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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.02.032 |
What explains India's embrace of solar? State-led energy transition in a developmental polity | |
Shidore, Sarang; Busby, Joshua W. | |
2019-06-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY
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ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 129页码:1179-1189 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | In late 2014, India announced plans to increase the deployment of solar technology from 20 GW to 100 GW by 2022 and followed this up by putting in place a set of robust policies to achieve this target. What explains India's strong push to adopt solar electricity? Conventional wisdom mostly credits techno-economic factors, such as falling module prices and competitive bidding to explain this embrace. Though these factors undoubtedly aided the scale-up, solar power was substantially more expensive than domestic coal in the 2014-17 period under study. We conducted 23 elite interviews with former and current Indian government officials, think-tank researchers, consultants, private sector executives, Indian media, and two U.S. officials. We evaluated nine possible drivers behind the Indian government's policy push on solar going beyond the techno-economic emphasis on declining panel prices. Based on the interviews and a review of other observable implications of the various drivers, four chiefly political drivers clearly stood out: domestic politics, global pressure and partnerships, attracting investment and energy sovereignty. Prime Minister Modi embraced solar to bolster his domestic image as a modernizing reformer and to boost India's reputation internationally. Solar also aimed to leverage investment and dampen India's dependence on energy imports. |
英文关键词 | India Solar energy Energy transitions |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000468012900108 |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/183599 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | Univ Texas Austin, LBJ Sch Publ Affairs, Austin, TX 78712 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Shidore, Sarang,Busby, Joshua W.. What explains India's embrace of solar? State-led energy transition in a developmental polity[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2019,129:1179-1189. |
APA | Shidore, Sarang,&Busby, Joshua W..(2019).What explains India's embrace of solar? State-led energy transition in a developmental polity.ENERGY POLICY,129,1179-1189. |
MLA | Shidore, Sarang,et al."What explains India's embrace of solar? State-led energy transition in a developmental polity".ENERGY POLICY 129(2019):1179-1189. |
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