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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112986
	Explaining expedited energy transition toward renewables by COVID-19 in India
	Xu Y.; Sharma T.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	165
英文摘要	Energy transition toward renewables, mainly wind and solar, has gained momentum in the past decade. Although the COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented, multi-faceted challenges and uncertainties, India witnessed an expedited energy transition in 2020. With our newly constructed Electric System Dispatch Model for India (ESDMI), this study aims to provide an explanation of the underlining mechanisms. The Janta Curfew (7am-9pm) in India was observed on March 22, 2020 followed by a 21-day complete lockdown starting March 25, 2020 to control the spread of the virus. Electricity demand in India dropped by nearly a quarter. We model the supply-side dynamics prior to and during the pandemic response as well as in a counterfactual scenario in the pandemic's absence. We find that the expedited energy transition could be explained by (i) the higher priority of a large renewables fleet to access electric grid either through stipulations and the merit order effect, and (ii) coal-fired electricity generation is less flexible than natural gas and hydropower units. A substantial amount of coal-fired power plants in India are still far from reaching their designed lifetimes. Their low resilience in such crises could exacerbate the problem of stranded assets. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	COVID-19; Electric system model; Energy transition; India; Merit order effect; Stranded assets
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Coal; Coal fired power plant; Viruses; COVID-19; Electric system model; Electric systems; Energy transitions; India; Merit order effect; Ordering effects; Renewables; Stranded asset; System models; Fossil fuel power plants; alternative energy; COVID-19; crisis management; electricity generation; solar power; wind; India
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256192
作者单位	Department of Geography and Resource Management & Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xu Y.,Sharma T.. Explaining expedited energy transition toward renewables by COVID-19 in India[J],2022,165.
APA	Xu Y.,&Sharma T..(2022).Explaining expedited energy transition toward renewables by COVID-19 in India.Energy Policy,165.
MLA	Xu Y.,et al."Explaining expedited energy transition toward renewables by COVID-19 in India".Energy Policy 165(2022).