The document discusses India's energy scenario and places nuclear energy in context. It notes that nuclear currently provides only 2% of India's energy despite being highlighted as a solution. Renewable energy and energy efficiency provide more potential to meet demand growth in a sustainable manner. While energy access is needed for development, a business as usual approach is unsustainable. Prioritizing the needs of the poor through development focused policies can achieve faster poverty reduction than economic growth alone.

1. The Energy Scenario in India- Placing Nuke in Context Ashwini Chitnis & Ashwin Gambhir Prayas (Energy Group), Pune NUCLEAR ENERGY: Examining the impacts, conflicts and controversies Sambhavnaa: The Institute of Public Policy & Politics Dec 17-19, 2011, Palampur, HP

4. In comparison US,EU and China spend ~ 2% of GDP on fossil imports

6. Break-up of Installed Generation Capacity of 210 GW (2010-11) Break-up of Actual Generation of 900 TWh (2009-10)

7. Energy & Poor

9. Households by electricity use (kWh/month) Very highly skewed distribution! Only 10% Households have monthly electricity bills more than ~ Rs 300. Source: Prayas analysis of State ERC orders

11. Demand growth estimates / forecasts

13. Electricity Demand Projection – IEP, PC Assumes - 63 GW from nuclear power and 150 GW from hydro power in 2031-32 Addition of ~185 GW of Base Load Thermal capacity *Source Integrated Energy Policy (PC, GoI) 2006, numbers are indicative

14. Supply options to meet the increasing demand

16. Role of renewable energy

22. Role of Energy efficiency

24. Change Nature of Discourse on EE EE should be seen as indispensable as power plants, in avoiding shortages, facilitating growth and maintaining competitiveness. [Resource constraints, Energy security, local social and environmental issues] 70% of infrastructure that will be in place by 2030 – is still to be built ! Numbers are only indicative (to show implications of consideration).

26. Urgency for promoting super efficient appliances Increasing stock of appliances due to booming sales caused by consistent high economic growth Super efficient appliances (SEA), 40-70% more efficient than the current stock, are commercially available in international markets RAC: Room air-conditioners Large, permanent savings possible if urgent steps are taken to ensure new appliances are super-efficient

27. Role of Nuclear

30. Concluding remarks

36. THANK YOU Prayas Energy Group www.prayaspune.org/peg ashwini [at] prayaspune [dot] org ashwin [at] prayaspune [dot] org