Making Indian Power Sector Low Carbon: Opportunities and Policy Challenges

2017 ◽  
pp. 163-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nandini Das ◽  
Joyashree Roy
Keyword(s):  
Low Carbon ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Indian Power Sector

scholarly journals Turning Around the Power Distribution Sector: Learnings and Best Practices from Reforms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prasanth Vairavana Regy ◽  
Rakesh Sarwal ◽  
Clay Stranger ◽  
Garrett Fitzgerald ◽  
Jagabanta Ningthoujam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Distribution Sector ◽  
Indian Power Sector ◽  
Carbon Economy

The distribution sector has been the Achilles’ heel of the Indian power sector, consistently making large losses, reflecting weaknesses in operations, infrastructure, and regulation. We will not be able to achieve a high-growth, low-carbon economy unless the distribution sector achieves profitability.Different states in India have followed different reform trajectories, and today, policy-makers can draw upon a wealth of accumulated experience. This report aims to document the best practices and lessons from across India, and where required, across the world.

scholarly journals Impacts of changes in commercial non-coking coal grading system and other coal policies towards estimation of CO2 emission in Indian power sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Pinaki Sarkar ◽  
Santi G. Sahu ◽  
Omkar S. Patange ◽  
Amit Garg ◽  
Ashis Mukherjee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Grading System ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Coking Coal ◽  
Indian Power Sector

The dynamics of Indian energy mix: a two-phase analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Prakash Jha ◽  
Sanjay Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Phase Analysis ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Energy Mix ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Indian Power Sector

PurposeThe Indian power sector is dominated by coal. Environmental awareness and advances in techno-economic front have led to a slow but steady shift towards greener alternatives. The distributions of both fossil fuel resources and renewable energy potential are not uniform across the states. Paper attempts to answer how the states are performing in the sector and how the renewable energy and conventional resources are affecting the dynamics.Design/methodology/approachThe authors employ a two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) to rank the performance of Indian states in the power sector. Multi-stage analysis opens up the DEA black-box through disaggregating power sector in two logical sub-sectors. The performance is evaluated from the point-of-view of policy formulating and implementing agencies. Further, an econometric analysis using seemingly unrelated regression equations (SURE) is conducted to estimate the determinants of total and industrial per-capita electricity consumption.FindingsEfficiency scores obtained from the first phase of analysis happens to be a significant explanatory variable for power consumption. The growth in electricity consumption, which is necessary for economic wellbeing, is positively affected by both renewable and non-renewable sources; but conventional sources have a larger impact on per-capita consumption. Yet, the share of renewables in the energy mix has positive elasticity. Hence, the findings are encouraging, because development in storage technologies, falling costs and policy interventions are poised to give further impetus to renewable sources.Originality/valueThe study is one of the very few where entire spectrum of the Indian power sector is evaluated from efficiency perspective. Further, the second phase analysis gives additional relevant insights on the sector.

Decarbonised pathways for a low carbon EU28 power sector until 2050

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Simoes ◽  
Wouter Nijs ◽  
Pablo Ruiz ◽  
Alessandra Sgobbi ◽  
Christian Thiel
Keyword(s):  
Low Carbon ◽  
Power Sector

Immediate actions on coal phaseout enable a just low-carbon transition in China’s power sector

2022 ◽  
Vol 308 ◽  
pp. 118401
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Zhang ◽  
Xueqin Cui ◽  
Bo Li ◽  
Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez ◽  
Daniel M Kammen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Carbon ◽  
Power Sector

Preparing Engineering Graduates for Corporate Enterprises

2012 ◽  
pp. 103-118
Author(s):  
B.N. Balaji Singh ◽  
V. V. Kutumbarao ◽  
Ram B. Koganti
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grids ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Power Trading ◽  
The Status ◽  
Combined Action ◽  
Indian Power Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
Management Power

The status of engineering education in the country is briefly reviewed. A problem faced by the industry in regard to the quality of the engineering graduates of whom 70 to 80% are considered “unemployable,” is examined. The mismatch between the skillset required by the industry and that provided by the academic institutions is identified as the major reason for the low employability of engineering graduates. Various ongoing efforts at the level of the government and academia to rectify this situation are described. Measures that could be usefully adopted by the corporate sector are identified. Intensive combined action by all the stakeholders involved in the academic process will only enable the country to reverse the trend of declining academic standards in higher technical education. The case of the Power Sector has been discussed at length to illustrate the points made. During the 11th and 12th plan periods, five lakh technical personnel and 1.5 lakh front end support personnel need to be recruited by the Power Sector as per published reports. There is also a huge requirement of back end staff to take up various managerial functions. Use of alternate sources of energy and efficient management of energy being inevitable, a huge pool of human resources would be required in harnessing small hydro, biomass & bio-fuel, solar, and wind resources, provided they have the appropriate specialized knowledge. Moreover, demand side management, power trading, carbon credits, smart grids, etc. will also require manpower with specialized training. Salient features of the human capital challenges in the Indian power sector are discussed, and certain action plans to overcome the challenges are suggested.

scholarly journals A Sketch of Bolivia’s Potential Low-Carbon Power System Configurations. The Case of Applying Carbon Taxation and Lowering Financing Costs

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Peña Balderrama ◽  
Thomas Alfstad ◽  
Constantinos Taliotis ◽  
Mohammad Hesamzadeh ◽  
Mark Howells
Keyword(s):  
Cost Optimization ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Abatement Cost ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Carbon Taxes ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Cost Curves ◽  
Financing Costs ◽  
Carbon Taxation ◽  
System Configurations

This paper considers hypothetical options for the transformation of the Bolivian power generation system to one that emits less carbon dioxide. Specifically, it evaluates the influence of the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) on marginal abatement cost curves (MACC) when applying carbon taxation to the power sector. The study is illustrated with a bottom-up least-cost optimization model. Projections of key parameters influence the shape of MACCs and the underlying technology configurations. These are reported. Results from our study (and the set of assumptions on which they are based) are country-specific. Nonetheless, the methodology can be replicated to other case studies to provide insights into the role carbon taxes and lowering finance costs might play in reducing emissions.

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