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India, mainly powered by coal, has adopted ambitious renewable energy targets and currently considers a climate …
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Reaching the objective of universal access to modern energy services will require large investments in infrastructure in developing countries. An important part of funding will be provided in the form of development finance and its effectiveness in producing positive impacts is crucial for this...
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This is the introduction to the first book systematically exploring the relationship between shale gas and sustainable development, Shale Gas and the Future of Energy: Law and Policy for Sustainability (Edward Elgar 2016). It describes the growing importance of unconventional shale gas and the...
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Some 25 years have elapsed since international financial institutions espoused a package of power sector reform measures that became known as the Washington Consensus. This package encompassed the establishment of autonomous regulatory entities, the vertical and horizontal unbundling of...
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A reliable supply of electricity is essential for economic development, and developing countries across the world have implemented reforms to improve their power sector performance. We publish a dataset of power sector reforms in 142 developing countries from 1982 to 2013 and use the data to...
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The initial phase of reforms in the Indian power sector was primarily aimed at bringing regulatory reforms and unbundling of the vertically integrated State Electricity Boards (SEBs). Enactment of the Electricity Act 2003 led to deepening of the reform process by dismantling this monopoly in the...
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India has declared its intent to intensify its climate action by communicating its updated Nationally Determined … 2030. Since the State-owned electricity distribution utilities (DISCOMs) that distribute 95% of the electricity in India … stakeholder consultations. The timely implementation of these recommendations is critical to decarbonize India’s power sector …
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electricity sector in India, before liberalization was based on an outmoded framework which is governed through the in …-efficient government institutions. The energy sector in India used to suffer with either investment issues or the fuel issues. The article …
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