Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation

Informing the Design of FAME II Scheme

Sector: Undertaken By: Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP – India) Recent Publication: 2020

The Government of India rolled out Phase-II of FAME Scheme with an outlay of Rs. 10,000 Crore for a period of 3 years commencing from 1st April 2019. The FAME II scheme is aimed at incentivising demand for electric vehicles, especially electric buses, 2- and 3-wheelers and 4-wheeler passenger cars. In order to successfully implement the roll-out of...

Economic Implications of E-Mobility Transition in India

Sector: Undertaken By: Council on Energy, Environment and Water Recent Publication: 2020

Globally, the electric mobility transition is underway driven by concerns around energy security, climate change and local air pollution. While India is increasingly looking at electric mobility as a viable mode of transport, the e-mobility transition in India is yet to take-off in a full-fledged manner. In 2017, less than 0.1% of the 21 million ve...

Charging Infrastructure for the Electric Vehicle Segment

Sector: Undertaken By: Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy Recent Publication: 2020

There is growing interest amongst Indian policy makers to encourage EV based mobility in cities and phase out ICE vehicles running on traditional fuels in order to reduce the carbon footprint of the economy. One of the key components of an electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem is a robust charging infrastructure. But storage technology is still in its na...

Tracking Clean Energy Finance Flows in India

Sector: Undertaken By: Climate Policy Initiative Recent Publication: 2020

Achieving India’s NDC mitigation targets requires approximately $1 trillion in investments till 2030. As India begins to implement its plans for its energy transition, being able to compare the current supply of clean energy investment with the investment needed would allow for the development of clear action points to close the gaps. However, th...

Landscape of Green Finance in India

Financing the Decentralised Renewable Energy Sector in India

Sector: Undertaken By: cKinetics Recent Publication: 2020

Over the last few years, decentralized renewable energy (DRE) solutions have witnessed an increased uptake and support from developers, investors and policymakers. This has resulted in the emergence of businesses that are at various stages of evolution ranging from start-ups to established energy enterprises. Additionally, introduction of innovativ...

Stepping Up: Lighting to Livelihoods

Advancing Power Sector Reforms in Maharashtra

Sector: Undertaken By: World Institute of Sustainable Energy Recent Publication: 2020

The power sector in India is transitioning rapidly, and stakeholders are continuously attempting to minimize revenue losses, improve quality of supply, meet emerging customer expectations, and achieve better environmental performance. To achieve these goals, it is necessary to facilitate the implementation of new policies and frameworks to make the...

Power Sector Vision 2030- Maharashtra

Implementing ICAP: Developing Optimal Cooling Pathways for India

Sector: Undertaken By: The Celestial Earth Recent Publication: 2020

The India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP), launched by the Ozone Cell of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) in order to address the status and future scope of cooling and refrigeration demand, provides a long-term policy road-map for addressing India’s vast and unmet cooling demand in a sustainable manner with minimal en...

Optimal Cooling Pathways of India: An Implementation Framework of ICAP

Low-GWP Readiness: Training and Certification of Servicing Sector Technicians

Sector: Undertaken By: Council on Energy, Environment and Water Recent Publication: 2020

Better living standards, disposable income and need for cooling have led to increase in the uptake of Residential Air Conditioners (RAC), Commercial Air-Conditioners (CAC), as well as Mobile Air Conditioners (MAC). Due to rise in the demand of cooling equipment, the market for servicing these appliances have also increased rapidly. Currently there ...

FLEET Long Range Planning Tool for STUs: User Manual

Sector: Undertaken By: SGArchitects Recent Publication: 2020

To provide assistance to the targeted users (STU officials, bus operators, researchers etc), the FLEET tool is supported with a user manual. This document is developed by the project team for guiding the user regarding usability and functionality of the FLEET tool. The User manual explains step by step data inputs for each of user forms. It explain...

FLEET Long Range Planning Tool for STUs: User Manual

Community Cooling Hubs

Sector: Undertaken By: Centre for Environment Education Recent Publication: 2020

Cooling is inter-linked with several aspects of human health and wellbeing. In a warming world, protection of fresh and nutritious food, safe medicines and protection of the population from extreme heat are essential. Cooling is also directly related to work conditions, economic productivity of the working population, and income generation. An esti...

Rural Cooling Needs Assessment: Towards Designing Community Cooling Hubs

Data Visualization and Analytics of PM 2.5 Air Pollution in 5 Indian Cities (June 2019 to November 2019)

Sector: Undertaken By: IIT-Kanpur, Respirer Living Sciences Recent Publication: 2019

In this report, data from 5 Indian cities – Mumbai, Lucknow, Raipur, Jaipur and Ahmedabad, has been evaluated for the period of June 2019 to November 2019, and long-term trends like temporal analytics, diurnal trends, calendar visualization and data availability have been presented....

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Data Visualization and Analytics of PM 2.5 Air Pollution in 5 Indian Cities (October 2018 To May 2019)

Sector: Undertaken By: Respirer Living Sciences, Skymet Weather Services Recent Publication: 2019

This report presents the results of an air quality performance evaluation project. The goal of this project is to deploy 50 real-time air quality monitors (known as "Atmos") spread over 10 Indian cities, evaluate the performance of and provide contextual analytics of this data in periodic reports. This is one of the first projects in India which ha...

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Visualizing the Impact of Episodic Air Pollution During October 2018 to February 2019

Sector: Undertaken By: Respirer Living Sciences Recent Publication: 2019

The report assesses the impact of episodic air pollution in the vicinity of the deployed monitors in ten Indian cities from October 2018 to February 2019....

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Assessing Capacity-Building Needs for India’s Climate Actions

Sector: Undertaken By: Council on Energy, Environment and Water Recent Publication: 2019

For India to be a part of a global governance structure that effectively responds to the threat of climate change, it is essential to have consensus among key domestic stakeholders on the need for India to develop a low-carbon economy. This requires identifying opportunities that demonstrate the advantages of pursuing low-carbon growth pathways in ...

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Patna Clean Air Action Plan

Sector: Undertaken By: Bihar State Pollution Control Board Recent Publication: 2019

Patna is one of the 122 non-attainment cities identified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the National Clean Air Action Plan that was launched in January 2019. The Patna Clean Air Action Plan, which has been adopted by the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB), was developed in this context, in order to ta...

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Mitigation Instruments for Achieving India’s Climate and Development Goals

Sector: Undertaken By: Council on Energy, Environment and Water Recent Publication: 2019

India is steadily emerging as a key player in the global energy markets as well as in climate negotiations. And although India is already doing more than its fair share in terms of mitigation, it, along with other countries, might need to take on additional targets for the world to achieve the global target of a ‘well below Two Degree C temperatu...

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Institutional Readiness to Implement the Enhanced Transparency Framework: Is India Ready?

Sector: Undertaken By: The Energy and Resource Institute Recent Publication: 2019

The idea of transparency for reporting and reviewing information on the climate policies and measures taken by Parties has emerged as one of the key elements gaining attention and weightage under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The transparency framework has been evolving in detail and complexity aimed at maximiz...

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Market-based approaches of the Paris Agreement

Sector: Undertaken By: The Energy and Resource Institute Recent Publication: 2019

This discussion paper focuses on the market-based mechanisms of Article 6 (particularly, Art. 6.2 and Art. 6.4) by assessing various country positions and views on the new market-based regime for trading in emissions or mitigation outcomes....

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Is India prepared for the leapfrog to BS VI emissions standards in 2020?

Sector: Undertaken By: Centre for Science and Environment Recent Publication: 2019

Emissions arising from the movement of vehicles is a major cause of deteriorating air quality in cities. More than 70% of Indian cities are classified as critically polluted and vehicles are among the highest source of exposure. In cities like Delhi, vehicles contribute up to 40% of the particulate pollution load. Policy makers have noted the neces...

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