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        In a report on the "Evaluation of Alternate Energy
Technologies in Nepal" (available from:-  His Majesty'S
Government of Nepal, Ministry of Water Resources, Water and
Energy Commission, Kathamandu, Nepal), three technologies
are currently promoted by His Majesty' Government of Nepal
in their 7th Five-Year Plan. Improved cookstoves, micro-
hydro electricity and biogas systems are considered for
their abilities to substitute for or conserve traditional
fuels in rural or semi-urban areas.

Biogas systems provide significant economic benefits both in
terms of savings of fuelwood and of kerosene. The high
capital cost makes biogas systems unattractive to users
however from a technical and economic perspective, only
biogas proved to have economic benefits much greater than
financial ones and thus has justified an HMG/N subsidy to
promote it. A subsidy of as much as 50 % of the capital cost
has been shown to be desirable.