Estimating heatwave-induced excess mortality in India’s districts
India is among the world’s most heat-exposed nations, with hundreds of millions of people facing dangerous temperatures each summer and a mortality burden that remains poorly understood at the district level.
Beating the Heat: How Air Conditioner Efficiency Standards Help India Avert Power Shortages and Cut Consumer Bills
India’s power grid is buckling under the summer heat. Air conditioners (ACs) are fast becoming the single largest driver of peak electricity demand – contributing as much as 60-70 GW or 25%. ACs are power guzzlers, each consuming 100-150 times the electricity of an LED bulb.
OPINION – Beat the heat, don’t break the grid
India’s power grid is buckling under the summer heat. Air conditioners (ACs) are fast becoming the single largest driver of peak electricity demand — contributing as much as 70 GW, or 25%. ACs are power guzzlers, each consuming 100-150 times the electricity of an LED bulb.
Economic Case for Green Steel Production in India
India is the world’s second-largest producer of crude steel, with output of 149 million tonnes in 2024, approximately 8% of global production.
India’s Green Steel Turning Point
India’s steel sector remains heavily dependent on imported coking coal. India’s next phase
of steel expansion would lock the country into more than US$1 trillion in coking coal
imports over the life of these assets, with material implications for energy security, foreign-exchange exposure, and export competitiveness.
The Economic Case for Green Steel Production in India
India’s steel sector remains heavily dependent on imported coking coal. Planned expansion of blast-furnace capacity to approximately 180–195 MTPA by 2030–31 would lock in over $1 trillion in coal imports over a 40-year asset life, deepening India’s energy import dependence, foreign-exchange exposure, and vulnerability to carbon border measures in export markets.
OPINION: Record-low green hydrogen prices offer a way out
India’s steel expansion risks locking in coking coal imports and losing competitiveness under carbon rules. Record low green hydrogen costs enable green steel at the same cost as coal-based steel, avoiding both risks.
Electrifying Industrial Heat in India | Technologies and Policies to Transform Indian Manufacturing
India’s industrial sector is an economic powerhouse, providing 19.5 million jobs and 17 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The sector is rapidly becoming the backbone of the modern Indian economy, manufacturing everything from the steel and cement that propel industrialization to the cars and electronics that can lift millions out of poverty.
OPINION: India’s gas crunch and air pollution demand an electric heat strategy
India’s latest gas shortages, triggered by the current Middle East conflict, highlight how vulnerable its industrial energy system remains.
Clean Energy as Economic Statecraft: Ten Strategies for Powering Viksit Bharat 2047
India has crossed a structural threshold: clean energy is no longer a climate choice; it is now economic statecraft. Handled strategically, it can halve economy-wide energy costs and halve fossil-fuel imports by mid-century, converting over US$200 billion per year currently spent on fuel imports into domestic capital formation and infrastructure investment. This would deliver a decisive boost to industrial competitiveness, energy security, and trade stability. Managed poorly, however, it risks remaining a fragmented sectoral transition, leaving India exposed to import volatility, fuel-price shocks, and stranded capital.