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Energy Conversion and Management, 1995

In the present day environment, high quality energy carriers (in terms of thermodynamics), such a... more In the present day environment, high quality energy carriers (in terms of thermodynamics), such as electricity, are being used inefficiently for low quality tasks, such as water heating, which could be done just as well by a low quality energy carrier or source. In other words, we employ every resource in the production of the highest quality of energy and then waste it by going downhill to low quality tasks, which means the wasting of capital investment. However, in the case of solar energy, it is delivered to the earth at a rather low temperature and is, therefore, quite suitable for tasks such as water heating. Also, such energy systems provide economic and physical diversity without any chemical combustion which causes environmental pollution.

Energy Sources, 1995

In this article a theoretical framework within which the demand for electricity in the residentia... more In this article a theoretical framework within which the demand for electricity in the residential sector is studied. The cross-sectional household survey data is analyzed to estimate the consumption of electricity for different end uses by relating the household electricity consumption with the stock of electrical appliances. Using these estimates, appliances elasticities are obtained. It is shown how these elasticities

Energy, 2007

In this paper an attempt has been made to determine the factors that influence individual's decis... more In this paper an attempt has been made to determine the factors that influence individual's decision to choose a particular energy carrier, viz., firewood, LPG, kerosene, and electricity. From the economic perspective, an individual's propensity to choose a particular energy carrier is determined by his/her economic status, carrier availability and prices, household size and other regional and demographic variables. For this reason, the choice of selecting a carrier for a service (e.g. cooking) is expected to vary among individuals. To assess this, the study uses the 1999-2000 National Sample Survey (NSS) data covering over 118,000 households and analyses the rural and urban areas separately. A multinomial logit selection model has been applied for estimating the energy carrier choice decision. The results show that individuals are influenced by per capita income, household size, educational status of the head of the household, occupation of the household members, in addition to other household location characteristics. It is found that the monthly household income and household size have nonlinear relationship on the probability of choosing a fuel. r

Energy Policy, 2006

The present paper attempts to analyse the dynamics of energy end-use technology shifts in the hou... more The present paper attempts to analyse the dynamics of energy end-use technology shifts in the household sector in India. The technology shifts can be categorized as naturally occurring shifts (with increasing household incomes and availability of energy carriers) ...

Energy Sources, 1996

... Clearly, electricity pricing needs to be based on principles of economic pricing with built-i... more ... Clearly, electricity pricing needs to be based on principles of economic pricing with built-in incentives for ... the high payback period of some of the options, GEF can fund at least a few ... Measures such as marginal-cost-based tariffs to reflect economic costs, and time-of-day tariffs ...

Energy Policy, 1997

This is an effort to carry out bottom-up modelling, which mainly looks at programme costs where m... more This is an effort to carry out bottom-up modelling, which mainly looks at programme costs where much of the funds come from customers themselves. However, they require extra support through DSM programmes.