Unleashing the Potential of Renewable Energy in India

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.

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Main Authors:	Sargsyan, Gevorg, Bhatia, Mikul, Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh, Raghunathan, Krishnan, Soni, Ruchi
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2011
Subjects:	AIR, AIR POLLUTANTS, AIR QUALITY, APPROACH, ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, AVAILABILITY, BIOMASS, BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK, BIOMASS FUEL, BIOMASS INDUSTRY, BIOMASS PLANTS, BIOMASS POTENTIAL, CALORIFIC VALUE, CAPACITY FACTOR, CAPACITY UTILIZATION, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON INTENSITY, CARBON PATH, CLEAN TECHNOLOGY, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CO, CO2, COAL, COAL GAS, COAL GENERATION, COAL PRICES, COAL RESERVES, COAL STOCKS, COGENERATION, COLORS, COMBUSTION, COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL, CONVENTIONAL ENERGY, CONVENTIONAL GENERATION, COOKING, COST OF COAL, COST OF ELECTRICITY, COST OF ENERGY, COST OF GAS, COST OF WIND POWER, DEMAND FOR POWER, DEMAND GROWTH, DIESEL, DIESEL GENERATORS, DOMESTIC COAL, DOMESTIC WATER HEATING, ELECTRICITY DEMAND, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY GENERATION MIX, ELECTRICITY GRID, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ELECTRIFICATION, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY COSTS, ENERGY DEFICIT, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION, ENERGY INTENSIVE, ENERGY MARKETS, ENERGY MIX, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY OUTLOOK, ENERGY PLANNING, ENERGY PLANTATION, ENERGY PLANTATIONS, ENERGY POLICIES, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY SHORTAGE, ENERGY SOURCE, ENERGY SOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUEL, FOSSIL FUELS, FOSSIL-FUEL, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FUEL, FUEL AVAILABILITY, FUEL COST, FUEL COSTS, FUEL MIX, FUEL PRICE, FUEL SUPPLY, GAS, GAS IMPORTS, GAS PRICE, GAS PRICES, GAS SHORTAGES, GENERATION CAPACITY, GLOBAL OIL MARKETS, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE-GAS, GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS, GRID APPLICATIONS, GRID CAPACITY, GRID ELECTRICITY, GRID POWER, HEAT, HEAT RECOVERY, HOT WATER, HOUSEHOLD CUSTOMERS, HOUSEHOLD LIGHTING, HYDROPOWER, INCOME, INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, IRRADIATION, KEROSENE, LOAD FACTOR, LOW-CARBON, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NOX, OFFSHORE WIND, OFFSHORE WIND FARMS, OIL, OIL MARKETS, OIL PRICE, OIL PRICES, ONSHORE WIND, PARTICULATE, PARTICULATES, PEAK POWER, PEOPLE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS, POWER CAPACITY, POWER GENERATION, POWER PLANT, POWER PRODUCERS, POWER PRODUCTION, POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, POWER SECTOR, POWER SHORTAGES, POWER STATIONS, POWER UTILITIES, PRICE OF COAL, PRICE OF ELECTRICITY, PRICE VOLATILITY, PRICES OF COAL, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND, PRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLY, PROVEN RESERVES, REDUCTION IN CARBON, RENEWABLE CAPACITY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY CAPACITY, RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND, RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION, RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY, RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET, RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICIES, RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY, RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL, RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS, RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY, RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, RENEWABLE POWER, RENEWABLE RESOURCE, RENEWABLE RESOURCES, RENEWABLE SOURCES, RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY, RENEWABLES, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, SMALL HYDROPOWER, SO2, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS, SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS, SOLAR POWER, SOLAR POWER GENERATION, SOLAR PROJECTS, SOLAR RADIATION, SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, SOLAR THERMAL, SOLAR WATER HEATERS, STEAM COAL, SUGARCANE, SUPPLY CURVE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TAX INCENTIVES, TAX RATE, THERMAL PLANTS, THERMAL POWER, TONS OF CARBON, TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITIES, UTILITY GRID, VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION, WASTE, WATER HEATING, WIND, WIND CAPACITY, WIND COSTS, WIND ENERGY, WIND EQUIPMENT, WIND POTENTIAL, WIND PROJECT, WIND PROJECTS, WIND RESOURCE, WIND RESOURCES, WIND SECTOR, WIND SITES, WIND TURBINES, WORLD ENERGY, WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK,
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