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ECONOMICS · ENERGY · POLICY

Rethinking energy through economics

Examining how price signals, policy incentives, and household behaviour shape India’s clean-energy transition.

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Primary research · Data-driven analysis · Energy economics

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Household survey

The project

India’s energy transition is fundamentally an economics problem.

Agastya Khanna is an Economics student whose research examines how household spending patterns, government subsidies, and market incentives determine whether families switch to clean energy — or don’t.

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Essays

Essays on carbon pricing, renewable energy and climate policy.

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Conversations

Interviews with researchers, policymakers, and households on the energy transition.

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Research

An ongoing household energy survey — what it will measure, how, and why it matters.

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Recent essays

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Renewable energy · 5 min read

(Em)Powering Transformation: Decentralized Renewable Energy in the Global South

Climate resilience · 5 min read

Street Vendors: Building Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in Urban India

Carbon pricing · 9 min read

False Promises: Rethinking Carbon Offset Markets

Recent conversations

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Interview · Mr Sangeet Sharma

In conversation with Mr Sangeet Sharma

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Interview · 5 householders: Mr Sharma, Mr OPS Raghav, Mr Chopra, Mrs Keerti Verma and Mr A Aggarwal

In conversation with solar users

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Interview · Gautam Handa

In conversation with Gautam Handa

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