Uttar Pradesh, the fourth largest state in terms of land area, is the most populated state in India, accounting for over 16% of the country’s total population.
India’s commitment to reach net zero by 2070 and meet 50% of its cumulative installed capacity from non-fossil fuel energy resources is a significant milestone in its fight against climate change.
Energy access is a well-proven determinant in several development and transformative sectors, such as education, primary health, gender empowerment, and quality of life.
Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) aims to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” by 2030.
Rooftop photovoltaic (RTPV) systems are intended to contribute 40 GW of India's 100 GW solar target.
The cumulative number of households waiting for power supply is close to 4 crore.
The study aims to develop a methodology to carry out a technical analysis of a solar tower (ST) technology.
This Policy Brief speaks about domestic manufacturing of polysilicon in India, given the ambitious solar targets.
A detailed methodology to design the size of solar field for a parabolic trough plant is not explicitly available in open literature, particularly if thermal storage and hybridization are also considered, as most of the papers present a gross overview.
Nuclear power is a crucial source of clean energy for India.
The annual consumption of petroleum products in India was about 221 million metric tons in 2015.
Access to electricity can bring about a transformative change in the economic conditions and growth of any country.
CSTEP has developed a tool to accurately assess the solar potential of rooftops in cities using light detection and ranging, or LiDAR.
The key to the success of a smart meter implementation programme is its ability to provide reliable electricity consumption data, to be used for plugging operational inefficiencies in the system.
This project is supported by a grant given by the Good Energies Foundation, Switzerland.
