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    Integrating Renewable Energy Into India’s Grid̶- Harder Than It Looks

    Tongia, Rahul; Harish, Santosh; Walawalkar, Rahul | November 2018
    Abstract
    In this paper, we focus on the major knowledge gaps when it comes to planning for and adapting to the rapid expansion of renewable energy power in India. The note is structured as follows. In section 2, we give an overview of the power grid in India, and what the broad challenges of RE integration are. We identify major questions that need to be addressed by the government and the energy policy research community in terms of understanding the system-level costs of RE. In section 3, we discuss in some detail the results of Greening the Grid (GTG) report — an important effort in this direction. We summarise the salient features of this modeling exercise and their policy implications. We then discuss the assumptions and limitations of the GTG report. The last section concludes with a discussion on modeling and analytic gaps that could be addressed in the future.
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    Tongia, Rahul; Harish, Santosh; Walawalkar, Rahul. 2018. Integrating Renewable Energy Into India’s Grid̶- Harder Than It Looks. © Brookings India. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9489.
    Keywords
    Alternative Energy Development
    Asian Development Bank
    Development
    Development Cooperation
    Rural Development Projects
    Energy Development Finance
    Renewable Energy
    Energy
    Rural planning
    Aid coordination
    Industrial projects
    Infrastructure projects
    Natural resources policy
    Educational development
    Development policy
    Energy Demand
    Alternative energy program
    Domestic Energy
    Energy
    Energy Demand
    Energy Sources
    ADB
    Communication in rural development
    Communication in community development
    Economic development projects
    Development banks
    Economic forecasting
    Environmental auditing
    Cumulative effects assessment
    Human rights and globalization
    Rural manpower policy
    Biogas
    Biomass chemical
    Biomass gasification
    Biomass energy
    Demand
    Energy Security
    Renewable Energy Source
    Supply and Demand
    Technology
    Solar energy policy
    Development banks
    Infrastructure
    Joint venture
    Energy policy
    Renewable energy source
    Solar energy
    Energy development
    Technology
    Sun
    Energy resource
    Water power
    Hydrology
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    Harish, Santosh
    Walawalkar, Rahul
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    Development
    Energy

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