {"bbox": [113, 275, 1078, 331], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.3 contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1): Consumers with special focus on women, and disadvantaged groups, have improved access to green energy solutions."}, {"bbox": [113, 341, 1146, 423], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.1 contributing to Outcome 2 (or Specific Objective 2): New or upgraded, transmission and distribution infrastructure is installed and operational, which reduces losses at least by 20%, enhancing efficiency and reliable power supply, which is expected to decrease supply outages by at least 20%."}, {"bbox": [113, 433, 1124, 515], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.2 contributing to Outcome 2 (or Specific Objective 2): Electricity supply from green energy sources for e-cooking, e-transport, space and water heating and cooling, and export electricity rooftop solar to grid in operation"}, {"bbox": [73, 567, 352, 595], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.2 Indicative Activities"}, {"bbox": [83, 613, 1145, 668], "category": "Text", "text": "Activities related to Output 1.1 (Gender-equitable and disadvantaged groups focused policies are developed and implemented at national provincial and local level):"}, {"bbox": [83, 678, 1145, 787], "category": "Text", "text": "These will include institutional capacity development of entities, in particular Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), which is largely responsible for planning, construction, generation, transmission, and distribution, including operation, management, monitoring, and maintenance of all generation, transmission and distribution facilities in Nepal."}, {"bbox": [83, 797, 1145, 1091], "category": "Text", "text": "Similarly, these will also include Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), which is responsible to develop and promote renewable energy with the potential to develop low-emission pathways and climate-resilient energy sources. The interventions of AEPC are closely linked to community engagement, especially by empowering local communities with special attention to women and people living in vulnerable conditions and institutions to implement decentralised renewable energy systems, including other entities responsible for implementing renewable energy and energy efficiency options; the development, support for implementation and monitoring of the national, provincial and local plans (e.g. provincial policies, municipal energy plans) while ensuring effective participation of women and disadvantaged groups in these processes, assessments of selected energy sector policies and regulatory frameworks to identify barriers and gaps in their implementation. In particular, the programme will support the formulation National Electricity Code of Nepal. These will be based on international best practices integrating gender-sensitive response."}, {"bbox": [83, 1101, 983, 1129], "category": "Text", "text": "Activities related to Output 1.2 (Inclusive clean energy technologies are installed and operational):"}, {"bbox": [83, 1140, 1145, 1328], "category": "Text", "text": "These will include the development and implementation of different capacity development measures based on capacity needs assessment, mainly on strengthening power quality, grid reliability and stability, including tailor-made trainings. It will also include capacity and technological know-how support for NEA and other promising technical institutes/universities. The programme will also support the development, digitalisation and operationalisation of grid operation, management and optimisation tools and systems (e.g., distribution system modelling and analysis tools, dynamic simulation for transmission planning tool, wide area management system, etc.), as well as for VRE grid integration."}, {"bbox": [83, 1338, 1145, 1553], "category": "Text", "text": "This activity will contribute to a meaningful (productive) use of innovative renewable energy (RE) energy efficient (EE) technologies adopting a holistic approach. This entails the entire chain from generation, transmission, distribution, RE and EE technologies, and most importantly the transfer of skills and knowledge with the actors along this chain. Investments in the existing weak, inefficient, and unreliable distribution system along with technical assistance would definitely improve access to clean energy technologies, i.e., by increasing the reliability of supply for those who are already connected to the grid and by supporting more grid connections for consumers in rural and remote areas in the supply zone. Generation and transmission have been in the focus of the Government of Nepal, NEA and donors especially during the last 20 years."}, {"bbox": [902, 1627, 1010, 1651], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 22"}]