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Bharath
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working on sustainability, equity, clean energy, poverty and inclusion . Law, Madras, India. Tweets are personal.
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Please join and on 7th February at 2PM IST for 'Integrating renewable energy in agricultural value chains: Experience from developing countries' session at regional knowledge forum. Please register for the session here - bit.ly/3X4whXg
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How can better monitoring and evaluation methods be created for collaborative frameworks to measure change at different levels (i.e. impact, outcome, output & input)?
A new guidebook by WRI and its partners helps answer this vital question:
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Glad to be coorganizing this Regional Forum with and others.
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We're excited to announce @IWMI_ & its partners are organizing Regional Knowledge Forum as part of its @SwissDevCoop-funded project #SoLAR to deliberate on Energizing Agriculture & Enabling Just Transitions in South Asia in @iitgn from 6-8 February. Read
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My colleagues ashim and review the progress on 2022 budget announcements ahead of #BudgetSession2023 on India's #EnergyTransition priorities.
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#MCProOpinion | Announcements in the last budget for the renewable energy sector like production linked incentives, sovereign green bonds & battery swapping had mixed outcomes but these offer key learnings for the future, writes Ashim Roy & @kunalshankar
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#TheElephantWhisperers is a fascinating short film about respect, love and bonds between humans and animals. Not surprised with the #Oscars2023 nod. Must watch.
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What a beaut!
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In Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, and Bhutan, there is a jumping spider of many colours
This is Chrysilla volupe
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Special shout out to my colleagues , Dimitrios Mentis, Akansha Saklani, Santiago Sinclair-Lecaros, Adugna Nemera, Benson Ineri, Uttara Narayan, and former colleagues , Davida Wood and Lily Odarno.
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Important new report by & where contributed chapters on Energizing Healthcare facilities. Using #SDG7 to achieve #SDG3!
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#MCPro | The Electricity Conservation Act, 2022 is an important decision in India’s efforts towards achieving near-term 2030 goals, as well as 2070 net-zero targets.
Read at👇
moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/e
#Energy #Electricity #EnergyConservation
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Where and I write about the amendments to #India's #energyconservation law & how it supports the #NetZero goals.
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Power cuts & voltage fluctuations can be life threatening at health facilities. They are common in parts of India’s rural and peri urban areas. With 3 % of Jharkhand densely forested limiting access to grid connected power supply, renewable energy is a #lifesaver. (1/2)
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& India collaborated to install 65 kWp of Solar PV in 7 rural hospitals in Jharkhand to provide #SustainableEnergy supply and store the excess for future use. 44,891 kWh has already been generated.
#EnergyForEquitableDevelopment (1/2)
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The collaboration between and provided installations of 65 kWp of solar PVs in 7 rural hospitals like Bharat Mata to provide #SustainableEnergy supply & store the excess for future use.
#EnergyForEquitableDevelopment (1/2)
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#WRIIndiaYearender | In this op-ed for , and talk about how the ever-widening gap between power demand and supply has underlined the need for India to deliberate its power plan.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-com
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#WRIIndiaYearender | The foundation of our work is high-quality research, including reports, working papers, & more. These are subject to peer review & held to academic standards of excellence for objectivity, rigor & quality. Here's a thread on the most read research of 2022.
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#WRIIndiaYearender | This working paper, authored by Mindy Hernandez, , and others, details the results of a study of over 2,000 households in Bangalore, who received household energy reports (HERs) in 2018.
Read: wri.org/research/shift
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#TamilNadu continues to move towards a #netzero future. Work on adding 20GW #renewableenergy begins.
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மின்வாரியத்தின் நிதிச் சுமையை குறைக்க
20,000 மெ.வா சூரிய மின்சக்தி-உற்பத்திக்கான பணிகள் தொடக்கம்
#CMMKSTALIN #TNDIPR
@CMOTamilnadu @mkstalin
@mp_saminathan
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In the 1st year of collaboration between & , we supported the installation of 65 kWp of Solar PV☀️ in 7 rural hospitals to provide #SustainableEnergy supply. 44,891 kWh has already been produced from solar PVs
#EnergyForEquitableDevelopment
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What kind of difference in carbon emissions can we see if we change even 5% of our overall cars in Tamil Nadu to EVs by 2030? 🚘🚖 You will be stunned by the numbers found! Full video here- youtu.be/joWFElVRRWM
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Thrilled to announce this partnership with on the new Climate Smart Villages program. Also delighted that our senior colleague was present.
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As part of the ongoing efforts with TN climate change mission @WRIIndia will support @climateactionTN in realising its climate smart villages program
@NambiAppadurai @supriyasahuias @UNFCCC
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Here's how improved access to #finance can boost #EnergyAccess for rural #healthcare in India buff.ly/3UP7nde #SDG7
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India will pursue its own #JustTransition plan. Outside of the #JETP process. Importantly, no change in the targets or destination.
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Indian negotiators are of the view, India is not desperate for global funding and any JETP deal will happen on their own terms.
Meanwhile, chances of India announcing its JETP during #G20India summit grow thinner.
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from says collaborative efforts to arrive at bottom-up metrics will help #MEL efforts across sectors. But this will be challenging since every partner comes with their own experiences, limitations and contexts.
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Tom Maruti, Principal Economist, talks about challenges in #monitoring and #evaluation in #energy sector in #Kenya. Calls for more integration of data from pvt sector in the upcoming Kenyan energy sector M&E plan.
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Our key partner , in particular, has leveraged renewables to alleviate poverty and address climate change, two of humankind's most challenging problems. -
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Excellent conversations at workshop on #monitoring #evaluation and #learning in #EnergyAccess interventions in Nairobi. Glad to be spending time with our partners-
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Delighted to participate in this journey as a partner with and si many others.
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We embarked on a journey of empathy with 30 partners of @IKEAFoundation today where we had a robust discussion on programme design putting the communities we support at the heart of the work we do together.
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Join to discuss the #oceanenergy challenges in India, technological developments, global best practices, & future plans in this webinar by the Energy Program
➡️Register here: wri-india.org/events/ocean-e
Date: 24 Nov 22
Time: 3 - 4.30 PM IST
#EnergyTwitter
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Join WRI India for a webinar on Ocean Energy Potential and Future in India.
📅 24 November 2022
⏲️ 3 pm - 4.30 PM IST.
Click here to register: wri-india.org/events/ocean-e
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1/n Immediate post-Sharm take on a very intriguing COP. Beyond the simple 'loss and damage – good; mitigation progress – bad' storyline
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How is Tamil Nadu performing in its Renewable Energy race?
Watch here -
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Agree with . India's energy transition, done right, could be massive for the country and for the world.
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Leading at #COP27 and taking on the #G20 - India’s energy transition will transform India and that’s a very good thing for the world, Energy News, ET EnergyWorld energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable
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At a #COP27 event on achieving universal #EnergyAccess, 's Akansha Saklani highlights how the #EnergyAccessExplorer links energy demand with supply, allowing users to integrate health, education, and livelihood data with climate data
Learn more: energyaccessexplorer.org
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New working paper 'Integration of an Energy Modeling tool in a state’s Power Sector Planning process— a Tamil Nadu case study' released in the presence of
, & authors , Vaisakh Suresh Kumar, Sripathi Anirudh & (1/2)
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., Executive Director, Energy, WRI India sets the context for the session on "Navigating Tamil Nadu’s Decarbonization Trails"
Watch live here: youtube.com/watch?v=dMy1Sw
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Join with & for a two-day state-level event "Tamil Nadu Sustainable Energy Transformation Dialogues" on Nov. 17-18, 2022, at Chennai.
➡️For further details & to register: bit.ly/3zKI18m
#TNSustainableEnergyTransition
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