INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
ON
SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
An Alternate Solution for the Growing Energy Demand
11-12 December 2011

Jointly organized by:

• Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal
• Alternative Energy Promotion Center / Energy Sector Assistance Programme, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal

The interest in the use of renewable energy services has grown dramatically during the past few years. Renewable energy sources include mostly biomass, solar energy, wind and hydropower. The uses of solar photovoltaic has become synonymous with renewable energy and are most applicable in rural and remote areas that have no access to electricity grids-places that are often the habitat of poor people in developing countries. Many developing countries are now looking to expand and enhance the use of solar photovoltaic technologies. However many challenges, constraints and barriers remain, to the use of solar photovoltaic systems and promotion of associated technologies. Policy and planning frameworks are required to promote institutional awareness and innovation of solar photovoltaic systems in the public and private sectors.