Author: Ritu Mathur & Manish Shrivastava, TERI, India

India’s future energy scenario poses increasing challenges on account of energy security as well as environmental considerations.

With an installed generating capacity of less than 150,000 MW and a per capita consumption of a mere 650 units of electricity per annum, India is plagued with huge electricity shortages, estimated at around 11 per cent in energy terms and almost 12 per cent in peak demand in 2008/09. Read more…