Reports and Documents

This roadmap released by the India Ministry of Power outlines how the country intends to leverage emerging smart grid technologies to transform its power sector.

The new guidebook published by UNEP Risø Centre focuses on the meaning of "low carbon" in the context of long-term global climate stabilization target, low carbon scenarios with alternate development pathways to achieve these scenarios and the role of low carbon development in India.

This report investigates the sustainable energy opportunities and challenges in the region in relation to poverty reduction and development.

This joint IEA and UNDP report shares best practices and lessons learned among IEA member countries and non-IEA countries in improving energy efficiency in the building sector.

The Government of Tamil Nadu has launched the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy 2012 to promote harnessing of this renewable source to the maximum extent in order to ease the power situation in the State. It has been envisioned to add about 3000MW by the year 2015 under the Policy.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has approved this wind energy policy to expedite development of wind power generations in the state. Read text of this policy.

This World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013 (WNISR) provides a global overview of the history, the current status and the trends of nuclear power programs worldwide. It shows that China, Germany and Japan, and India, now generate more power from renewables than from nuclear power.

The Central Commission, as a consequence of its roles for market development under section 66 of the Electricity Act, 2003 has created a market framework renewable energy certificates and notified the CERC (Terms and Conditions for recognition and issuance of Renewable Energy Certificate for Renewable Energy Generation) Regulations, 2010 (herein

Wind power can exert substantial impacts on the ecology and needs strict regulations to manage its environmental impact says this report released by Centre for Science & Environment.

The objective of this report is to evaluate Karnataka’s current and future power position till the year 2021-22. This report will provide a diagnostic analysis of the issues in State’s power sector and discuss options to address them.