Eradicating Energy Poverty: Overcoming 'Barriers' to Decentralized Energy Systems in India

By Manashvi Kumar Singh

Book Overview

Decentralized energy systems paradigm calls for - a) evidence-based policy for local resource assessment, and b) context-specific energy needs assessment for- overcoming 'barriers' to decentralized energy systems in India. The pristine bedrock of the book comprises theoretical underpinnings of empiricism, behaviourism and realism. These concepts find their extension through inter-disciplinarity, and the mixed methods approach adopted for understanding spaces and cultures of energy consumption. Demand side management in energy sector entails-migration from a target-based (TB) approach towards an evidence-based (EB) approach for designing context-based policies in respect of energy demand, and an associated policy shift from a techno-economic regime towards a socio-technical regime embedded in 'appropriate' contexts. "Prosumerism holds the key to democratization of energy systems in India."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811674175
• ISBN13: 9789811674174
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 423 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"