Unleashing the Potential of
            Renewable Energy in India

Sargsyan, Gevorg; Bhatia, Mikul; Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh; Raghunathan, Krishnan; Soni, Ruchi

dc.creator	Sargsyan, Gevorg
dc.creator	Bhatia, Mikul
dc.creator	Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh
dc.creator	Raghunathan, Krishnan
dc.creator	Soni, Ruchi
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:04:00Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:04:00Z
dc.date	2011
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:34:34Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:34:34Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20110621031552
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8780-1
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2318
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242695
dc.description	India has 150 GW of renewable energy potential, about half in the form of small hydropower, biomass, and wind and half in solar, cogeneration, and waste-to-energy. Developing renewable energy can help India increase its energy security, reduce the adverse impacts on the local environment, lower its carbon intensity, contribute to more balanced regional development, and realize its aspirations for leadership in high-technology industries. This diagnostic note draws on a detailed analysis conducted by a PricewaterhouseCoopers India consulting team in 2008-09 for the World Bank. The data are based on information on about 180 wind, biomass, and small hydropower projects in 20 states, as well as information from and norms of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). The study is intended to provoke discussions of the feasibility of renewable energy development in India. Why is renewable energy development relevant? How much development is economically feasible? What needs to be done to realize the potential? Each of these topics is addressed in a separate chapter, all of which suggest a few implementable measures that India can consider to tap its economically feasible unharnessed potential.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	World Bank Study
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AIR
dc.subject	AIR POLLUTANTS
dc.subject	AIR QUALITY
dc.subject	APPROACH
dc.subject	ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
dc.subject	AVAILABILITY
dc.subject	BIOMASS
dc.subject	BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK
dc.subject	BIOMASS FUEL
dc.subject	BIOMASS INDUSTRY
dc.subject	BIOMASS PLANTS
dc.subject	BIOMASS POTENTIAL
dc.subject	CALORIFIC VALUE
dc.subject	CAPACITY FACTOR
dc.subject	CAPACITY UTILIZATION
dc.subject	CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject	CARBON INTENSITY
dc.subject	CARBON PATH
dc.subject	CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subject	CO
dc.subject	CO2
dc.subject	COAL
dc.subject	COAL GAS
dc.subject	COAL GENERATION
dc.subject	COAL PRICES
dc.subject	COAL RESERVES
dc.subject	COAL STOCKS
dc.subject	COGENERATION
dc.subject	COLORS
dc.subject	COMBUSTION
dc.subject	COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
dc.subject	CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
dc.subject	CONVENTIONAL GENERATION
dc.subject	COOKING
dc.subject	COST OF COAL
dc.subject	COST OF ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	COST OF ENERGY
dc.subject	COST OF GAS
dc.subject	COST OF WIND POWER
dc.subject	DEMAND FOR POWER
dc.subject	DEMAND GROWTH
dc.subject	DIESEL
dc.subject	DIESEL GENERATORS
dc.subject	DOMESTIC COAL
dc.subject	DOMESTIC WATER HEATING
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY DEMAND
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY GENERATION MIX
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY GRID
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
dc.subject	ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	ENERGY COSTS
dc.subject	ENERGY DEFICIT
dc.subject	ENERGY DEMAND
dc.subject	ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subject	ENERGY INTENSIVE
dc.subject	ENERGY MARKETS
dc.subject	ENERGY MIX
dc.subject	ENERGY NEEDS
dc.subject	ENERGY OUTLOOK
dc.subject	ENERGY PLANNING
dc.subject	ENERGY PLANTATION
dc.subject	ENERGY PLANTATIONS
dc.subject	ENERGY POLICIES
dc.subject	ENERGY SECURITY
dc.subject	ENERGY SHORTAGE
dc.subject	ENERGY SOURCE
dc.subject	ENERGY SOURCES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subject	FOSSIL
dc.subject	FOSSIL FUEL
dc.subject	FOSSIL FUELS
dc.subject	FOSSIL-FUEL
dc.subject	FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	FUEL
dc.subject	FUEL AVAILABILITY
dc.subject	FUEL COST
dc.subject	FUEL COSTS
dc.subject	FUEL MIX
dc.subject	FUEL PRICE
dc.subject	FUEL SUPPLY
dc.subject	GAS
dc.subject	GAS IMPORTS
dc.subject	GAS PRICE
dc.subject	GAS PRICES
dc.subject	GAS SHORTAGES
dc.subject	GENERATION CAPACITY
dc.subject	GLOBAL OIL MARKETS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE-GAS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subject	GRID APPLICATIONS
dc.subject	GRID CAPACITY
dc.subject	GRID ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	GRID POWER
dc.subject	HEAT
dc.subject	HEAT RECOVERY
dc.subject	HOT WATER
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD CUSTOMERS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LIGHTING
dc.subject	HYDROPOWER
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
dc.subject	IRRADIATION
dc.subject	KEROSENE
dc.subject	LOAD FACTOR
dc.subject	LOW-CARBON
dc.subject	NATURAL GAS
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NOX
dc.subject	OFFSHORE WIND
dc.subject	OFFSHORE WIND FARMS
dc.subject	OIL
dc.subject	OIL MARKETS
dc.subject	OIL PRICE
dc.subject	OIL PRICES
dc.subject	ONSHORE WIND
dc.subject	PARTICULATE
dc.subject	PARTICULATES
dc.subject	PEAK POWER
dc.subject	PEOPLE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
dc.subject	POWER CAPACITY
dc.subject	POWER GENERATION
dc.subject	POWER PLANT
dc.subject	POWER PRODUCERS
dc.subject	POWER PRODUCTION
dc.subject	POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	POWER SECTOR
dc.subject	POWER SHORTAGES
dc.subject	POWER STATIONS
dc.subject	POWER UTILITIES
dc.subject	PRICE OF COAL
dc.subject	PRICE OF ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	PRICE VOLATILITY
dc.subject	PRICES OF COAL
dc.subject	PRIMARY ENERGY
dc.subject	PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND
dc.subject	PRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLY
dc.subject	PROVEN RESERVES
dc.subject	REDUCTION IN CARBON
dc.subject	RENEWABLE CAPACITY
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY CAPACITY
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICIES
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	RENEWABLE POWER
dc.subject	RENEWABLE RESOURCE
dc.subject	RENEWABLE RESOURCES
dc.subject	RENEWABLE SOURCES
dc.subject	RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	RENEWABLES
dc.subject	RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	SMALL HYDROPOWER
dc.subject	SO2
dc.subject	SOLAR ENERGY
dc.subject	SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
dc.subject	SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
dc.subject	SOLAR POWER
dc.subject	SOLAR POWER GENERATION
dc.subject	SOLAR PROJECTS
dc.subject	SOLAR RADIATION
dc.subject	SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	SOLAR THERMAL
dc.subject	SOLAR WATER HEATERS
dc.subject	STEAM COAL
dc.subject	SUGARCANE
dc.subject	SUPPLY CURVE
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TAX INCENTIVES
dc.subject	TAX RATE
dc.subject	THERMAL PLANTS
dc.subject	THERMAL POWER
dc.subject	TONS OF CARBON
dc.subject	TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	UTILITIES
dc.subject	UTILITY GRID
dc.subject	VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subject	WASTE
dc.subject	WATER HEATING
dc.subject	WIND
dc.subject	WIND CAPACITY
dc.subject	WIND COSTS
dc.subject	WIND ENERGY
dc.subject	WIND EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	WIND POTENTIAL
dc.subject	WIND PROJECT
dc.subject	WIND PROJECTS
dc.subject	WIND RESOURCE
dc.subject	WIND RESOURCES
dc.subject	WIND SECTOR
dc.subject	WIND SITES
dc.subject	WIND TURBINES
dc.subject	WORLD ENERGY
dc.subject	WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK
dc.title	Unleashing the Potential of Renewable Energy in India
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	Asia