MIT Technology and Policy Program’s Best Thesis for 2017 maps out a clean energy future for India

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 14:22 in Earth & Climate

As the world’s second fastest-growing major economy and third largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions, India is at a crossroads. Intent on raising its standard of living and extending reliable access to electricity to the nearly 19 percent of its citizens who lack it, India is expected to more than double its energy consumption by 2040, according to the International Energy Agency. At the same time, the nation has pledged to make reductions in greenhouse gas emissions intensity (the ratio of carbon dioxide emissions produced to gross domesting product) as specified in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate. Achieving these seemingly conflicting goals will require energy technologies and policies that are both economically viable and efficient at cutting emissions. That's why Arun Singh, a master’s degree student in the Institute for Data, Systems and Society’s Technology and Policy Program (TPP), decided to help India's decision makers weigh their options. Singh, who is also a fellow of...

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