Discussion: India’s Curious Electric Vehicles Push

History has a particular way of treating naysayers. They were the experts of that era that did “not see it coming”; they were the intellectuals who were humbled by the doers. A bit of schadenfreude, after all, makes for interesting reading.

Blockchain Energy

There are two ways you can get the electricity you need for your homes: purchase it from your local energy utility — or generate some of your own.

The latter is being made increasingly possible with the expansion of household rooftop solar owing to falling solar panel…

The Energy Map of India

Do you know where your energy comes from? With the help of a colleague, I created an Energy Map of India, which purports to have the geographic data of all major energy infrastructure in the country.

It is Time to Redefine Grid Parity and LCOE to Include Storage Costs

The Levelized Cost of Energy (LOCE) measures the cost of producing a unit of energy, such that all costs — from capital costs to running and maintenance costs — through the lifetime of the energy project, are…

Japan: Between Fossil Fuels and Nuclear

There’s a concept in energy policy making called the ‘Energy Trilemma’. It discuses the dilemma of having to choose between the three dimensions of security (secure physical supplies), equity (accessibility and affordability of energy), and environmental…