INDIA -- ENERGY POLICY
May 24, 2008
"Need for an Integrated Energy Modelling Institution in India"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Economic and Political Weekly, issue 21, volume 43
By Ananth Chikkatur, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Shoibal Chakravarty
ETIP's Ananth Chikkatur and Princeton's Shoibal Chakravarty write in India's Economic & Political Weekly about that need for a government-supported statutory energy modeling institution - the Bureau of Energy Information and Analysis - that can develop in-house modeling and analysis capacity for India.
May 8, 2008
"Towards Sustainable Coal-Power in India"
Presentation
By Ananth Chikkatur, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
In this presentation, Chikkatur discusses India's energy challenges and scenarios, especially as they relate to coal and sustainability.
AP Photo
May 6, 2008
"Policies for Advanced Coal Technologies in India (and China)"
Presentation
By Ananth Chikkatur, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
In a presentation to the World Bank, Ananth Chikkatur discusses the role of coal in the Chinese and Indian power sectors, focusing on policies for incentivizing technological innovation in the coal sector in those countries, and suggesting possible roles for the World Bank regarding coal power in both countries as well.
April 29, 2008
Coal Assessment and Extraction in India: Issues and Prospects
Presentation
By Ananth Chikkatur, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
In this presentation, Chikkatur outlines the role coal plays in China, presents the various challenges the coal sector faces in 21st Century India, and discusses a high-level seminar series in India that is addressing these issues.
AP Photo
April 7, 2008
"India's Key Foreign Policy Issues"
Policy Brief
By Xenia Dormandy, Senior Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
In recent years, India's military, diplomatic and economic energies have expanded far beyond Nehru's Non-Aligned position. But what does that mean for India, its region, and the United States?
Carsten Karl
Winter 2007/08
"Cleaner Power in India: Towards a Clean-Coal-Technology Roadmap"
Discussion Paper
By Ananth Chikkatur, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Ambuj Sagar, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, 1996-2002; Former Senior Research Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2007-2008
Investigating the role of coal in India's energy sector, Chikkatur and Sagar emphasize the need for a technology roadmapping process. They highlight the interlinkages between technology innovation and public policy and provide an analytical framework to help delineate the kinds of questions that scholars and practitioners need to ask in addressing India's coal sector.
February 20, 2008
"Is India Ready for CTL Fuels?"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, The Financial Express
By Ananth Chikkatur, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Sunita Dubey
Faced with high oil prices and increasing oil imports to meet the country’s rising demand for transportation fuels, there is now a perception that India’s energy security is threatened. While the production of biodiesel has now become a national mission, CTL fuels are also gaining currency as a commercially attractive proposition because of the potentially cleaner characteristics.
World Bank
December 2007
"Towards Better Technology Policies for the Indian Coal-Power Sector"
Journal Article, Energy for Sustainable Development, issue 4, volume XI
By Ananth Chikkatur, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Ambuj Sagar, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, 1996-2002; Former Senior Research Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2007-2008
This paper assesses the suitability of current and emerging advanced power generation technologies for the Indian context and presents some technology policy implications of this assessment and analysis to help the Indian coal-power sector meet the country’s energy needs in a sustainable manner.
AP Images
December 18, 2007
Bali Climate Change Conference: Key Takeaways
Summary Report
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board and Joseph Aldy, Co-Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
The Bali climate change conference was a qualified success. Before we went to Bali, we observed that it will be good news if there’s no bad news coming out of the negotiations. This was achieved, and then some.
AP Photo
November 2007
"Natural Allies"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, CLSA-U Speaker Series
By Xenia Dormandy, Senior Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Anirudha Dutta of CLSA-U interviews Xenia Dormandy on the issues surrounding the U.S.-India bilateral relationship.
