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Rahul Tongia

Rahul Tongia

Articles by Rahul Tongia

India’s renewables target falls short of demand

Renewable energy

Updated on May 14, 2025 12:41 IST

Why India’s renewable energy targets are insufficient

Even under optimistic scenarios where all planned RE projects complete on time — a significant assumption given historical delays — our study reveals that by 2030, renewable growth is likely to fall short by almost 12% in terms of meeting incremental total annual energy (Praful Gangurde)

Updated on Apr 23, 2025 14:42 IST

India needs its own Green New Deal

The government’s role in an Indian Green New Deal will need to span the spectrum of enabler, goal setter, implementer, and enforcer (REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 23, 2024 15:01 IST

Benchmarking green hydrogen in India’s energy transition

Green Energy

Updated on Oct 14, 2024 03:31 IST

Green electricity tariffs: Pricing and other challenges

Green energy

Updated on Oct 13, 2024 03:31 IST

Lessons from the legacy of a scientific stalwart

VS Arunachalam was a lifelong scholar, including in the social sciences.

Updated on Aug 19, 2023 16:52 IST

Power sector needs a regulatory overhaul

Discoms are the last link in the power supply chain, but bear the most risk. The present system parks a chain of inefficiencies with them

Updated on Jun 18, 2023 19:39 IST

Discom losses need urgent systemic fixes

Discoms are regulated entities in India, with almost all consumer prices set by independent state electricity regulatory commissions, in theory, they should not be loss-making, unless they fail to perform

Updated on Jun 12, 2023 04:23 IST

For energy, it’s not RE vs coal - adopt a portfolio approach

India must rethink planning and grid operations, covering issues of pricing, risk and incentives. We need to signal for more than a simplified measure of ‘cheapest power’ (Bloomberg)

Updated on Aug 29, 2022 14:28 IST

Give coal the attention and effort that it needs

We need to change how we manage scarcity. Today, we plan coal around not just location but plant ownership type. Instead, we need to plan for coal use efficiency and system performance that includes security and resiliency.

Updated on May 3, 2022 14:23 IST

The inside story of India’s coal and power crises

It’s false to blame “unprecedented power demand”, 15-20% higher than the previous year, since last year was an outlier. This year’s coal power output during August was 10% lower than in April. (Sakib Al/HTPhoto)

Updated on Oct 20, 2021 08:08 IST

In the climate battle, focus on the high-emitters

India is below half the world average in carbon emissions. (File photo)

Updated on Apr 21, 2021 12:19 IST

Enhancing competition in India’s power sector

The only way to technologically differentiate users is via smart meters, but these are not easy to deploy (Pardeep Pandit/HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 16, 2021 14:46 IST

Can smart meters solve India’s electricity problem? | Opinion

Smart meters could help improve detection of theft (a necessary but not sufficient condition for viable discoms), but they can’t accurately pinpoint all forms of theft alone

Updated on Mar 10, 2020 16:49 IST

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