Renewable Energy & Clean Tech
India’s Renewables Target Falls Short of Growing Demand: Planning...
Can India balance growth in electricity demand purely from Renewable Energy (RE)? This analysis demonstrates that India’s 2030 RE targets, even if...
The Fiscal Impact of India’s EV Transition: Tax Revenue Losses Go Beyond...
This paper examines the impact of EV uptake on three tax streams: Excise and Value Added Tax (VAT) losses from fuel switch to electricity, revenue...
Demystifying the Climate Benefit of EV Transition in India...
Battery-driven electric vehicles (EVs) hold promise for decarbonising India’s rapidly growing road transport sector. However, achieving significant...
Benchmarking Green Hydrogen in India’s Energy Transition: Expensive but...
This paper examines the economics of producing and using green hydrogen in India, focusing on the 2030 timeframe....
Projecting Critical Minerals Need for India’s Energy Transition: How...
This paper estimates the mineral requirements to manufacture the clean energy technologies needed for India to meet its climate action commitments....
India 2024: A clean India...
India continues to suffer from a number of systemic challenges, many dating back decades, when it comes to governance, the delivery of services, and...
Complexities of integrating Renewable Energy into India’s grid...
In 2014, India unilaterally announced plans to quadruple Renewable Energy (RE) to 175 GW by 2022, an ambitious target that required an annual growth...
Renewable Energy “versus” coal in India – A false framing as...
Comparing Renewable Energy and Coal A number of publications proclaim Renewable Energy (RE) is cheaper than coal. A newspaper will often show two cost...
Working to turn ambition into reality...
Executive Summary Even before signing the Paris climate agreement, the Indian government announced extremely ambitious renewable energy (RE) targets ...
Embarrassment of riches? The rise of RE in India and steps to manage...
Does India have ‘too much’ electricity capacity? Every electricity grid operates in a balance between supply and demand, usually with a...
Renewable Energy Forecasting in India – Not a simple case of ‘more...
Growing Renewable Energy (RE) means a greater increase in variability of supply, a relatively newer phenomenon for grids where demand was the usual...
Making Renewable Power Sustainable in India: Chapters and Volume Summary...
The key areas that need policy effort or solutions, whatever these may be, focus on: 1) Finance: The high cost of capital is just one reason...
Making Renewable Power Sustainable in India...
A nuanced look at Making Renewables in India Sustainable, spanning economics, environment, grid integration, regulation, role of States, consumers,...
Renewables and Economics...
Chapter Summary: This chapter (sidebar) focuses on the economics of renewables, pointing out that more than just typical power plant variables like...
India-U.S. Energy Cooperation: Moving to Green, Clean and Smart...
The U.S. is the second largest energy consumer in the world, and India is soon to become the third. The U.S. already has a large consumption base;...
No Imminent Renewables “Death Spiral” for India’s...
Rahul Tongia explains the challenges facing utility companies in India from distributed generation of renewables and a tiered pricing system in need...
Why Renewable Energy Is Harder in India than in Other Countries...
Rahul Tongia discusses the challenges of renewable energy sources in India and offers recommendations to help better integrate renewables into the...
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