The energy-use cost options for a service (cooking) with seven fuels and their different end-use devices under prevalent market conditions are examined with a model developed in Lotus version 3.1. This model has been used for a policy analysis of cooking-energy use in Nepal. The results, which...

Energy demand in rural areas is generally met by local energy resources. These areas are normally overlooked in the energy-planning process due mainly to the lack of data and proper analytical tools. In this paper, we apply a suitable multiobjective programming method for rural energy analysis....

This paper focuses on the economic analysis of energy consumed for cooking in urban households in Nepal. In this paper, annual energy requirements, energy efficiency, various combinations of fuels, stoves and utensils used for cooking and their corresponding costs have been examined through lab...