Capturing Monthly/Yearly Data and Analysis of Key Areas of India’s Energy Sector – Primary Energy Mix in India; Per-Capita Energy and Electricity Consumption; India’s Electricity Capacity Mix (Utility-scale); India’s Electricity...
MoreWhy Indian Solar Module Manufacturers Should Prioritise Vertical Integration
Jaideep Saraswat, Nikhil Mall The Renewable Energy India Expo 2024 has concluded, leaving behind a trail of ambitious announcements from Indian solar module manufacturers[1]. While many declared plans to expand their module manufacturing...
MoreTransition Chronicles | May 2024 to July 2024
Transition Chronicles is a quarterly newsletter that explores India’s evolving approach to just transitions, unpacking key developments in coal and power, transport, agriculture, finance and beyond. We delve into insights from government...
MoreEVENT | Stakeholder Consultation to Examine International Green Finance Flows for Renewable Energy Projects in India
Vasudha in partnership with Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) and Germanwatch organised a Stakeholder Consultation to Examine International Green Finance Flows for Renewable Energy Projects in India on September 15, 2022 at...
MoreEVENT | Stakeholder Consultation on India’s Just Transition Pathways
Vasudha Foundation, in partnership with GermanWatch, hosted a stakeholder consultation on India’s Just Transition Pathways on September 15, 2022, at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. This was one amongst a series of meetings that aims to...
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...
MoreRecommendations on the Draft Battery Swapping Policy
Keeping the EVs sector’s fast charging needs in mind, the Government of India (GOI) expressed interest in battery swapping technology in the FY 2022-23 budget session . Following this, a draft battery swapping policy wasreleased on April 20...
MoreBriefing Paper | Major Emitting Sources from the Livestock Sector: Trends and Mitigation Opportunities in India
The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land use (AFOLU) sector comprises of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture practices, livestock, and changes in forest and land use. GHG emissions from livestock sub-sector includes emissions due to...
MoreWEBINAR | Launch of IWTMA Data Repository and Vasudha’s Briefing Paper on Strategies to Vitalise the Repowering of Wind Power Projects in India
Vasudha in collaboration with the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) hosted a webinar to launch IWTMA’s Data Repository and a Briefing Paper on Strategies to Vitalise the Repowering of Wind Power Projects in India by...
MoreBriefing Paper | Vitalising Repowering of Wind Power Projects in India
This paper examines the WPPs funded by the Government of India since 1986. It aims to analyse projects across 40 locations on parameters like number of turbines, the capacity of turbines, make and model, year of commissioning/age of the plant...
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