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Partners and Sponsors
Governing Council 2015
Prof. Kirit S. Parikh, ScD Chairman, Former Member Planning Commission
Mr. Suresh Prabhu Minister of Railways, GoI
Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, PhD Former Director General, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research
Ms. Renana Jhabvala President, SEWA Bharat
Ms. Meera Shankar Former Ambassador, GoI
Prof. Deepak Nayyar, D. Phil Economist, Former Vice Chancellor Delhi University
Prof. Jyoti K. Parikh, PhD Member Secretary, Executive Director, IRADe
Mr. Hemant Sahai Advocate, Treasurer
Founding Members 2002
Prof. Kirit S. Parikh, ScD Chairman, Former Member Planning Commission
Dr. Manmohan Singh Former Prime Minister, India
Ms. Ela BhattFounder, SEWA
Mr. Adi Godrej Industrialist
Mr. Keshub Mahindra Industrilaist
Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, PhD Former Director General, CSIR
Mr. Shirish Patel Consulting Civil Engineer, Treasurer
Dr. Jyoti K. Parikh, PhD Member Secretary, Executive Director, IRADe
Mr. Nitin Desai Former Under Secretary General, United Nations
Prof. Amartya Sen Professor, Harvard University
Prof. Joseph Stiglitz Professor, Columbia University
Lord Nicholas Stern Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
Prof. Gustav SpethFormer Professor, Yale University
International Advisory Board
S.No. Title Funding Agency Status
1.Modelling Studies on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) and Emission Intensity of Indian Economy
Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), GoI
Completed
2.
Review of status of Marine National Park (MNP), Jamnagar and evolving vision statement for management of MNP
GIZ and the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Completed
3.Environmentally Sustainable and Integrated Energy Strategies for Gujarat
Gujarat Energy and Petrochemicals De�artment and Gu�arat Power Cor�oration Limited (GPCL)
Completed
4.Clean Cooking fuel: Issues and Challenges
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Completed
5.South Asian Regional Initiative For Energy Integration �SARI�EI�
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ongoing
6.Global Technology Watch Group (GTWG) on Advanced Coal Technologies (ACT) for Power Generation
Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
Ongoing
7.Energy Sector Reforms and impact on Gender
ENERGIA Ongoing
8.
Policy engagement work in India to educate decision ma�ers at national�state�city level to urban climate change resilience and integrate the concepts into wider planning discourse
Roc�efeller Foundation under ACCCRN Pro�ect Ongoing
9. Udaipur Solar City Master Plan Udai�ur Munici�al Cor�oration, Government of Rajasthan, MNRE funded scheme
Ongoing
List of Projects
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Governing Council 2015
Prof. Kirit S. Parikh, ScD Chairman, Former Member Planning Commission
Mr. Suresh Prabhu Minister of Railways, GoI
Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, PhD Former Director General, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research
Ms. Renana Jhabvala President, SEWA Bharat
Ms. Meera Shankar Former Ambassador, GoI
Prof. Deepak Nayyar, D. Phil Economist, Former Vice Chancellor Delhi University
Prof. Jyoti K. Parikh, PhD Member Secretary, Executive Director, IRADe
Mr. Hemant Sahai Advocate, Treasurer
Founding Members 2002
Prof. Kirit S. Parikh, ScD Chairman, Former Member Planning Commission
Dr. Manmohan Singh Former Prime Minister, India
Ms. Ela BhattFounder, SEWA
Mr. Adi Godrej Industrialist
Mr. Keshub Mahindra Industrilaist
Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, PhD Former Director General, CSIR
Mr. Shirish Patel Consulting Civil Engineer, Treasurer
Dr. Jyoti K. Parikh, PhD Member Secretary, Executive Director, IRADe
Mr. Nitin Desai Former Under Secretary General, United Nations
Prof. Amartya Sen Professor, Harvard University
Prof. Joseph Stiglitz Professor, Columbia University
Lord Nicholas Stern Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
Prof. Gustav SpethFormer Professor, Yale University
International Advisory Board
S.No. Title Funding Agency Status
1.Modelling Studies on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) and Emission Intensity of Indian Economy
Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), GoI
Completed
2.
Review of status of Marine National Park (MNP), Jamnagar and evolving vision statement for management of MNP
GIZ and the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Completed
3.Environmentally Sustainable and Integrated Energy Strategies for Gujarat
Gujarat Energy and Petrochemicals De�artment and Gu�arat Power Cor�oration Limited (GPCL)
Completed
4.Clean Cooking fuel: Issues and Challenges
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Completed
5.South Asian Regional Initiative For Energy Integration �SARI�EI�
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ongoing
6.Global Technology Watch Group (GTWG) on Advanced Coal Technologies (ACT) for Power Generation
Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
Ongoing
7.Energy Sector Reforms and impact on Gender
ENERGIA Ongoing
8.
Policy engagement work in India to educate decision ma�ers at national�state�city level to urban climate change resilience and integrate the concepts into wider planning discourse
Roc�efeller Foundation under ACCCRN Pro�ect Ongoing
9. Udaipur Solar City Master Plan Udai�ur Munici�al Cor�oration, Government of Rajasthan, MNRE funded scheme
Ongoing
List of Projects
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Preface v
About IRADe vi
Climate Change and Environment 1
1.1. Modeling Studies on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) and Emission Intensity of Indian Economy 1
1.2. ReviewofStatusofMarineNationalPark(MNP),Jamnagarandevolving visionstatementformanagementofMNP 2
Sustainable Urban Development 5
2.1. PolicyEngagementforDevelopingClimateResilientSmartCities 5
Energy and Power Systems 6
3.1. SouthAsianRegionalInitiativeforEnergyIntegration(SARI/EI) 6
3.2. SustainableIntegratedEnergyPlanforGujarat 9
3.3. GlobalTechnologyWatchGroup(GTWG)onAdvancedCoalTechnologies (ACT)forPowerGeneration 11
3.4. ImpactofGrowthandMitigationonConsumptionPatternsandSectoral StructureinDevelopingCountries:AcasestudyofIndia 13
3.5. UdaipurSolarCityMasterPlan 14
Poverty Alleviation and Gender 15
4.1. ProvidingCleanCookingFuelinIndia:Challengesandsolutions 15
4.2. GenderandEnergySectorReform 16
Events, Meetings and Workshops 18
5.1. COP21DIALOGUE–Howcanlongtermsustainedfinancingbestructured formitigationandadaptation 18
5.2. StakeholderDinnerMeetingon“CatalysingCross-BorderElectricityTradein SouthAsia:SouthAsiaForumofElectricityRegulators(SAFER)” 18
5.3. TheCombinedMeetingofSARI/EITaskForces,on5-6August,2015atNewDelhi,India 18
5.4. InternationalVoluntaryLeadershipProgramunderthethemeofClimateChange 19
5.5. SARI/EIdelegationtoLahore,Pakistanforparticipationasresourcepersonsinthe SAARCworkshoporganisedbySAARCEnergyCentreon“SAARCPerspectiveWorkshop onthePast,PresentandFutureofHighVoltageDC(HVDC)PowerTransmission” 19
5.6. ClimateandDisasterResilientSmartCities 20
5.7. InternationalStudytoNordPoolPowerMarket(NorwayandDenmark), 12th–16thOctober2015 20
5.8. COP21DIALOGUE-CitiesResiliencetoClimateChange 20
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5.9. NationalStakeholderConsultationonNewEnergyPolicy(NEP):Environment andClimateChangePerspectives 21
5.10.The4thMeetingofProjectSteeringCommittee,9thDecember2015,Mumbai,India 21
5.11.SustainableIntegratedEnergyStrategiesforGujarat-MeetingwiththeMinister ofEnergyandotherStakeholders 22
5.12.WorkshoponSustainableDevelopmentofPowerSectorandEnhancementof ElectricityTradeintheSouthAsianRegionandtheWayForward:Policy, RegulatoryIssues/Challenges 22
5.13.GujaratEnergyStrategiesEnergyReportReleasebyHon’bleChiefMinisterof GujaratSmt.AnandibenPatel 23
5.14.StakeholdersConsultationWorkshop:ReviewofStatusofMarineNationalPark, JamnagarandEvolvingVisionStatementforManagementofMNP,Jamnagar,Gujarat 23
5.15.StakeholderConsultationsfor“MacroeconomicandAnalyticStudyFocusingon BenefitsfromNepal-IndiaElectricityTrade” 23
5.16.SARI/EIDelegationtothe2ndMeetingofSAARCEnergyRegulators,8thFebruary2016,Colombo,SriLanka 24
Professional Activities 25
IRADe’s outreach and partners 26
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Itismygreatpleasuretopresentthe2015-2016AnnualReportoftheactivitiesofIRADe.ThisAnnualReport provides an opportunityto reflect on the significance ofresearch and development thatmakes an impact on economic
growth and sustainable development by IRADe. Thisyear,IRADehasworkedonnineprojectsofwhichfouraresuccessfullycompletedandfiveareindifferentstagesofaccomplishment.
IRADewas one of the two institutions that providedinputs for India’s Intended Nationally DeterminedContributions (INDCs) prior to Paris negotiation onClimate Change.We also organized two events withFrench embassy on “Climate Change and Cities” and“ClimateFinance”.
IRADe flagship programe on South Asia RegionalInitiative for Energy Integration (SARI/EI) is reachingcrescendo in multiple dimensions. Engagement withthe powermanagers and policymakers in the sevencountries through task forces and studies, detailedanalytical studies and modeling studies for bilateraltrade issues and how can countries transform economies, especially through Nepal-India trade as
well as abeginningof anew forumof think tanks inthese South Asian countries. Many events and studies are enriching our understanding. Do visit IRADe andSARI/EIwebsites(www.sari-energy.org).
Our continuing stress on energy access and genderleads to several activities including research andsurveys on subsidies through Energia-DFID project inChhattisgarhandJharkhand.
We are happy to complete the final reports of ourprojectsonMarineNationalPark,SustainableEnergyStrategies for Gujarat and Smart Climate ResilientCities.
ThisyearwebroughtoutIRADehighlights2002-2015givingaccountof13yearsofourwork.
Itakethisopportunitytoexpressmysincerethankstoalloursponsors,well-wishersandGoverningCouncilofIRADefortheircontinuedsupportandencouragement.I expressmy sincere appreciation to the IRADe teamandthankthemfortheircooperationanddevotiontowork.
Wewelcomeyoursuggestionsandrequestyoutovisitwww.irade.org.
Preface
Professor Jyoti Parikh, PhD ExecutiveDirector,IRADe
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IRADeisanindependentadvancedresearchinstitutewhichaimstoconduct researchandpolicyanalysisto engage stakeholders such as government,non-governmental organizations, corporations,academicand financial institutions.Energy, climatechange, urban development, poverty, genderequity, agriculture and food security are some ofthe challenges faced in the 21st century. Therefore,IRADeresearchcoversthese,aswellaspoliciesthataffectthem.IRADe’sfocusiseffectiveactionthroughmulti-disciplinaryandmulti-stakeholderresearchtoarrive at implementable solutions for sustainabledevelopmentandpolicy research that accounts forthe effective governance of techno-economic andsocio-culturalissues.
IRADe was established under the Society’s Act, in2002atNewDelhi. It iscertifiedasaResearchandDevelopment Organization by the Department ofScientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministryof Science and Technology (MoST). It has also been selected as a Centre of Excellence by theMinistry of Urban Development (MoUD) for urbandevelopment and climate change. In addition, itprovidesexpertisetootherministries,nationalandinternational institutions and partners with otherreputedorganizations.
Our Mission
Toexplorenewopportunitiesandpromoteparadigmshifts to provide optimum solutions in sustainabledevelopmenttoincludevulnerablegroupsindecisionmakingprocess.
Our Vision
Tobealeadingindependentpolicyresearchorganizationand think tank that suggests implementable policiesto focus on poverty alleviation, gender equity andinclusivegrowth,withafocusonenergy,environmentand climate change using multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder framework so as to integrate variousperspectivesandfield-levelunderstanding.
Our Objectives � Integrate multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholderperspectivesconcerningissuesofdevelopment.
� Promote wider consensus, through research andanalysis,oneffectivepolicies.
� Engage and work at local, district, state, national,South Asia regional and global levels.
� Provide research support to developing countriesfor development and for negotiation process forinternationalagreements.
� Carry out policy research that accounts for thepoliticaleconomyofthesocietyandeffectivenessofgovernance.
Thematic Areas of IRADeKeyProgrammeAreasorThematicAreaofIRADeare:
1. ClimateChangeandEnvironment2. SustainableUrbanDevelopment3. EnergyandPowerSystem4. PovertyAlleviationandGender5. AgricultureandFoodProgram
IRADeactivities intheaboveareashavecross-cuttingthemes such as technology assessment and policyreforms.Thekeyactivitiesare:
1. PolicyDialoguesandDissemination2. TrainingandCapacityBuilding3. ResearchandAnalysisforDecisionSupport4. Research in Action, Monitoring and Evaluation
Projects
CorporateSector,
Financial andTechnical
Institutions
NGOs, Farmers,Gender Groups
Multilateral, Bilateral,
Internationaland RegionalOrganizations
AcademicCommunity
and Think Tanks
Policy andAdministrative
Bodies
IntegratedResearch and
Action forDevelopment
(IRADe)
OurPartnersinDevelopment
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1.1. Modeling Studies on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) and Emission Intensity of Indian Economy
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change (MoEF&CC)assigned the tasks toanswerkey
questionsrelatingtoclimatenegotiations.TheProject
focused on key sectors such as energy and power,
transport buildings, industries, agriculture, land use
andlandusechangeandforestry(LULUCF)andwastes
among others. Further, the project also includes
assessment of implications of various developmental
pathways,structuralshiftsortechnologicalchangeson
nationalGreenhouseGasEmission (GHG) trajectories
in the time frames 2007-2050. The project carried
outanalysisof theongoingandplannedpoliciesand
assessment of their impact on the GHG emission
intensity of Indian economy, including the cost/
economicimplicationsthereof.
To achieve the project objectives, IRADe developed
a model version IRADe-Neg-50 which is a dynamic
multi-sectoral, inter-temporal, linear programming
activity analysis model based on an input–output
framework. The model incorporates interventions
in these areas to achieve low carbon pathways.
Further, the household consumption along with
Governmentconsumptionisapartofthefinalsector
finalconsumptionintheeconomy.Thegrowthrateof
householdconsumptionanditscompositionovertime
is what drives the economy. Themodel projects the
changingdemandstructureoftheeconomytill2050in
adynamicmannerusingacombinationoflognormal
populationdistributionandexpenditureclassspecific
linear expenditure systems which are consistent
alongclassesas theyreflectanunderlyingnon-linear
demand system.
The project work was monitored by the ministry inconsultations with the project steering committee(PSC). There were seven meetings through a course
Climate Change and Environment
of two years during which various scenarios were run to assess the possible GHG emissions and emissionsintensity for 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050. IRADeassessed the GHG emissions and emissions intensity and associated energy and power generation mixundervarioussocio-economicscenariosofgrowth,lowcarbonmeasuresinpowerandtransportsector,energyefficiency, and fall in costs of renewables. Currentlyavailable calculations were used with expected ascost reductions in future as well as current policyfor e.g. nomore sub-critical coal powerplant shouldbe constructed after 2016. Additionally, through thescenarios, the IRADe team showed that India wouldnotpeakunderanyof theenvisagedsocio-economicpathways even by 2050. In the run up to the ParisCOP, IRADe team summarized possible range forGHG emissions and emissions intensity through three scenarios, Dynamics as Usual (DAU), Determinedactionsscenario(DETA)andAmbitiousActionsscenario(AMBA). The DAU scenario incorporated currentpolicies and programs as well as current trajectoriesin falling costs, renewable penetration and energyefficiency. The DETA scenario is about increasingefficiency and achievable technological intervention.The AMBA scenario on the other hand is about Increased Rate of Capacity Creation, Cost reduction of technologies, drastic lifestyle change, and energyconservationwithAmbitioustargets.TheresultsfromIRADe’s analysis showed that the emissions intensitytargetintheINDCisnearlyrealizedintheDAUscenarioitselfwhile thenon-fossil fuelcapacity isonly30% inDAU. However, in the DETA & AMBA scenario Indiaachievesanemissions intensityreductionof39%and43%by2030andanon-fossilfuelcapacityof40%and51% in DETA and AMBA respectively. In addition tothesescenarios,thePSCrequestedIRADeteamtoalsodoasensitivityanalysisofvariouspoliciestotestfortherobustnessoftheresultthatwithdeterminedactionsIndiawouldbeabletoreachitsINDCtargetsby2030andalso suggestpossible INDC targets for 2050. TheIRADeteamshowedthatthroughaggressivenuclearoreventherenewableenergyprogramoracombination
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ofboth, INDCs canbe achievedeven if oneor someoftheothertargetsfortechnologicaloptionsinpower,transportandenergyefficiencyarenotreached.Someof themore important conclusions arrived at by the studyaresummarizedasunder:
� India canbringdown itsper capitaGHGemissionsto less than 6 tonnes by 2050 where non fossilelectricitygenerationwouldbe47%and60%inthetwo scenarios.
� INDC’sannouncedbyIndiaareachievable.
� This will require support from internationalcommunity on two fronts: Financial support formeeting the additional investment needed andaccesstotechnologyorinternationalco-operationintechnologydevelopment.
� Financial support aswell as low interest long termloanswithinterestpaymentmoratoriumfor20years.
� Technology access at low reasonable costs to advances in solar, wind and other power sectortechnologies as the installed capacity for solar andwindbecomes829GWand1064GW inDETAandAMBAin2050.Ofthesesolarwithstorageis135GWand360GWin2050.
� Thus, access to technology becomes criticalincluding that for storage technologies, smart grid,ICTtechnologiesforpromotingenergyefficiencyandenergyefficienttransporttechnologiesetc.
Supported by: MOEF & CC, GoI
1.2. Review of Status of Marine National Park (MNP), Jamnagar and evolving vision statement for management of MNP
IRADe conducteda study forMoEF&CC toundertakemacroassessmentoftheecologicalstatus,governancestructure,managementplansofMarineNationalParksinceitsestablishmentin1982andtheimpactsofalltheinvolvedstakeholdersbymeansofprimarysurveys,stakeholderconsultationsandmapping.Furtherfocusof the study was to understand existing governanceandmanagement structure, reviewof the concernedpolicies,regulationsandnotificationsandidentificationof the loopholes associated with MNP structure andpolicies.
Stakeholders perception surveyTo identify therelevantactorsandtheir relationshipsamongst each other, stakeholdermapping was donethrough extensive stakeholder’s discussions andconsultation. Stakeholdersmap below provides theirrelationshipindiagrammaticform.
IRADealsoconductedprimarysurveystoinvestigateperception of Local community (chiefly fisher folk)and to determine if the presence ofwellmanagedMNPhasanypositiveeffectontheadjacentfishingcommunity.Fishermenatsixsites(Sachana,Jodiya,
StakeholderMap-MarineNationalPark,Jamnagar
Symbolize rela�onship of dominance.
Symbolize rela�onship of tensions,clashes of Interest and conflict.Symbolize close rela�onship interms of informa�on
Symbolize alliance and coopera�on that areformalized contractually or ins�tu�onally.
Symbolize gateway for alliance and coopera�on
Industrial Associa�ons: Gujarat Cleaner Produc�on Centre (GCPC)Jamnagar Chamber of Commerce
Industries:Oil & Refineries Industries Fer�lizers & ChemicalSoda Ash Cement IndustriesMachine tools industries Salt work industriesBauxite, Brass and metal industries
Local Village Communi�es dependent on MNPFisher folksFarmersVillagersPanchayats
Marine Na�onal Park and itsConserva�on
LC
LC
LC
SmallIndustry
DIC
IndustrialAssocia�on JMC
LargeIndustry
CPCB
CPCB
GIDCMoEF & CC
GTD
ICG
GMBGFD and
MNP dept
GEC SAC
ResearchIns�tutes
BISAGMoEf & CC: Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate ChangeCPCB Board: Central Pollu�on ControlGPCB Board: Gujarat Pollu�on ControlGFD: Gujarat Forest DepartmentMNP Dept. : Marine Na�onal Park Department,
JamnagarLC: Local CommunityGEC: Gujarat Ecology CommissionGEER: Gujarat Ecological Educa�on and
Research Founda�onGMB: Gujarat Mari�me BoardICG: Indian Coast GuardJMC: Jamnagar Municipal Corpora�onSAC: Space Applica�on CentreDOF: Department of Fisheries, GOGGTD: Gujarat Tourism DepartmentGCZMA: Gujarat Coastal Zone Management
AuthorityBISAG: Bhaskarcharya Ins�tute for Space
Applica�ons and Geo-Informa�cs
Research Ins�tutesGujarat Ecological Educa�on and Research Founda�on (GEER)Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC)Space Applica�on Centre (SAC)Na�onal Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM)Na�onal Ins�tute of Oceanography (NIO)Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Ins�tute (CSMCRI)Integrated Research and Ac�on for Development (IRADe)Marine Bio Resource Centre (MBRC)Gujarat Environment Management ins�tute (GEMI)M.S. UniversitySaurashtra UniversityGujarat Ecology SocietyCentral Marine Fisheries Research Ins�tute
Primary Stakeholders
Secondary Stakeholders
Key Stakeholders
DoE
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Sikka, Salaya, Arambada and Bet Dwarka) weresurveyedusingstructuredquestionnaires.Perceptionsurvey was conducted to investigate fisherfolkopinionsand theiracceptanceofMarineProtectedAreas in vicinity to fishing areas. Outcomes of thesurvey highlighted that the total fish catch has been observed to increaseover theyears,but there is adrop/declinenoticed in total catch in recent years.Similarly, while the total fish catch data recordedan increasing trend, discussionwith the fishermenrevealedasharpdeclinein‘catchperuniteffort’inrecentyears.Fisherfolkfromallthestudysitesshowmore of an interest and were keen to be involvedin planning for conservation or management plan forMNP.
Collageofthebiodiversityphotographs, MNP,Jamnagar
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Changesinmangrove(sq.km)coverin Jamnagarsince1998
The study found out that the mangrove cover has increasedinMNP,butthediversityofmangroveshasdecreased. Mostly, the area comprises of Avicennia,withsporadicoccurrencesofRhizophoraandCeriops.
The coral reefs have been subjected to intensivepressureofsedimentation,anthropogenicexploitationandclimatechangeimpacts.
CoralreefmapofMNP,Jamnagar,GulfofKachchh,Gujaratfor2014
IRADe’s team mapped the coral reefs along theJamnagar coast using Landsat 8 Operational landImager (OLI) data of 2014 and found the total areaofreefsas443.49sq.km. In2014,someof thecoralcolonies on Pirotan Island were found bleached.Increase in SST due to delay in onset of southwest monsoon and sedimentation were suggested to bethe probable reasons for bleaching of coral colonies.BleachingwasalsoobservedinsomecoralcoloniesofNararareefwhentheteamofresearchersfromIRADevisitedtheislandin2015.
Way Forwards and Recommendation
I. Management and Coordination � Coordination: Role of all the authorities that aremanaging the protected area (Forest Department,MNP, GMB etc.) should be streamlined in orderto avoid coordination issues and improve theiraccountabilityfortheassignedresponsibilities.
� Coastal governance mechanisms need to bestrengthened through Gujarat State Coastal zonemanagement authorities. Seascape approachshould be designed for management along with a coordination mechanism among research groupsworkinginMarineProtectedAreas.
II. Monitoring, Regulation & Surveillance � Monitoring and surveillance for protection –Base stations should be established at specified
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islands such as Pirotan, Kalubar, Bural Chank, etc.for surveillance. Joint surveillance teams withinvolvement of forest department, navy, coastalguards,localcommunitiesneedtobeestablished.
� Urban Waste Management: There is need forimprovement of trash and solid waste collectionbothinresidentialandindustrialareas.
� Proper planning and regulation of the fishingactivities. Monitoring mechanisms should be setto control the incidences of overfishing and illegalfishinginandaroundMNP.
III. Research � Ensuring that scientific exercises are done fordocumentingthefloraandfaunaofMarineNationalPark. Assessment of the same would help tounderstandclearly thechanges,associatedreasonsanddevisingmeasuresforbettermanagement.
� Vulnerabilityassessmentstudiesshouldbedoneforthe Gulf of Kachchh region and Coastal Resilience
Plan shouldbedeveloped inwakeof uncertaintiesarising due to climate change.
IV. Community Participation � There is a need to increase the involvement of local communities and village Panchayats (assign themroles and responsibilities) in themanagement andconservation of framework of Marine ProtectedAreas.
� Alternateandsustainablelivelihoodoptionsforlocalcommunitiessuchasseaweedcultivation(involvingendogenous species), aquaculture, mericultureand eco-tourism should be further explored inconsultation with community should be promotedandsupported.
Sponsored by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH & Ministry of Environment
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2.1. Policy Engagement for Developing Climate Resilient Smart Cities IRADe, supported by the Rockefeller foundation hasstrived to position urban challenges in the largerpolicy framework provided by the state and nationalinstitutions. IRADe engaged decision makers andinformed them on urban climate change resilience while integrating the concepts into wider planningdiscourses.
IRADealsoproposed inclusionof climate resiliencecomponent in the recently landed smart city plansengagement at various levels in the Ministry of Urban Development, state and city level urbanbodies for climate resilient smart city framework.IRADe engaged with two cities viz. Ahmedabadand Guwahati for integrating climate resilience in their smart city plans, the Ahmedabad MunicipalCorporation welcomed IRADe’s inputs andincorporated Climate Resilience component intotheir smart city plans. Also IRADe’s Inputs forintegrating disaster resilience in Master plans andSmart city planswere considered by 9 smart cities in India.
To put forth the importance of climate and disasterresilient urban development IRADe organized andparticipated in several events at city, national andinternationallevelsforbuildingcapacityoftherelatedstakeholders and for stressing the mainstreaming ofclimate resilience in urban development, some oftheseare:
� Roundtable in Ahmedabad: With Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner and other key citystakeholders at AhmedabadMunicipal Corporation(AMC),Ahmedabadon22ndDecember2015
� Road to COP Dialogue: I -Cities Resilience to Climate Change; in collaboration with the French Embassyin India on 30th October, 2015. Recommendationslargely focused on the importance of mitigationtechnologies and adaptation which were largelyattributedtosustainableplanningforclimateresilient
Sustainable Urban Development
infrastructureandthusaddressedasignificantissueincontextofCOP21,Paris
� Road to COP Dialogue: II -How can long-term and sustained financing be structured for mitigation and adaptation? with French Embassy in India incollaboration with Integrated Research and ActionforDevelopment(IRADe)on29thJune,2015
� Session on Climate and Disaster Resilient Smart Cities - inpartnershipwithTechnology,Information,Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), DST,GoIandInternationalSocietyforIntegratedDisasterRiskManagement(IDRiM)on28thOctober,2015
Climate Resilient Smart City Reports have beenpreparedforcityofAhmedabadandGuwahati.Thekeyrecommendationsofthestudyare:
� Master Plan/Development Planning and TownPlanning Schememechanisms are instrumental forlocallevelactions.Toaddressclimatechange,urbanresiliencefactorshouldalsobeincorporatedinSmartActionPlans.
� UseofGISandRemoteSensingfordevelopinghazardassessmentmaps,spatialmappingofurbanutilities/critical support services and land use planning areessential tool for decision makers and should beusedinprioritizingtheCityClimateResilientAgendaandmobilizingtheactionswhereneeded
� Urban development must be inclusive, ecosystembased planning should be prioritized and ClimateResilienceandDisasterRiskReductioncomponentsshouldbeessentialcomponentsofcitydevelopmentplansandsmartcityplans
� Prioritize a climate resilient agenda: Cities needto identify priority activities that respond to theirurgentneedsforadaptationtoclimatechange.
� Rejuvenation of water bodies: Restorationmayalsohelpovercomethegrowingwaterscarcityandalsothe risk of flooding can be reduced. Drought andfloodscanalsobeaddressedsimultaneouslyifcitieslookafterurbanlakes,pondsandwetlands.
Sponsored by Rockefeller Foundation
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3.1. South Asian Regional Initiative for Energy Integration (SARI/EI)
3.1.1. The macroeconomic and analytic study focusing on benefits of electricity trade between Nepal-India Under the USAID SARI/EI program IRADe hascommenced “The macroeconomic and analytic study focusing on benefits of electricity trade between Nepal-India” withtheprimarypurposetobuildtheconsensusforCross-BorderElectricityTrade(CBET).Theobjectiveof the study is to critically assess the need for CBETamong the nations of the South Asia region throughcomprehensive analytical studies that quantify the
Energy and Power Systems
technical,economic,environmentalandenergymarketbenefitsofcross-borderinterconnectionintheregion.Thestudyinvolvesmulti-countryanalysisandbringingout the economic (macro and micro) importanceof power trade besides other country benefits. Theconsensus building activities undertaken under thisstudyarebringing together stakeholders frompowersector, financial and diplomatic communities andotherenergyexperts.Theoutcomeofthestudieswillrigorously form estimates of benefits to inform thediscussionbyall threeTaskForcesoftheSARI/EIandpavethepathtoprepareanddevelopregionalenergymarketsandmakethemsustainableinordertofostereconomic growth of this region.
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Nepal-IndiaMacroeconomicandAnalyticStudyModelling
Nepal Model
India Model
Op�mizing assump�ons for Nepal Model
Op�mizing assump�ons for India Model
Power ExportPoten�al
Power ImportPoten�al
Electricity Price from Exis�ng
Pricing Scenario/TF-II Studies
Selected Price forElectricity
Export to India
RevenueInflows from
electricityexports
NepalInternal
consump�on
Impact of higherenergy on Economy
StakeholdersConsulta�on for
Nepal and Review
Legend
Model
Model-Outputs
Model Output-Nepal Model
Integrated Nepal-India Model
StakeholdersConsula�on for
India and Review
Integra�on of Nepal-India ModelOp�mizing assump�ons for Nepal-India Model
India’s SectoralConsump�on
Impacts onEconomy
Savings in Newinvestments
Higher Income andElectricity will lead to higher electricity
demand
TechnologyMix
TechnologyMix
Fuel Mix
Fuel Mix
Socio-EconomicBenefits (GDP, Popula�on
growth, etc)
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Popula�on growth, etc)
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requirements
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Integra�on of Nepaland India Model
Stakeholders Consulta�on on Integrated Results
and Review
Presenta�on of Interim Results to the
PSC/TF members
Presenta�on of Final Results at the
Ministerial Level
Impact of higherincome on Economy
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Progress made so far: In the month of May the study wasawardedtoIRADeandinJuneInceptionmeetingfortheprojectprovidingkeyinsightsanddetailsofthestudywas organised at IRADe. In themonths of JulytoSeptember,Dr.AnjanaDasprovided7daystrainingon Answer-TIMES to IRADe SARI/EI team,whichwasspreadover50daysstarting.Inaddition,afive-dayvisittoNepalbyDr.PradeepKumarDadhichandDr.ProbalGhoshwasundertakenbetween31August2015to4September 2015 tomeet potential stakeholders anddata agencies of Nepal such as ADB, Central Bureauof Statistics, Ministry of Finance, National AccountsStatistics,NepalRastraBank,WorldBank,UNDP,etc.In December, the Reference Energy System of NepalandIndiaintheAnswer-TIMESmodelwerecompleted.Initial Nepal results were generated at variousexogenousexportpriceswithstandaloneNepalModelwithout considering theabsorption capacityof India.Dr.PradeepDadhichandDr.ProbalGhoshconducteda stakeholder consultation workshops on the 18thand19thJanuary2016inKathmanduwhereinthepreliminaryresultsfromNepalTIMESmodelandNepalMacroeconomic model were shared.
AnswerTIMESTrainingbyDr.AnjanaDas (inCentre)
Subsequentlysamefollow-upmeetingswithMinistryofEnergy(MEA),GovernmentofNepal;NepalElectricityAuthority (NEA), Water and Electricity CommissionSecretariat (WECS) and theWorld Bankwere carriedout. In the month of March, the integration of thetwoTIMEsmodeli.e.IndiaandNepalwassuccessfullyundertaken.ThiswasfollowedbyinteractionbetweenTIMES and macro-economic model of Nepal. Thestakeholder consultation for India model and Nepal-Indiaintegratedmodelwillbeundertakeninthenextfinancialyear.
3.1.2. Regional Regulatory Guidelines for Promoting Cross-Border Electricity Trade in South Asia
IRADeistheimplementingpartnerforUSAID’sSouth
AsiaRegional Initiative/Energy Integration(SARI/EI)
program for advancing regional energy integration
andCross-BorderEnergyTrade(CBET)ineightSouth
Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
India,Pakistan,Nepal,SriLankaandtheMaldives).
The SARI/EI program critically fills the important
role of advancing regional energy integration and
thus increasing CBET through focus on
(i) Coordination of Policies and Regulatory
Mechanisms, (ii) Advancement of Transmission
Interconnection and (iii) The establishment of South
Asian Electricity Market. To this end IRADe has
constitutedthreeinter-governmentalTaskForcesand
a Project Steering Committeewith representations
of SAARC country governments where in-depth
analysis/studies are being completed with
specific recommendations on policies/regulatory
mechanisms, technical grid standards and market
rulesforpromotingelectricitytradebetweenSouth
Asian countries. The findings and outcomes are used
towardsgainingconsensusandsupportfromthekey
decision-makersandstakeholders.
Key Achievements
IRADe published the Regional Regulatory Guidelines
(RRGs) to facilitate CBET in South Asia. RRGs were
developed to primarily aid the national electricity
regulatorsoftheSouthAsiancountriesfordeveloping
a regional regulatory framework and for decision
makingonCBETintheSouthAsianRegion.RRGswere
developed under the study on Review of Electricity
Laws,Regulations,PoliciesandLegalstructuresofSouth
AsianCountries,whichidentifiedthecriticalingredients
for CBET, reviewed international power pools and
regional trade arrangements to understand the good
practicesaroundtheworldandbroughtouttheRRGs.
TheRRGsaresetofguidelinesoncommonregulations,
rulesandprotocolsintechnical,operationalandlegal
matters for harmonization/coordinating of electricity
regulationfromtheperspectiveofpromotingCBETin
South Asia.
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To take forward the implementation of RRGs andfor coordination/harmonization of Electricity Laws,RegulationandpoliciesofSAcountriesforpromotingCBET, the study also came outwith its 2nd report on“Suggested changes/amendments clause/section wise in the existing Electricity Laws, Regulation and policies of SA countries for promoting CBET in South Asia Region across”.
These suggested changes/amendments can beconsideredbyeachSouthAsianCountryGovernmentsasabase foraligning the legal,policyandregulatoryframeworks prevailing in each South Asian Countriesfor promoting CBET in the region. This report alsocovers country wise proposed long-, medium- andshort-term roadmaps for implementation of thesesuggested changes and amendments.
Ongoing Studies � Investment friendly policy and investment framework for promoting investment in South Asian power sector and CBET: The ongoing study reviews theprevailing investment friendlypolicies/guidelines/frameworks/FDI regimes in each SouthAsian country and
� Assessment of the Electricity Trading Potential of South Asian Countries: The study now at its closure looks into the existing long term Demand-Supplyprojection scenarios of the participating countriesand the expected developments in the next 10-20years by taking into account the CBET potential asameans tomeet the additional demandof powerbyeachcountryand/orbyexportingsurpluspowerthroughCBETtootherSouthAsianNations.
� Harmonization of grid codes, operating procedures and standards to facilitate/promote Cross-Border Electricity Trade in South Asia: The almost completedstudyisidentifyingprovisionsintheGridCodes andOperating Procedures thatwill have animpactonoptimal,reliableandeconomicoperationof CBET across the South Asian nations anddevelopingrecommendationsfornecessarychangesor additions required in theoperationprocedures/Grid codes/standards/institutional structure etc. inrespectivecountries.
� Assessment of commercial terms and conditions for CBET and suggested model of Power Exchange in South Asian region: The study at the verge of its completion is assessing the preparedness of eachSouth Asian country (Afghanistan, Bangladesh,Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and theMaldives) for CBET for selecting suitable models/options a regional power exchange for thecountries and to recommend commercial terms and conditions,principlesandproceduresfortheshort-term,medium-termandlong-termCBETintheSouthAsianRegionalElectricityMarket.
� Building consensus and developing a white paper on South Asian Forum of Electricity Regulators (SAFER) is consulting stakeholders on initial feedbacks onSAFER.
� Pilot Market Project - Mock exercise for South Asian Regional Power Exchange (SARPEX). A pilot market project has been conceptualized. Amock exercise is planned towards establishingthe desirability and the feasibility of a South Asian Regional Power Exchange (SARPEX). The projectwill bring out the benefits to various nations if SARPEX is established. The other objectives aredevelopingadraftsetofmarketrulesanddesignofSARPEXandcapacitybuilding.ThepilotprojectshallberunlikeaDayAheadSpotMarket.
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3.2. Sustainable Integrated Energy Plan for Gujarat
IRADeundertook the taskofpreparing thereportonEnvironmentally Sustainable and Integrated Energy Strategies for Gujarat State. The report analyses theexistingenergyresources,energysupplyanddemandscenarios, environmental constraints, hazard riskvulnerabilityofthestate’scriticalinfrastructure,energyaccessissuesandsupplystrategiestomeettheenergysecurityofthestatewithaperspectiveforthenexttwodecades.
UndertheprojectIRADeconductedthreestakeholdermeetings at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat which wereattendedbyaround100participantsfromtheentire
GTPSAshDyke,1MWSPVPowerPlant,Gandhinagar
energyandpowersectorofGujarat.IRADestaffvisitedkeypowerandenergysectorinstallationstogetafirst-handknowledgeofissuesinthestate.
Visits were made to all the major organizations intheenergy,power, infrastructure sector inGujarat togather energy generation and consumption data anddiscusscriticalissuesbeingfacedbytheseorganizationsin terms of fuel costs, fuel supply issues (coal, gas,lignite),environmental issues, fuel importsandcosts,issues of grid stability on account of renewable energy. The draft report was circulated to all major powersectororganizationsandcommentswerereceivedandincorporatedinthefinalreport.
Key Findings of the ProjectGujarat’senergysectorisoneofthemostenergeticincomparisontoother Indianstates. In2011,over90%ofthehouseholdsofthestatewereelectrifiedand38%hadcleancooking fuelsaccesswhereas thesefiguresweremere67%and28.5%,respectivelyforIndia.Percapita electricity consumption in 2013-14 was 1708kWh in Gujarat compared to 957 kWh for all Indiadespitethefactthattherearelimitedenergyresourcesin the state. The rural area also has 24x7 electricity
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access. The state is very forward in terms of renewable energyandhasoneofthehighestinstallationsofsolarpowerinIndiaandamongtopthreeinwindenergy.
GujaratisthesecondhighestcoalconsumingstateinIndia,despitethefactthatithasnodomesticresourcesofcoal. Ithandles66%of thecountry’s total importsof petroleum products, 98% imports of LNG; 77%of POL exports, 36%of imports of coal and 100%ofcoal exports pass through its ports. Vibrant Gujaratand other programmes have had an encouraginginvestment climate in the state,whichwould lead tofurther growth in energy demand.
Itisthuschallengingtodevelopscenariosforthefutureand make policy recommendations. In this context,IRADe has carried out a detailed analysis of energydemand for industry,agricultureand services sectorswith perspectives up to 2035 and also suggested asupplystrategyandmaderecommendations.
Energyprojectionshavebeenmadeassuming8%and10%growthratesofthestateGDP;itwasalsoassumedinalternativescenariosthatservicesandindustrywillleadthegrowth.Itisnotedthatelectricityrequirementjumpsfromthepresent68bkWhto243and324bkWhin2035underthe8%and10%growthrateswithfallingelasticity scenarios; the required installed capacityjumpsto3-4timesthepresentcapacityof21,500MW.In the long run Gujarat will benefit from service ledgrowth that will curtail demand for a state with meagre fossilfuelreservesandwillalsoprovidemorejobs.
In terms of CO2 emissions, the emission per unitgeneratedisthehighestin8%growthscenarioat0.70kg/kWh. Restricting supercritical coal to 20,000MWlowers emissions to 0.39 kg/kWhevenwhennaturalgas is used as a balancing fuel. It is marginally lower at 0.38kg/kWhwhensolarPVwithstorageisused.
� Peak electricity demand for the year 2035 willincreaseto46,700MWwith8%growthrateandto69,000MWwith10%growth,amarginof48%.WithVibrant Gujarat mode of industry led 10% growththe peak demand will be 80,300MWwhich is anincrease of 16% due to change in the structure of the economy.
� Withemphasisonrenewable,mainlywindandsolar,theshareofrenewablecapacitycanbe50%ormore;35,000MWofwindand60,000MWofsolarenergy
can be absorbed with gas based plants providingbalancingpower.
� Even when supercritical coal plants are restrictedto 20,000 MW compared to 40,000 MW in otherscenarios,Gujaratcanmeet itspower requirementwithsomebalancingbynaturalgasorsolarPVwithstorage.
� Significant reduction of 30% in total power sectoremissionsisfeasible,butwitha40%increaseinthecost of electricity.
� Gujarat should push for the development ofrenewables. Its ability to restrict coal will dependon the availability of natural gas or developmentin electricity storage technology. It can adapt itsstrategy to evolving technology.
� If Gujarat is to progress as it aspires to andachieve double digit growth rate, led by industrialdevelopment, it facesahugechallenge tomeet itsenergy needs.
� Gujarat’sdependenceoncoalwillcontinueforsometime. Hencemoving tomore efficient supercriticalandultra-supercriticalplantsisnecessary.
� Today Gujarat is paying more than what it shouldfor coal because of the coal linkage and railwayfreight rate policies of theGovernment of India. Itshould strongly ask for tradable coal linkages andrationalisationofrailwayfreightrates.
� Withitslimitedresourcesoffossilfuelsitsemphasismustbeon renewablepower if itwants to restrictthelevelofenergyimports.
� Gujarat has significant potential of wind and solarpoweraswellasagoodpolicyframeworktoattractinvestment in these areas.
� Modelshowsthatitispossibletoabsorbsignificantamountsofsolarandwindpowerbybalancingwithopen cycle gas based plants. Also, if advancementinelectricitystoragetechnologybringsdowncosts,solar PV with storage can provide the neededbalancingpower.
� While availability of natural gas is limited, coalgasification based on imported coal or in-situgasificationoflignitecanprovidegas.
� Apart from electricity, consumption of petroleumproducts has to be restrained. Here, developmentofmasstransport,encouragementofnon-motorisedtransport,discouragementofuseofprivatevehicles
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byproviding theoptionofefficientandconvenientpublictransportandimposingparkingandcongestioncharges,arerequired.
� At the same time, increased fuel efficiency fromvehicles, more stringent emission norms andfacilitatingelectricvehiclesbyprovidingsupportingpublic infrastructure are needed. Regularenvironmentalimpactstudies,withmodellingneedstobeundertakeninmajorcities.
� While supply policies are important, demand sidemeasures topromoteenergyefficiencyareequallycritical.Thestateshouldpushhardformoreefficientuseofenergy.Appropriatepricingofenergyisavitalelement of pushing energy efficiency. Educationand encouragement for saving energy can be cost effective.
� With24x7electricitysupply,Gujarathascomealongway in providing energy access to all its residents.Eventhenactionisneededtoprovidecleancookingfueltoalargesegmentofthepopulation.Thespreadof Gujarat gas grid to all urban areas should helpreplaceLPGuseinurbanhouseholdswithPNG.Thefreed cylindersand LPG shouldbeused toprovidethemtoruralhouseholds.With24x7electricityandsignificant expansion of solar power, it might bemore practical to provide induction cookerswheresupplyingLPGmaybedifficultorimpracticable.
� We have also looked at the environmentalconsequences of energy use. With emphasis onenergyefficiency,masstransport,efficientvehicles,stringent emission norms, promotion of electricvehicles and large thrust on renewable energy can provideamuchcleanerenvironment.
To address the challenges arising from Gujarat’sambitious development plans, the report stronglyrecommends energy efficiency measures, aggressiveefforts in renewable energy, clean coal technologies,timeofdaypricing,adoptingECBCmoreaggressively,whiletakingcareofgridbalancingandalsoatthesametime providing energy access at affordable prices. Infourofourprojectedscenarios,GujaratwouldbeabletomeetorexceedIndia’sINDC’scommitmentsatthestate level.
Supported by the Gujarat Energy and Petrochemicals Department and Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL)
3.3. Global Technology Watch Group (GTWG) on Advanced Coal Technologies (ACT) for Power Generation Under the GTWG project IRADe is undertaking thesustainability issues of clean coal technologies that include power generation, mining and beneficiationand emissions. Sustainability issues with respect tocost-economics, social aspects and environment arebeinganalysedforsuitabletechnologyoptions.
UndertheprojectIRADeisaconsortiumpartneralongwithIIT-Madras,IIT-BombayandIIT-Delhi.
Coal plays an important role in electricity generationworldwide and its importance is even morepronouncedinIndia,whichreliesheavilyoncoal.ThepresentinstalledelectricitygeneratingcapacityinIndiaisaround300GWe(ason31May2016,CEA),ofwhichcoal accounts for about 61%. The power generationcapacity is projected to increase to about 778 GWeby 2031-32, and a significant portion of the capacityadditionisexpectedtocomefromcoal.
Coal-fired power plants generate huge amounts ofcarbon dioxide (CO2) which is widely considered as a major contributor to global warming and climatechange. Other major areas of concern associated
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with coal-fired power plants are other conventionalpollutants such as Sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogenoxides (NOx), particulatematter (PM),mercury (Hg),arsenic (As), flyash and other harmful elements.Another areaof pollution is relatedwith coalminingandbeneficiationof the lowgrade Indian coalwhichcontainsa large amountofwastematterdue to thedriftoriginofcoal.
ThoughIndia’sannualpercapitaCO2 emission is only one-fourthoftheworld’saverage,Indiaistheworld’sthird largest CO2 emitter, and there is tremendouspressureonIndiatoreduceCO2 emissions.
Indiahasbeenoperatinglatelyveryoldpowerplantsbased on sub-critical technology, and only recentlysuper-criticalplantshavestartedtogetcommissioned,these plants emissions aremuch less than the olderplants. Recently globally lot of research work isgoing on in developing high efficiency low emissionstechnologies like Ultra-Super Critical, IGCC and CSStechnologiestomitigatetheimpactsofGHGemissionsfrompowersector.
Under this backdrop, the GTWG-ACT has discussedthreescenariosforthecountryasmentionedbelow:
� Scenario 1 in which coal-based power generationcontinues with minimal changes in technologyexcept for incorporation of already commercially-available technologies for removal of SOx, NOx,Hg and particulate emissions. This scenario ispossible when new technological developmentsare not accessible or are prohibitively expensiveand significant advances have been made in theinductionofrenewableenergysources(suchassolarPVandwind)intothepowergeneration.
� Scenario 2 in which a wide range of new and appropriate technologies delivering clean coal andhighenergy conversionefficiencies is implementedtogether with induction of control measures forconventional pollutants such as SOx, NOx, Hg andpollutants. Among the additional technologiesenvisagedinthisscenario,comparedtoScenario1,wouldbe forcoalbeneficiationtechnologies,ultra-supercritical steam parameters, coal gasification,IGCC and co-firing with biomass and otheropportunity fuels. This scenario may unfold wheninduction of renewable energy sources is not asrobustasanticipatedandadditionalCO2mitigationis required throughconventionalpowergenerationroutes to meet with global warming obligations.
� Scenario 3 in which the full range of clean coal technologies, including carbon capture andsequestration (CCS), isbrought intoplay tomakeacaseforsustaineduseofcoalforpowergeneration.Among the additional technologies to be inductedin this scenario would be those related to pre-orpost-combustioncapture,oxyfuelanditssupportingtechnologies, chemical looping and supportingtechnologies, coal-to-liquid fuels, coal-to-chemicalsroutes, mineral, biological sequestration of CO2,reuse and recycling of CO2, etc. This scenario ispossible when steeper-than-anticipated reductionsin CO2 emissions become mandatory and the transitiontohydrogeneconomyandelectricvehiclesdoesnothappentotheextentneeded.
TheGTWG-ACTconsortiumcomprisingof IITMadras,IITBombay,IITDelhiandIRADe,NewDelhiproposestoevaluate these technologies in terms of their feasibility and competitiveness in Indian context, and developa viable Advanced Coal Technologies road map forsustainable, coal-based power generation within anappropriatepolicyframework.
TheGTWG-ACTtechnologyevaluationarecategorizedinto four groups – Advanced Coal Mining andBeneficiation Technologies, Advanced CoalUtilizationTechnologies,AdvancedEmissionControlTechnologies,CleanCoalTechnology:SustainabilityandPolicyIssues–andareindividuallyhandledbyIITD,IITM,IITB,andIRADe, respectively. Themethodology being adoptedforsustainabilityanalysisissummarizedschematicallyin Figure 1. The development and integration ofassessment tools is under progress with specificreference to the following means of clean powergenerationusingcoalwhichoffersthefollowing:
� Oxyfuel combustion of pulverized coal in atangentially-firedboiler.
� Powdered activated carbon injection for 90%removal of Hg.
� Operatingonsupercriticalsteamparameters
� GeologicalsequestrationofCO2
� Useseawater/wet-limefluegasdesulphurizationfor95%removalofSO2
� Compression, drying and low temperature flashingfor CO2 enrichment to 95% purity with 90% CO2 capture.
� SelectivecatalyticreductionofNOxfor95%removal
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Figure1:Schematicrepresentationofthemethodologyforassessment
� Base line data collec�on
� Stakeholdersiden�fica�on
Situa�onAnalysis
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� Quan�ta�ve and qualita�veassessment of technologies
� Stakeholders views on technologies
� Sensi�vity analysis• Equal priority to criteria’s• Scenario based priority
to criteria’s
� Assigning weights to criteria and sub-criteria based on literaturesurvey and stakeholders views
� Resolving mul�ple criteria using• Weighted sum matrix, etc.
� Scenario for technologybased on various priorityweights for criteria
� Technology selec�onbased on criteria solving
� Technology Screening� Criteria for Screening
• Economic (Cost, Efficiency, etc.)• Environment
(Emission, land and water use, etc.)
• Social (Employment)genera�on, etc.)
� Overview of Available Technology
� Selec�on of possibletechnology op�ons
Under the project this year four review meetingswere held this year among the project partners, on 13th June 2015 meeting was held at IIT-Mumbai, on 12th September 2015 at IIT-Delhi, on 25th February2016atIRADeandon19thMay2016aprojectreviewmeetingwas held atDelhiwithDST,GoI. IRADe alsoorganized the National Energy Policy Workshop on 6thNovember,2015inwhichprojectPI,IIT-Madrasalsoparticipated along with other industry participants.IRADehassubmitteditsannualprogressreporttoDST.
Supported by DST-SPLICE, GoI
3.4. Impact of Growth and Mitigation on Consumption Patterns and Sectoral Structure in Developing Countries: A Case Study of IndiaDeveloping countries need economic growth to takecare of their human development deficit. Economicgrowth requires in these countries substantialdevelopment of infrastructure for electricity, roads,
railways, ports for transport and airports, as also forprovidingservicesofwater,healthcareandeducation.Atthesametimeeconomicgrowthresultsinchangedconsumption patterns, which in turn affect thestructure of production. Also developing countriescannot neglect the compulsion of climate change asthe poorer persons and nations aremost vulnerableas theyhave little capacitiesandmeans todealwithextreme events. They need to reduce their emissionintensities as their economies grow. This calls foradditional resourcesputting furtherstressonalreadyscarce resources.
Theissuesthatwereaddressedinthisresearchprojectswereasfollows:
� How would consumption patterns change witheconomic growth?
� Whatwouldbethe impactonenergyconsumptionboth directly as energy and indirectly as embodied energyintheconsumptionbasket?
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� How does the energy ladder of the energy intensity ofpercapitarealoutputevolveovertime?
� How does the structure of value-added fromdifferent sectors such as agriculture, industry andserviceschangeovertime?
� How would measures to reduce emissions intensity affectdifferentsectorsoftheeconomy?
IRADe used the IRADe-IAM model to analyse theeconomicimpactsoflowcarbonmeasurebycomparingaDynamicsasusualscenarioandalowcarbonscenarioupto2050.TheReportalsoanalysestheDynamicsasusual scenario to illustrate the impacts of structuralchange in the economy on changing energy ladder of energy commodity intensitiesandpatternsof energyconsumption.
Supported by: Shell International
3.5. Udaipur Solar City Master Plan
IRADe is preparing Udaipur Solar City master planfor Udaipur Municipal Corporation under the SolarCity Programe ofMNRE. Urbanization and economicdevelopment are leading to a rapid rise in energydemand in urban areas leading to enhanced Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. The program aims atminimum 10% reduction in projected demand ofconventionalenergyattheendoffiveyears,whichcan
beachievedthroughacombinationofenergyefficiencymeasures and enhancing supply from renewableenergy sources.
Thesolarcitymasterplanof thecitywill include thebaseline for energy consumptionduring the baselineyear,demandforecastingforthenextfiveyears,sector-wisestrategiesandactionplanforimplementationofrenewable energy projects like solar, wind, biomass,smallhydro,wastetoenergyetc.maybeinstalledalongwithpossibleenergyefficiencymeasuresdependingontheneedandresourceavailabilityintheUdaipurcity,soastomitigatethefossilfuelconsumptioninthecityand reduce the Green House Gas (GHG) emissions.
FatehSagarLake,Udaipur
Supported by Udaipur Municipal Corporation, Government of Rajasthan
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4.1. Providing Clean Cooking Fuel in India: Challenges and solutions
Indiahasthelargestconcentrationofpopulationusingbiomass with inefficient stoves. When modern fuelsare unavailable, women and children not only facehealthhazardsduetosmokebutalso“timepoverty”.Freedomfromsmokeandthedrudgeryassociatedwithbiomass istheneedofthehourtoempowerwomenandallowfamiliestolivepurposefullives.Thisreportexplored the issues and challenges of clean cookinginurbanIndiathroughacasestudyoftheGhaziabadMunicipalCorporation,UttarPradesh.
Weconductedsurveysof250householdsinGhaziabaddistrictusingastructuredhouseholdquestionnairethatwasdeliveredbetweenAugust5andOctober10,2015.The detailed questionnaires included information on
Poverty Alleviation and Gender
familystructure,socio-economicconditions,energy-usepatterns, housing characteristics, cooking behaviour,access to crucial infrastructure for subsidy transfer (JAM)andwillingnesstopayfor liquidpetroleumgas(LPG). The energy-use pattern included informationon the consumption of solid fuels and commercialfuelsforcooking,wherecookingfuel isprocured,thetimeandeffort involved inprocurement, thepriceatwhichitisprocured,etc.Characteristicsofhousingandother assets included information on type of houseand location of the kitchen. Further informationwascollectedoncookingbehaviour,includingthenumberofmeals cooked using different fuels in a day, hoursof cooking, cooking involvement by male or femalemembersof thehouseholdand typeof involvement.Reasonsfornotusingcleanfuels,willingnesstopayforanadditionalamountofcleanfuelanddesiretoforegothesubsidizedkerosenequotawerealsocaptured.
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having Bank Account: 89%
Any one/more member of household
having Mobile Phone: 92%
Any one/more member of household
having Aadhar Card: 94%
HouseholdscanbereachedthroughJAM
Source: IRADe household survey for LPG Ghaziabad, 2015
Toreceivebenefits fromthegovernmentunder JAM,an individual member of the household has to have all three identities synced (bank account, mobilenumber andAadhaar card). The survey inGhaziabad
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revealed that, though nearly 90% of the householdshadaccess to these threebasic requirements,barely65% households had at least one member with allthreerequirementsinplacethatcouldaccesstheJAMscheme. In somecases, itwaspossible thatdifferentmembers of the household had access to these three basicrequirements,andanyindividualmemberofthehousehold did not have these three mandatory things simultaneouslyinhis/hernametoqualifyforbenefitsunderJAMscheme.
To assess the choice between LPG and alternativecookingfuelbyhouseholdsamultinomiallogitmodel(MNLM)isused.Theresponsevariableincludesthreedistinct unordered alternatives: Traditional, mixedandmoderncookingfuel.Thegoalofthismodelistofindthebestfittingmodeltodescribetherelationshipbetweenoutcomevariables.Herethepredictorvariableisfamilysize,highestyearoffemaleeducationinthefamily,gendercomposition (percentageof females inthefamily),monthlyPCI,LPGpriceperMJ,householdmonthly energy demand and head of household.
Theresultssuggestthatincreasinghouseholdsizehasanegativeeffectonhouseholdfuelchoice,suggestingthat increasing family size can result in the use ofinferiorqualityfuelforcooking.Householdswithmoreyearsof femaleeducationare less likelytocookwithtraditional fuel. The household monthly per capitaincomealsoturnsouttobeanimportantdeterminantforfuelswitching.TheLPGpricepaidbythehouseholdsisanimportantdeterminantoffuelswitching.Aone-unit increaseinLPGpriceperMJisassociatedwitha2.18decreaseinrelativelogoddsofusingmixedfuelversus traditional fuel. Similarly, a one-unit increaseinLPGpriceperMJisassociatedwitha2.93decreasein relative log odds of using modern fuel versus traditionalfuel.
ThehouseholdenergydemandimprovedfuelswitchinginGMC.Theresultssuggestthataunitincreaseinlogmonthlyhouseholdenergyconsumptionisassociatedwitha3.23increaseinrelativelogoddsofusingmixedfuelversus traditional fuel.Moreover,aunit increasein log monthly household energy consumption isassociated with a 2.06 increase in relative log oddsof using modern fuel versus traditional fuel. Therelativelogoddsofusingmixedfuelversustraditionalfuel will decrease by 0.34 if moving from male-
headed households to female-headed households.Similarly, the relative log odds of using modern fuelversustraditionalfuelwilldecreaseby0.67ifmovingfrom male-headed households to female-headedhouseholds.
The recommendations largely focus on laying a pathto eliminate unequal distribution of cooking fuelsamong the economically challenged and to further strengthen the availability and distribution to all,including those in the remote areas. We hope thatthe Government of India, oil companies, the stategovernmentandotherrelatedauthoritieswillfindtheresultsandrecommendationshelpfulinenhancingtheaccesstocleanenergyforcooking,especiallytopoorhouseholds. The government can use this study to designanationwideLPGdistributionplan.
Sponsored by International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
4.2. Gender and Energy Sector Reform
Thisresearchaimstolookattheopportunitiesforandimpacts from energy sector reform in India and theremoval of fossil-fuel subsidies on gender, especiallyfromtheperspectiveofwomenandchildren.Researchwillbeundertakengloballytoidentifyexamplesofbestpractice of implementation of positive energy sectorreformpolicies thathaveworkedwell forwomen,aswellasthosethathavenotworkedwell.Theworkwillcoverthoseresearchmethodsdeployedtounderstandthe impacts of energy sector reform on differentsectionsofsocietyandontheimpactsofpolicychangeon gender drawing from other sectors such as health and education. From this understanding a detailednationalhousehold level researchwill beundertakenin India.
Thisisa4-yearstudystartingfromFebruary2015.Asperthestatedworkplanscopingresearchreporthasbeen prepared and submitted to donor organization.The scoping report comprehensively cover theavailable literature on the subject and draw uponresearchmethodologyextensively.Thisstudyaimstoprovidegenderbasedevidencesineffortstobridgethepolicygapthatexistsbetweencleanenergyaccessandits impacton the roleofwomen.For thepurposeofthisstudy,2streamlinedresearchquestionshavebeenidentifiedfromscopingstudytoinvestigateindetail.
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Theresearchaddressesfollowingquestions:
1. How do existing LPG subsidy policies affect thewelfare,productivityandempowermentofwomenandgirlsinurban,peri-urbanandrurallow-incomehouseholdsintwodistricts—preliminarilyidentifiedasRanchi(inthestateofJharkhand)andRaipur(inthestateofChhattisgarh)—takingintoaccount
• ImpactsofthesubsidyonLPGdistribution?
• The extent to which the subsidized price isactually reflected in LPG retail prices paid byconsumers?
• The extent to which lower LPG retail pricesinfluencehouseholdfueluse?
2. How might the welfare, productivity andempowermentofwomeninlow-incomehouseholdschangeasaresultofthefollowingpolicyreforms:
• Strengthening the existing LPG distributionnetwork
• EMI (earnest monthly instalment) facility for availingLPGconnection
• Implications of distribution of free LPG“connection” (registration and starter kit) tobelowpovertyline(BPL)households
Two states—Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh—have beenselectedaslocationstoperformthecasestudy.Theseareamongthe4mostbackwardstatesofIndiaintermsofaccesstocleancookingenergysources. JharkhandandChhattisgarharetwoneighboringStateswithonly11.66% and 11.18% households using LPG as maincookingfueland86.90%and87.74%householdsusessolid fuels for cooking. These states possess similarsocio-economiccharacteristicsbutdifferentpolicyandadministrativeenvironment.Forinstance,asperuniongovernmentschemeanyBPLcategorypeoplewantinganewLPGofficialconnectionof14.2kgcylinderwillbe given a rebate of Rs. 1,600. The rebate includes Rs.1,450assecuritydepositforcylinderandRs.150ascostofpressureregulator.Thispolicyhasbeenfurtherenhanced in Jharkhand where the state governmentisprovidinganadditionalassistanceofRs.918.50per
connection for other items (except hot plate), thusmakingtheLPGstartupcostvirtuallyzerofortheBPLfamiliesinJharkhand.
The case study will be developed for two specificdistricts Ranchi from Jharkhand and Raipur fromChhattisgarh. Raipur (36% urban and 64% rural) andRanchi(43%urbanand57%rural)representabalancedmix of rural and urban population in the selectedstatewill be useful to understand themajor cookingfuel issues in both rural and urban areas.Moreover,29.5%and19.3%householdsuseLPGasmainsourceof cooking in Ranchi and Raipur district respectively(Census, 2011). Therefore, given the similar socio-economic characteristics and different level of LPGpenetrationinthese2districtswillbegoodcaseforacomparativestudy.Thestudywillusecombinationofqualitativeandquantitativeapproaches.
Tocollectgenderdisaggregateddatahouseholdsamplesurveys will be conducted. The survey will be based on a stratified sampling design, using adequate samplesize.Withstratifiedsampling,thesamplesizeswithineachstratumarecontrolledbythesampling technicsrather than by a random determination through thesampling process. The study will collect informationthroughone-on-one interviewswiththosewhomakeor implement policy to understand their concerns. Itwillalsohelpindefiningawaytoengagestakeholders,sothatimpactofresearchonpolicycanbemaximised.FocusGroupDiscussions’(FGDs)ofend-userstogaugeenergy access and supply status in the location andopinions on energy policy reforms and programs.WomenstorieswillalsobecapturedthroughFGD.Thiswill provide an insightful understanding of complexissuesandsituations.
In the second year secondary data from various sources willbeanalyzed,andconsultationwillbecarriedoutfrom stakeholders inter alia policy makers, decisionmakersanddistributors.
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5.1. COP 21 DIALOGUE – How can long term sustained financing be structured for mitigation and adaptation
The seminar on “How can long-term and sustainedfinancingbestructuredformitigationandadaptation”was organized by the French Embassy in India incollaborationwithIntegratedResearchandActionforDevelopment (IRADe) on 29th June, 2015. As eventsleading up to Paris, IRADe and the French EmbassyheldtwodialoguestoaddresssignificantissuesinthecontextofCOP21.Seminarwasheldtoprovidegreatervisibility to theperspectiveof Indian stakeholdersonissuespertinenttotheglobalclimatenegotiations.
FromL-R,Ms.RajasreeRay,Mr.DipakDasgupta,Dr.JyotiParikh,Ms.NamitaVikasand
Mr.K.S.Popli
COP21Dialogue:Howcanlong-termandsustainedfinancingbestructuredformitigation
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The recommendations largely focused on theimportanceofmitigationtechnologiesandadaptationwhichwereraisedduringtheParisnegotiations.
5.2. Stakeholder Dinner Meeting on “Catalysing Cross-Border Electricity Trade in South Asia: South Asia Forum of Electricity Regulators (SAFER)”
SARI/EI-IRADeorganizedahigh-levelmeetinginNewDelhionAugust5,2015todeliberate theroleof the
Events, Meetings and Workshops
South Asia Forum of Electricity Regulators (SAFER).ThemeetingconvenedkeystakeholderssuchasIndia’sCentralElectricityRegulatoryCommission(CERC);SouthAsia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),EnergyCentre,Islamabad,Pakistan;BangladeshEnergyRegulatory Commission (BERC), Bangladesh,MinistryofEconomicAffairs,Bhutan,IndianRenewableEnergyDevelopmentAuthority (IREDA), India;PowerTradingCooperation; India (PTC), Indian Energy Exchange(IEX); Power Finance Corporation, India (PFC); RuralElectrificationCorporation(REC),India;NationalHydroElectricCorporationLtd.(NHPC), India;PowerSystemOperation Corporation Ltd., India (POSOCO) amongother dignitaries and guests.
FromL-RMr.GireeshPradhan,Dr.JyotiParikh,Ms.MonaliZeyaHazraandMr.V.K.Kharbanda
StakeholderDialogueon“Catalyzing Cross-BorderElectricityTradeinSouthAsia:
SAFER”,5thAugust2015,NewDelhi
The meeting concluded with an agreement thatemerged from the discussions that there is a need for aregionalinstitutionstoassumetheroleforregulatorycoordination/harmonizationforCBET.
5.3. The Combined Meeting of SARI/EI Task Forces, on 5-6 August, 2015 at New Delhi, India
IRADeconvenedallthethreeSARI/EItaskforces,suchthatthe5thMeetingofTaskForce-1onCoordination
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of Policy, Legal and Regulatory Framework, the4th Meeting of Task Force-2 on Advancement ofTransmission Systems Interconnections and the 2ndMeeting of Task Force-3 on SouthAsian RegionalElectricity Market were held, creating a highlyinteractive meeting and deliberation of variousaspectsofCBETstudiesundertakenbySARI/EI-IRADe.The meeting also released the SARI/EI publicationdevelopedbyIRADe,“RegionalRegulatorGuidelines”.
(L-R)Dr.JyotiParikh,Dr.KiritParikh,Dr.NaeemMalik,Mr.ColinDreizin,andMr.V.K.Kharbanda
LaunchofRegionalRegulatoryGuidelines
5.4. International Voluntary Leadership Program under the Theme of Climate Change
Dr. Probal Pratap Ghosh was selected by the USGovernment forvisitingtheUnitedStatesofAmericaundertheInternationalVoluntaryleadershipprogramunderthethemeofClimateChangeinthebackground
of the work that he has been doing in the field ofclimate change in the past few years. Dr.Ghoshwasselectedalongwithagroupof8researchersworkinginthefieldofclimatechangetovisittheUSandinteractwithvariousorganisationsandresearchersworkinginthefieldofclimatechange.
InternationalVoluntaryLeadership Program,USA
The tour took Dr. Ghosh and his colleagues to 5different US cities spread across the country for 21days from September 19, 2015 toOctober 20, 2015.Thegroupwas ledduring the tourbya liaisonofficeappointedbytheUSstatedepartmentwithwhomthegroup visited various researchers in Washington DC,RhinoNevada,LosAngelesinCalifornia,AustininTexasandfinally toNewYorkCity. TheVisitwasorganisedby the State department of USAwith help from theGraduateschool,USAwhichdidthecoordinationofthevisitsacrossdifferentcitiesandoveralladministrativerequirementsforthevisit.
5.5. “SAARC Perspective Workshop on the Past, Present and Future of High Voltage DC (HVDC) Power Transmission” at Lahore, Pakistan
SARI/EI delegation comprising Mr. V.K. Kharbanda,Project Director, SARI/EI, IRADe and Mr. Rajiv RatnaPanda, Senior Project Manager, SARI/EI, IRADe,participatedasResourcePerson in theSAARCEnergyCentre’sworkshoptitled“SAARCPerspectiveWorkshopon the Past, Present and Future of High Voltage DC(HVDC) Power Transmission” held on 30th September-01stOctober,2015atLahore,Pakistan.Theworkshop
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wasinauguratedbyCh.AbidSherAli,Hon’bleMinisterof State for Water and Power, Pakistan. The eventwas attended by around 70 participants from SouthAsian region. SARI/EI delegation made three paperpresentationsonfollowingtopics:
� South Asian Power Sector: Investment Prospects,ChallengesandIssues
� Harmonization of Grid Codes, Standards andOperating Procedures for Transmission SystemInterconnections (both HVDC and HVAC) forfacilitating/promotingCBETinSouthAsiaRegion.
� SARI/EI: Key Activities undertaken and the WayForward.
5.6. Climate and Disaster Resilient Smart Cities
IRADe and ACCCRN in partnership with Technology,Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council(TIFAC),DST,GoIorganized IDRiMTIFAC-2015sessionon the theme “Climate and Disaster Resilient SmartCities” under the 6th Conference of the InternationalSociety for Integrated Disaster Risk Management(IDRiM-TIFAC 2015) on “Disaster Risk Reduction:ChallengesandOpportunitiesforSustainableGrowth”on28thOctober,2015.
FromL-R,Mr.AjitKaliyath,Ms.AshaKaushik,Mr.RohitMagotraandDr.TomokoOkayama
IDRIMsessiononClimateandDisasterResilientSmartCities
ThesessionaimedtobringtogetherexpertsworkinginareasofUrbanResilience,ClimateChangeandDisasterManagement for highlighting the issues related tomainstreaming climate change concerns into urban development planning framework for planning smartcitiesinIndia.
5.7. International Study to Nord Pool Power Market (Norway and Denmark), 12th – 16th October 2015
IRADeconductedaninternationalstudytourundertheSARI/EI project to theNordPool PowerMarket from12thOctober2015to16thOctober2015.Thedelegationthat included government officials and other keyenergysectorentitieswerefromBangladesh,Bhutan,Nepal, and Sri Lanka as well as from India, besidesSARI/EI-IRADe and USAID officials. The objective ofthis study tour was to give an insight to the members of the establishment, evolution, and growth etc. ofthe Regional power market so that the memberscan suitably apply the learnings to the growing Cross-BorderMarketintheSouthAsianRegion.IntheNord Pool about 85% of all energy produced in theNordicregionistradedattheNordicexchange.
SARI/EIdelegatesatNordPoolSpot, Norway
The delegation visited the Nord Pool Spotmarket inOslo, Norway and the Transmission SystemOperator(TSO) of Denmark, Energinet at Frederecia. Speakersfrom NASDAQ and Statekraft also addressed thedelegates.
5.8. COP 21 DIALOGUE - Cities Resilience to Climate Change
Theseminaron“CitiesResiliencetoClimateChange”was organized by the French Embassy in India incollaborationwithIntegratedResearchandActionforDevelopment(IRADe)andAsianCitiesClimateChangeResilienceNetwork(ACCCRN)onOctober30th,2015.
Event engaged with prominent experts including Ms. Thara, Municipal Commissioner of Ahmedabad
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and Dr. Sudhir Krishna, Former Secretary, MoUD toshare and direct discussions in the context of India’sexpectationalignedtotheParistext.Thesediscussionswere largely attributed to sustainable planning forclimate resilient infrastructure. IRADe presentedextensiveworkithascarriedoutonclimateresiliencein20cities.
Dr.JyotiK.Parikh,ExecutiveDirector,IRADeconcludedbysayingthat“Ifwearetomeetfuturechallengeswitheffectivesolutionsandsufficientlevelofpreparedness,we must begin today to devise mitigation andadaptationstrategiesforthecitieswhichwillleadwayto development of climate resilient and low carboncities’’.
FromL-RMr.MaheshBabu,Prof.JaganShah, Dr.SudhirKrishna,Ms.DThara,Mr.Rohit
MagotraandMr.FrançoisRichier
COP21Dialogue:CitiesResilienceto ClimateChange
5.9. National Stakeholder Consultation on New Energy Policy (NEP): Environment and Climate Change Perspectives
IRADe host a workshops/stakeholder consultation inpartnership with NITI Aayog, Government of Indiaon “Environment and Climate Change” themes toprovide inputs to the National Energy Policy (NEP).onNovember 6, 2015which served as a platform togather and discuss their policy positions on varioussectors including thatof EnergyandClimateChange,Transport and Air-Pollution and CAMPA. FollowingIndia’s INDC submission to theUNFCCC for the ParisClimate Agreement 2015, this platform served as adiscussion forum to plan further actions to achieveIndia’sestablishedINDCtargetsfor2030.
NationalEnergyPolicyWorkshop
Themainobjectiveoftheworkshopwastounderstandthe perspectives of various stakeholders for the NEPfromtheenvironmentandclimatechangeperspectives.Theworkshop provided an opportunity for a diversegroup of stakeholders to come together and discussinputs to the NEP which are futuristic, address theinstitutionalmechanism to implement thepolicyandalsocoverissuesofenergyaccess,securityandaffordability in the country. The findings of the workshophavewide-rangingimplicationsforpolicy.
5.10. The 4th Meeting of Project Steering Committee, 9th December 2015, Mumbai, IndiaThe 4thProjectSteeringCommitteeMeetingwasheldon 9th December 2015 at Mumbai, India. MembersoftheProjectSteeringCommittee(PSC)fromvariousSouthAsiancountriesalongwithrepresentativesfromIRADe,USAIDattended themeeting. ThePSCmet toreview the activities of SARI/EI in the year 2014-15besidesthekeyachievementsandlessonslearnt.ThePSCdiscussedandfinalizedtheAnnualWorkPlanfor2015-2016. SARI/EI reports on Regional RegulatoryGuidelines and Regional Regulatory InstitutionalMechanismwerepresentedbeforethePSC.
The 4thmeetingofSARI/EIProjectSteeringCommittee
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AdetailedpresentationontheupdatesandkeyfindingsofSARI/EIDemandDrivenandAnalyticalStudieswereheld to seek the PSC’s inputs. SARI/EI presented itsconsensusbuildingagendaandtooktheCommittee’sinputs for SARI/EI outreach strategy. PSC Membersincluding Mr. Dasho Yeshi Wangdi (Sec, MOEA,Bhutan),Dr.SanjaySarma(PSCChairandJt.Sec,MOE,Nepal), Mr. Major Singh (Member (Planning), CERCIndia),Mr.VaqarZakaria(MD,HagerBailey,Pakistan),Dr. P.N. Fernando (Consultant, Sri Lanka)participatedin the meeting. Mr. Colin Dreizin (Director, USAID),Ms. Monali Zeya Hazra (Regional Energy Manager,USAID), Ms. Vandana Vats (Acquisition Specialist,USAID),Dr.JyotiParikh(ExecDirector,IRADe),Mr.V.K.Kharbanda(Proj.Director,SARI/EI-IRADe),Dr.PradeepDadhich (Dep. Director, IRADe), Mr. S.K. Ray (TechSpecialist, SARI/EI-IRADe), Ms. Reshmi Vasudevan(Project Coordinator, SARI/EI-IRADe),Mr. Rajiv RatnaPanda (Head Tech, SARI/EI-IRADe), Mr. Probal Gosh(HeadModelling,SARI/EI-IRADe)andMr.Gaurav Jain (Sr.ResearchAssociate,SARI/EI-IRADe)participatedinthePSCmeeting.
5.11. Sustainable Integrated Energy Strategies for Gujarat - Meeting with the Minister of Energy and other Stakeholders
FromL-R,Sh.GovindbhaiPatel,ShriSaurabhbhaiPatel,andSh.G.R.Aloria
Stakeholdersmeetingtopresentanddiscussprojectreport
A stakeholder meeting was organised by IRADeat Swarnim Sankul, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar onDecember 21, 2016 in the auspicious presence ofthe Hon’ble Minister for Energy, Sh. Saurabhbhai
Patel, Minister of State, Sh. Govindbhai Patel and Sh.G.R.Aloria,IAS,ChiefSecretary,Gujarat.IRADegavea detailed presentation on the energy plan preparedby it. Deliberationswere held post presentation andsuggestions were taken into consideration. FurthertheMinisterthankedIRADefortheiruntiringeffortstopreparetheplanandrequestedallthestakeholderstofollowandimplementtheplanandthepoliciesinlinewithGujaratGovernment.
5.12. Workshop on Sustainable Development of Power Sector and Enhancement of Electricity Trade in the South Asian Region and the Way Forward: Policy, Regulatory Issues/Challenges
IRADe in association with the South Asia Forumof infrastructure Regulation (SAFIR) successfullyorganised aWorkshop on “Sustainable DevelopmentofPowerSectorandEnhancementofElectricityTradein the South Asian Region: Policy, Regulatory Issues/Challengesandthewayforward”(underUSAID’sSARI/EIProgram),15thJanuary,2016inNewDelhi,India.
ShriPradeepK.Pudari,Secretary,MinistryofPoweraddressestheWorkshop
Theworkshopdiscussedanddeliberatedoninter alia,key policy and regulatory frameworks, challengesand need for coordinated policies/regulation forsustainabledevelopmentofregionalenergyresourcesandenhancementofCBETtheSouthAsianregionandlessonslearntfrominternationalexperiencesinpowermarket development and Cross-Border ElectricityTrade.TheworkshopwasattendedbyregulatorsfromallsouthAsiancountriesandthestatesofIndia,besidespolicyanddecisionmakers,regulators,powerutilities,privatesector,MDBs,donoragencies,amongothers.
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5.13. Gujarat Energy Strategies: Energy Report Release by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat Smt. Anandiben Patel
FromL-RDr.JyotiParikh,Smt.AnandibenPatelandDr.KiritParikh
The final report on “Sustainable Integrated EnergyStrategies for Gujarat” was released by Hon’bleChief Minister of Gujarat, Smt. Anandiben Patel on 19thJanuary2016atGandhiNagar,GujaratalongwithDr. Jyoti Parikh and Dr. Kirit Parikh. The report wasdiscussedwiththeChiefMinisteralongwithPrincipalSecretaries of energy, climate change and CM’ssecretariats.
5.14. Stakeholders Consultation Workshop: Review of Status of Marine National Park, Jamnagar and Evolving Vision Statement for Management of MNP, Jamnagar, Gujarat
A stakeholder’s consultation workshop on “Reviewof status of Marine National Park, Jamnagar andEvolving vision statement forManagement ofMNP”,was organized by IRADe on March 08th, 2016 atJamnagar, Gujarat. The workshop was supported byGIZ (Gesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit),Germany and coordinated by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC),Government of India (GoI).
The workshop, through the process of dialogue andknowledge sharing, is aimed at identifying the mostsuitable practices for the conservation of MarineNationalParkinharmonywithsustainabledevelopmentofcommunity’sdependenton it. Itwillalsohighlightthe interventionsneeded fromdifferent stakeholderstoensurethatthesepracticesareactuallystreamlined
intogroundrealities.ThepurposeoftheworkshopistosharethefindingsofthereviewanddiscusswithallthestakeholdersthestepsneededfortheconservationofMarineNationalPark.
FromL-RMr.BharatPathak,Dr.MichealVakily,Dr.H.S.Singh,Mr.ShyamalTikadarand
Mr. Rohit Magotra
MarineNationalParkStakeholdersConsultationWorkshop,Jamnagar,Gujarat
Ultimately, it was recognized that industrialactivity do harm the environment however,industrial representatives were eager to supportthe conservation efforts towards sustaining the marinediversity. Itwasalsorecognizedthatpropermanagement of Marine National Park require aseascape/landscapeapproachwhichwillincorporatethe study of impact of different activities in theentireGulfonMNP.
5.15. Stakeholder Consultations for “Macroeconomic and Analytic Study Focusing on Benefits from Nepal-India Electricity Trade”
A Stakeholder’s consultation was undertaken on19-20 January 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal withNEA, WECS, Ministry of Energy, Nepal PlanningCommission, Nepal Rashtriya Bank, IBN, IIDS, ADB,WorldBankrepresentativesetc.for“Macroeconomic and analytic study focusing on benefits from Nepal-India electricity trade” under the South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Integration (SARI/EI).Presentationsonthemweremadetothevariousstakeholders.
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Theworkshopprimarily focusedonconsultationwiththestakeholderstoundertake:
� Consultation on Key Inputs to Nepal TIMES Model and Macro Economic Model:InitialresultsofNepalAnswer-TIMES and on multipliers showing theeconomicimpactofinjectionofoneunitofelectricityinNepalpowersystemusing the2007SAMmatrixwere discussed.
� Consultation on Results from Preliminary Work: Preliminaryresultssuchasenergygeneration,tradeand shortages were shared with the participants.Supplycurvethathighlightsthepotentialofvarioustechnologies at various export prices were alsodiscussedduringtheworkshop.
StakeholderConsultationsworkshopinKathmandu,Nepal
� Inputs of Experts on Energy Scenarios: Forbuildingvarious scenarios for Nepal Model, expert adviceweretakenthroughthestakeholderconsultation.
Workshop concluded with stakeholder’s suggestionsonNepal TIMESModel andNepal’sMacro EconomicModel.TheyfurthersuggestedtheintegrationofNepalTIMES Model with India TIMES model.
5.16. SARI/EI Delegation to the 2nd Meeting of SAARC Energy Regulators, 8th February 2016, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The SAARC Secretariat, Nepal, invited SARI/EI in theSecondMeetingof SAARCEnergyRegulatorsheldon08th-09th February 2016 at Colombo, Sri Lanka. KeyFindings of the SARI/EI Study on a) Harmonizationof Grid Codes, Operating Procedures, Standards forpromoting Cross-Border Electricity Trade (CBET) inSouth Asia Region and b) Regional Regulatory Guidelines (RRGs)werepresentedduringthemeeting.TheSAARCEnergy regulators and members acknowledged andappreciatedtheworkbeingcarriedoutbySARI/EI.
AdelegationcomprisingofMr.V.K.Kharbanda,ProjectDirector, SARI/EI-IRADe and Mr. Rajiv Ratna Panda,Head-Technical, SARI/EI-IRADe participated in theworkshop.
SARI/EIDelegationpresentedatthesecondmeetingofEnergyRegulators,8thFeb2016
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Dr. Jyoti Parikh � Chaired the session “Recent Initiatives on Climate Finance set up and what move needs to be done”at the workshop on “Climate Change Finance inIndia”,organizedbyDepartmentofEconomicAffairsoftheMinistryofFinanceandGIZ,23rdApril,2015, NewDelhi.
� Speaker at the 16th Annual India Tech Triple Expo2015.Topic“Disaster and Climate Resilient Planning for Smart Cities”,OrganizedbyIndiaTechFoundation,30thApril,2015,Mumbai.
� SpeakeratBrainstormingsessiononClimateChange.Organized by National Academy of Sciences, India(NASI),19thMay,2015,Jammu.
� Speaker at the Seminar on the theme “Could Technology partnerships catalyse climate negotiations?” Organized by French Embassy inpreparation for COP 21meeting at Paris, 21stMay,2015,NewDelhi.
� Speaker at Think-20 Turkey Workshop. OrganizedbyTEPAVG20Studies,12thJune,2015,inIzmirandBodrum,Turkey.
� AttendedthelaunchCeremonyofFlagshipprogramon Smart cities by the PrimeMinister ShriNarendraModi.OrganizedbyMoUD,25thJune,2015,NewDelhi.
� Speakerat2ndPowerSoutheastAsiaConferenceandExhibition,14thSeptember,2015,Yangon,Myanmar.
� Panelist at Workshop on Growing Coal, GrowingRenewables, Discom Realities and carbonimplications. Organized by Brookings India, Sept,2015,NewDelhi.
� Attended Research Council Meeting of NEERIOrganizedbyNEERI,5thOctober,2015,Nagpur.
� Participated in Summit on Global Agenda 2015.InvitationfromWorldEconomicForum,26thOctober,2015,AbuDhabi,UAE.
� Chaired the session on Climate Change Impacts onotherSectors.MoEFCC,29thOctober,2015,NewDelhi.
� Speaker at Smart City Expo World Congress, 17thNovember,2015,Barcelona,Spain.
� Lead Speaker at session III, EU-India Cooperation.Invitation from Delhi Policy Group, 22nd January,2016,NewDelhi.
Professional Activities
� Participatedintheeventon“EmpoweringWomen&Girls”.OrganizedbyBill&MelindaGatesFoundation,11thMarch,2016,NewDelhi.
Mr. Sharad Verma � ParticipatedinSustainabilityPartnershipsroundtableat SPA,NewDelhi, organised by IIT-D, andArizonaStateUniversity,USAon16thOctober,2015.
� Attended the India-UK Technology Summit,Knowledge Expo at Le Meridien, New Delhi,organisedbyRCUK,UKGovt.on9thDecember,2015.
Dr. Probal Ghosh � Participated in the India Modelling workshop attheNITI Aayog under US-India energy dialogue on June2,2015.
� Visited Nepal to meet government ministryrepresentativeandtoestablishcontactsfordataonAnalyticalstudiesforIndiaNepalEnergyTradefrom31stAugustto5thSeptember.
� Participated in Stakeholder conference for IndiaNepal Analytical studies, 19-20th January, 2016 atHotelRadisson,Kathmandu.
� ParticipatedinaWorkshopon“RegionalPowerTradewithspecialfocusonNepal-India”on28thApril,2016atHotelRadisson,Kathmandu.
Mr. Rajiv Ratna Panda � Presentation on “Harmonization of grid codes,operating procedures and standards to facilitateandpromoteCBET in thesouthAsiaregion“in theSAARC PerspectiveWorkshop on the Past, Presentand Future of High Voltage DC (HVDC) PowerTransmissionheldon30thSeptember-01stOctober,2015atLahore,PakistanorganizedbySAARCEnergyCenter.
Dr. Ashutosh Sharma � Participated in CEEW-IISD National Dialogue onSubsidies for Energy Access on 4th May 2016 atImperialHotelNewDelhi.
Mr. Chandrashekhar Singh � ParticipatedinIndiaCleancookingforumconferenceon6thOctober2015atSangri-LaHotelNewDelhi.
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IRADe’s outreach and partners
IRADe networks with the government, ministries/departments, international organizations, public and privatesectors,academicexperts,NGOs,andconsultantstoworkonprojectsawardedbythem.IRADeprovidesdecisionsupporttoelevenministries includeMinistryofEnvironmentandForestsandClimateChange,MinistryofNewandRenewableEnergy,NitiAayog(formerlyPlanningCommission),MinistryofPower,MinistryofExternalAffairs,Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry of Urban Development, Department of Science and Technology, CentralStatistical Organization under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Technology Information,ForecastingandAssessmentCouncil(TIFAC),etc.formanynationallevelprojects.
Attheinternationallevel,IRADehasworkedwithbilateralandmultilateralorganizationliketheWorldBank,AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); United Nations DevelopmentProgramme(UNDP);CaliforniaandUnitedStatesEnvironmentalProtectionAgency(USEPA),WuppertalInstituteforClimate,EnvironmentandEnergy,(WISION)Germany;DeutscheGesellschaftfürInternationaleZusammenarbeit(GIZ), Germany; Rockefeller Foundation; British High Commission; International Institute for Applied SystemsAnalysis (IIASA),Austria;BritishHighCommission (BHC), Centre forCleanAir Policy (CCAP),USA; InternationalInstitute for Sustainable Development (IISD), South South North Trust (SSNT) etc. IRADe has partnered withacademic,privatesectors,multinationalorganizations, thinktanksandNGOs.These includeShaktiFoundation,IndianCouncilofSocialScienceResearch(ICSSR),SEWA,PetroleumFederationofIndia,PricewaterhouseCoopers,ICFInternational,RockefellerFoundation,InstituteforSocialandEnvironmentalTransition(ISET),CenterforCleanAirPolicy(CCAP),IndianCouncilforResearchonInternationalEconomicRelations(ICRIER),InsPIRENetworkforEnvironment,StanfordUniversityandSirDorabjiTataTrust(SDTT)amongothers.
IRADehasalsodevelopedstrategicpartnershipsandispartofglobalnetworksliketheUSAID’sLowEmissionsAsianDevelopment (LEAD)program -ASIA-LEDS,ENERGIA-InternationalNetwork forGenderandSustainableEnergy,Netherlands;GlobalCleanCookStovesForum,UNFoundation;AsianCitiesClimateChangeResilienceNetwork(ACCCRN),GlobalTechnologyWatchGroup(GTWG-DST),ClimateActionNetworkSouthAsia(CANSA).
IRADehascarriedoutsomepioneeringworkinthefieldofstatelevelenergyplanning,citylevelclimateresilienceplanning,otherclimatechangestudiesandlivelihoodstudiesinagriculturallyvulnerablefloodproneareas.
Governing Council 2015
Prof. Kirit S. Parikh, ScD Chairman, Former Member Planning Commission
Mr. Suresh Prabhu Minister of Railways, GoI
Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, PhD Former Director General, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research
Ms. Renana Jhabvala President, SEWA Bharat
Ms. Meera Shankar Former Ambassador, GoI
Prof. Deepak Nayyar, D. Phil Economist, Former Vice Chancellor Delhi University
Prof. Jyoti K. Parikh, PhD Member Secretary, Executive Director, IRADe
Mr. Hemant Sahai Advocate, Treasurer
Founding Members 2002
Prof. Kirit S. Parikh, ScD Chairman, Former Member Planning Commission
Dr. Manmohan Singh Former Prime Minister, India
Ms. Ela BhattFounder, SEWA
Mr. Adi Godrej Industrialist
Mr. Keshub Mahindra Industrilaist
Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, PhD Former Director General, CSIR
Mr. Shirish Patel Consulting Civil Engineer, Treasurer
Dr. Jyoti K. Parikh, PhD Member Secretary, Executive Director, IRADe
Mr. Nitin Desai Former Under Secretary General, United Nations
Prof. Amartya Sen Professor, Harvard University
Prof. Joseph Stiglitz Professor, Columbia University
Lord Nicholas Stern Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
Prof. Gustav SpethFormer Professor, Yale University
International Advisory Board
S.No. Title Funding Agency Status
1.Modelling Studies on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) and Emission Intensity of Indian Economy
Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), GoI
Completed
2.
Review of status of Marine National Park (MNP), Jamnagar and evolving vision statement for management of MNP
GIZ and the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Completed
3.Environmentally Sustainable and Integrated Energy Strategies for Gujarat
Gujarat Energy and Petrochemicals De�artment and Gu�arat Power Cor�oration Limited (GPCL)
Completed
4.Clean Cooking fuel: Issues and Challenges
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Completed
5.South Asian Regional Initiative For Energy Integration �SARI�EI�
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ongoing
6.Global Technology Watch Group (GTWG) on Advanced Coal Technologies (ACT) for Power Generation
Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
Ongoing
7.Energy Sector Reforms and impact on Gender
ENERGIA Ongoing
8.
Policy engagement work in India to educate decision ma�ers at national�state�city level to urban climate change resilience and integrate the concepts into wider planning discourse
Roc�efeller Foundation under ACCCRN Pro�ect Ongoing
9. Udaipur Solar City Master Plan Udai�ur Munici�al Cor�oration, Government of Rajasthan, MNRE funded scheme
Ongoing
List of Projects
ANNUALREPORT
2015-16
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