Are we ready for the increase in energy intensity from a growing economy and yet be able to transition to clean energy? Deepak Sriram Krishnan, Associate Director for WRI India's Energy Program, walks us through the challenges in entire power system from producer, distributor to consumer. At WRI he also leads work on Clean Energy Initiatives (Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency) for different consumer categories; Clean Energy Transitions and Water-Energy nexus.

Prior to this, he worked with the energy consulting practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte. He is a certified Energy Risk Professional. He is an electrical engineering graduate and holds a master’s degree in electric power systems.

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Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction & context

01:19 - Power crisis

04:54 - Power sources

08:04 - Solar & wind

13:39 - Coal, gas & nuclear

18:10 - Projections

20:50 - The grid

36:04 - Building as energy source

41:44 - Rooftop solar failure

46:39 - Regressive regulation?

57:22 - Opportunities

01:03:13 - MNRE Vs. MoP

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Profile of Deepak Sriram Krishnan - https://www.wri.org/profile/deepak-sriram-krishnan 

CEA document - https://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/document_upload/2023/06/NEP_2022_32_FINAL_GAZETTE.pdf 

Bureau of Energy Efficiency - Impact assessment of EE measures in the country https://beeindia.gov.in/sites/default/files/publications/files/Impact%20Assessment%202021-22_%20FINAL%20Report_June%202023.pdf 

Energy Efficiency in Commercial and Residential Buildings - https://beeindia.gov.in/en/programmes/buildings-0 

Blockchain in rooftop solar, pilot project - https://www.mercomindia.com/uttar-pradesh-blockchain-rooftop-solar-trading

Reading material on EAct amendment - https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-electricity-amendment-bill-2022; https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/bills_parliament/2022/Electricity%20(A)%20Bill,%202022.pdf 

Money control article on demand supply mismatch, industry complaints over frequent power cuts - https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/karnataka-industries-fume-over-frequent-power-cuts-seek-proper-supply-11546281.html 

Econivas Samhita - https://econiwas.beeindia.gov.in/tools.php 

Ministry of power guidelines on renewable energy - https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/ministry-of-power-releases-comprehensive-framework-to-transform-indias-energy-storage-landscape/103385154#:~:text=In%20a%20major%20push%20for,storage%20duration%20of%201%20hour . 

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