Sarthak Shukla* Emanating from global discourse around worker welfare, the concept of ‘just transition’ has come to being associated with climate action, where it intends to transform energy systems from being fossil-dominated to environmentally...
MoreDecoding ‘Just Transition’ in India: The Conceptual Underpinnings
Sarthak Shukla* Planet Earth and humanity are experiencing turbulent times as climate change and induced socio-economic impacts are threatening ecology, society and the economy. The multi-thousand pages of voluminous work over the past few...
More8 Things to Look Out for in the Union Budget 2023-24 vis-à-vis Clean Power
Jaideep Saraswat, Varun BR India stands as a bright spot at the global forum. It is one of the only large economies having upbeat growth prospects according to the World Economic Outlook 2023, released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)[1]...
MoreA Quick Look at the Key Numbers from National Green Hydrogen Mission
Jaideep Saraswat, Nikhil Mall, and Varun B.R. India’s tryst with Hydrogen has been progressively gaining momentum over the last two decades. Beginning in 2003, with the institution of the National Hydrogen Energy Board, the Government has been...
MoreInsights on under-construction coal-fired power plants in India
Parul Babbar India added a total of ~31 GW of coal in last five years between April 2017 and September 2022. As of September 2022, no new coal-fired station got added to the list of coal-fired power...
MoreReducing the cost barrier between Green and Grey Hydrogen in India
Jaideep Saraswat, Nikhil Mall & Varun BR India is showcasing exemplary leadership at the global forums aimed to address climate change. At COP 26, the honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, put forth India’s long-term aim to...
MoreIndia’s Electricity Transition and the Challenge of Peak Power Demand – Part 2
Raghav Pachouri, Shubham Thakre, Sonam Sinha In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the changes in monthly and yearly electricity peak demand patterns, the increasing variability in demand over the years, and the occurrence of peak demand within...
MoreForced Outages in Coal Power Plants
–Sonam Sinha, Raghav Pachouri In the last five years, close to 31GW of coal power installed capacity has been added to India’s electricity generation capacity mix. However, due to various reasons ranging from low demand, coal, and other...
MoreStandards & Labelling for High Energy Lithium-ion Traction Battery Packs & Systems: A Review
By Jaideep Saraswat and Nikhil Mall The standards & labelling (S&L) program aims to provide consumers with the necessary information to make prudent decisions in purchasing energy-consuming appliances that are energy efficient. It is the...
MoreIndia’s Electricity Transition and Challenge of Peak Power Demand – Part 1
By Raghav Pachouri, Shubham Thakre, Sonam Sinha Since Independence, the paradigm for the Indian power system was one of shortage due to deficiency in energy production. Electricity consumption was a mere 17 kWh per capita in 1947, and installed...
MoreConsiderations for India’s Climate Change Mitigation Future
By Varun B. R. & Jaideep Saraswat In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as part of its sixth Assessment Report (AR6) expounded on various facets of climate change mitigation. Addressing a ‘code-red to...
MoreJust Sit Tight – Even Wind Sector is Innovating
By Jaideep Saraswat & Nikhil Mall The Paris Agreement has 197 signatory countries aiming to limit global warming to well below 2°C and make efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. A 50 percent probability to meet this target leaves the world with...
More