Understanding Energy Challenges in India
Policies, Players and Issues
A combination of rapidly increasing energy demand and fuel imports plus growing concern
about economic and environmental consequences is generating growing calls for effective
and thorough energy governance in India. Numerous policy reforms over the past 20
years have shifted the country’s energy sector from a state-dominated system towards
one that is based on market principles. However, with the reform process left unfinished,
India now finds itself trapped halfway along the transition to an open and well-performing
energy sector.
India suffered from the largest power outage ever in late July 2012, affecting nearly
half of the population. While this incident highlights the importance of modern and
smart energy systems, it indicates that the country is increasingly unable to deliver
a secure supply of energy to its population, a quarter of which still lacks access
to electricity.
Understanding Energy Challenges in India aims to provide an informative and holistic
understanding of India’s energy sector to stakeholders in India as well as the broad
public.
The publication explores in detail the policies, players and issues of the country’s
power, coal, oil and gas, renewables and nuclear sectors. It also highlights the key
challenges India faces, challenges that must be resolved for the evolution of the
fast-growing country’s energy sector towards a sustainable energy future and eventually
critical for the prospects of the Indian and global economies.
Published on December 11, 2015
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