Projecting India's energy requirements for policy formulation

Dichotomy in carbon dioxide emissions – the case of India

“…In terms of share in freight transport, railway fell from 88% in 1951 to 34.2% in 2006 and the passenger traffic fell from 74% to 19.5% during the same period with a corresponding increase in road transport (Parikh, Karandikar, Rana, & Dani, 2009;Reddy et al, 2000). This trend is predicted to continue.…”

India’s energy needs and low carbon options

“…The requirement of electricity was projected for GDP growth rates of 8%. These were described in detail in an earlier article [8]. Hence we only summarize the results for GDP growth rate of 8% in Table 5.…”

“…To explore the consequences of different alternatives and their quantitative significance a multi-sectoral, multi period optimising linear programming model described in detail in Parikh K et al [8] was used. The model is driven mainly by the projected requirements of electricity and transport.…”

“…[8] was used to generate scenarios to assess the implications for energy use and CO 2 emissions as well as the costs involved. Some of the promising options described above were mandated in the different scenarios.…”

The impact of variable demand upon the performance of a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant

“…The study shows through analysis and modelling that the policies formulated to improve energy efficiency are also effective in abating emissions resulting in substantial environmental benefits. There are many other studies dealing with various individual circumstances of each country [17][18][19][20][21][22]. The article by Jacobson and Delucchi [23] has discussed the possibility of obtaining all the world energy from wind, water and solar power.…”