Achieving universal energy access in India : challenges and the way forward /
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| Author / Creator: | Maithani, P. C. |
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| Imprint: | Los Angeles : SAGE, 2015. |
| Description: | xxiii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10804380 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1. The Importance of Energy Access
- Backgrond
- Human Development and Energy Access
- 2. Global Status
- Global Scenario
- International Efforts for Energy Access
- 3. India Electricity Status
- Background
- Current Electricity Mix
- Future Projections
- Cost of Power
- Conclusion
- 4. Rural Electrification: Policy Landscape and Status of Access
- Policies(1974รป2005)
- Electricity Act 2003
- Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
- Electricity Access Programmes and RGGVY: An Assessment
- Issues in Rural Electrification
- 5. Renewable Energy Options for Electricity Access
- The Remote Village Electrification Programme
- Bank-financed Solar Lighting Programme
- Mini-grid Model
- Lanterns
- Franchisee Model
- Localised Grid-based Supplies
- Some Examples and Models
- Cost Competitiveness of Off-grid Renewable Energy Systems
- Technology
- 6. Challenges for Universal Electricity Access and Way Forward
- Background
- Sociological or Organisational Challenges
- Entrepreneurial Challenges
- Technical Challenges
- Regulatory Barriers
- Issues Related to Tariff, Costs and Subsidy Support
- Grid Interactivity
- Access to Capital
- Bilateral/Multilateral Agencies
- An Alternative Framework to Achieve Universal Electricity Access
- Actions Required
- 7. Access to Cooking Energy
- The Problem
- Health Impacts
- Other Effects
- IAP and Poverty
- Policy Implications
- Extent of Global Burden
- Status in India
- Resource Availability o Fuels
- National Efforts
- Programmes in India
- National Project on Biogas Development
- Focus on LPG
- Solar Cooking
- Lessons Learned
- New National Programme
- 8. Subsidies and Funding
- Cooking Energy: Inter-fuel Substitution in Rural Areas
- Difficulties of LPG
- Kerosene
- Funding and Subsidies
- Subsidy for Biogas
- Financing of Subsidy
- The Carbon Market
- International Funding
- Domestic Funding
- The Kerosene Conundrum
- 9. Energy Access and Rural Development
- Rural Energy Market
- Agricultural Pump Sets
- Impact
- 10. The Last Word
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors