The ICS program target has been fulfilled to a larger extent in the Phase I of the Programme. Followings are the major achievements of the component.

Improved cook stoves disseminated -
During ESAP Phase I total of   2, 130, 59 numbers of ICS have been installed in the mid hill districts of Nepal. Regarding the progress in Phase II i.e. till September 2007 number of Stoves installed is 11414.

Service Providers - Nine regional renewable energy service centres (RRESC) are working as service providing organisation to biomass energy component. These RRESCs are covering 3 - 8 districts as their working districts.

District Based Local Partner organisation-The programme has been partnering with 153 local districts based organisations (NGOs, CBOs and GOs), nine National level NGOs as service providers and has an understanding on promotion of institutional improved cooking stove promotion with UN World Food Programme in four districts.

A district-The component has covered 35 districts and has planned to cover all the districts of Nepal in near future.

Installed ICS- around 213,000 numbers of improved cook stoves have been disseminated during the programme period in 35 mid hill districts. These programmes altogether directly benefited almost a million rural populations in Nepal.

Employment- In addition to these, around 2,500 stove promoters/builders are self employed in the installation of ICS which has contributed to increase their income - poverty alleviation.