The sub-committee consists of board members of Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) and will execute a study and determine effective ways to distribute the subsidy. It will also finalize a site or sites from where to begin giving away the approval amount.
We believe everything will be finalized by the end of this week, a reliable source of AEPC said. We will then start distributing the subsidy.
The government has set an aim of installing solar panels in one million urban households that have contact to power grids of Nepal Electricity Authority or any other electricity supplier. However, in the primary phase, it intends to cover 100,000 households.
As per the plan, the households applying for the approval amount would require to install a solar panel of a minimum of 20 watts. It would have to come with a suitable battery and charge controller, and would have to be able to light at least three bulbs and power a radio. A set such as the kind that the government has in mind costs around NPR17,000 ($212.5).
