The book ‘Energizing India: Towards a Resilient and Equitable Energy System’ has been released. The book argues that India’s energy future would depend on four transitions from traditional to modern energy, from rural to urban energy demand, greater integration into the global energy system, and technological choices that will be affected by the imperative of battling climate change.
The book authored by Suman Bery, Arunabha Ghosh, Ritu Mathur, Subrata Basu, Karthik Ganesan and Rhodri Owen-Jones is the result of a three-year long collaboration between three leading institutions: the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Shell.
The book focuses on India’s energy system as a whole and highlights both the demand and supply sides of the energy system, laying special emphasis on the fuel mix dimension which most directly affects both energy security and environmental sustainability between now and 2050.
Commenting on the initiative, Yasmine Hilton, chairman Shell Companies in India said, “A global energy transition is under way as the world seeks to meet rising demand while lowering carbon emissions. Yet energy systems are large, complex and slow to change. India is in the midst of a major transformation as the population and economy grows, incomes rise, manufacturing becomes a bigger part of the economy and the country becomes more urbanised. To ensure that consumers across the country have access to clean and affordable energy, it will be important to de-risk and stimulate long-term investments in the energy sector. Our study illustrates that the private sector will play a key role in building capacity, augmenting skills and developing technology”.