Universalization of access to modern energy services in Indian households-Economic and policy analysis

Reddy, Sudhakara B and Balachandra, P and Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle (2009) Universalization of access to modern energy services in Indian households-Economic and policy analysis. In: Energy policy, 37 (11). pp. 4645-4657.

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Abstract

Provision of modern energy services for cooking (with gaseous fuels)and lighting (with electricity) is an essential component of any policy aiming to address health, education or welfare issues; yet it gets little attention from policy-makers. Secure, adequate, low-cost energy of quality and convenience is core to the delivery of these services. The present study analyses the energy consumption pattern of Indian domestic sector and examines the urban-rural divide and income energy linkage. A comprehensive analysis is done to estimate the cost for providing modern energy services to everyone by 2030. A public-private partnership-driven business model, with entrepreneurship at the core, is developed with institutional, financing and pricing mechanisms for diffusion of energy services. This approach, termed as EMPOWERS (entrepreneurship model for provision of wholesome energy-related basic services), if adopted, can facilitate large-scale dissemination of energy-efficient and renewable technologies like small-scale biogas/biofuel plants, and distributed power generation technologies to provide clean, safe, reliable and sustainable energy to rural households and urban poor. It is expected to integrate the processes of market transformation and entrepreneurship development involving government, NGOs, financial institutions and community groups as stakeholders. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Energy policy
Publisher:	Elsevier sci ltd
Additional Information:	copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier sci ltd.
Keywords:	Access; Entrepreneurship; Energy services
Department/Centre:	Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Management Studies
Date Deposited:	01 Jan 2010 09:11
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:53
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/25165

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