India’s potential for integrating solar and on- and offshore wind power into its energy system

Tianguang Lu; Peter Sherman; Xinyu Chen; Shi Chen; Xi Lu; Michael McElroy

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18318-7

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

India’s potential for integrating solar and on- and offshore wind power into its energy system

Tianguang Lu,
Peter Sherman,
Xinyu Chen,
Shi Chen,
Xi Lu,
Michael McElroy

Affiliations

Tianguang Lu: School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University
Peter Sherman: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
Xinyu Chen: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Shi Chen: School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Tsinghua University
Xi Lu: School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Tsinghua University
Michael McElroy: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18318-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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India currently relies heavily on fossil-based sources for its power needs. Here the authors show that renewable energy in India could be cheaper than fossil-based alternatives and could reduce CO2 emissions by 85% by 2040.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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