An India-led research partnership is developing locally tailored energy models and training a new generation of experts to inform just energy transitions across the region.
In 2020, India’s renewable energy transition was accelerating, but the analytical capacity to track it, and to anticipate its outcomes and implications, was thin. Energy modelers were scarce. EDF responded by convening a partnership with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and Jadavpur University, providing funding and modeling expertise. This project has become a fundamental part of the RESET Network.
Rather than importing a model designed for other countries’ systems, the partnership built one for India, with leadership from Prof Balachandra Patil and Prof Joyashree Roy. The PhDs produced under the partnership are now working in think tanks and continuing to develop this model and other comparable tools, while helping to supervise scholars who will become India’s next generation of energy modelers. The network has grown to include teams in Bangladesh and Thailand, with further institutions expressing interest.
RESET would like to thank Parthaa Bosu, Oleg Lugovoy and Matthias Fripp for their roles in setting up the early modeling efforts.
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