Integrated energy-environment-policy analysis - a case study of India

In this paper we look at various factors that influence the energy demand in India and develop the energy and environmental outlook in the year 2010 AD. This is done by developing an integrated mathematical model incorporating various factors such as GDP, population growth, urbanization, energy intensity, structural shifts, energy efficiency measures, fuel switching, appropriate energy pricing mechanism and environmental policies. Using this framework a Sustainable Energy Planning (SEP) scenario is developed. A comparison is made with the Baseline scenario which shows that the implementation of various policy measures reduces the energy consumption levels and significantly improves the environment both at local as well as global levels. In this alternative scenario, the energy related CO2 emissions in 2010 are projected to decrease by about 13% (relative to Baseline scenario). (author)