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2017

Abhyankar, Nikit, Anand R Gopal, Colin Sheppard, Won Young Park, and Amol A Phadke."Techno-Economic Assessment of Deep Electrification of Passenger Vehicles in India." (2017).

Deshmukh, Ranjit, Grace Wu, and Amol A Phadke."Renewable Energy Zones for Balancing Siting Trade-offs in India: Multi-Criteria Analysis for Planning Renewable Energy." (2017).

Rai, Varun, Rahul Tongia, Gireesh Shrimali, and Nikit Abhyankar."Data for development: The case for an Indian energy information administration."Energy Research & Social Science 25.March 2017 (2017). DOI

Karali, Nihan, Anand R Gopal, Ben Sharpe, Oscar Delgado, Anup Bandivadekar, and Mehul Garg."Improved heavy-duty vehicle fuel efficiency in India, benefits, costs and environmental impacts." (2017).

Abhyankar, Nikit, Nihar Shah, Won Young Park, and Amol A Phadke."Accelerating Energy Efficiency Improvements in Room Air Conditioners in India: Potential, Costs-Benefits, and Policies." (2017).

Abhyankar, Nikit, Nihar Shah, Amol A Phadke, and Won Young Park."Technical and Economic Aspects of Designing an Efficient Room Air-Conditioner Program in India." (2017).

2016

Phadke, Amol A, Nikit Abhyankar, and Ranjit Deshmukh."Techno-Economic Assessment of Integrating 175GW of Renewable Energy into the Indian Grid by 2022." (2016).

Shah, Nihar, Nikit Abhyankar, Won Young Park, Amol A Phadke, Saurabh Diddi, Deepanshu Ahuja, P.K Mukherjee, and Archana Walia."Cost-Benefit of Improving the Efficiency of Room Air Conditioners (Inverter and Fixed Speed) in India." (2016).

Iyer, Maithili, Hannah Stratton, Sangeeta Mathew, Satish Kumar, Paul A Mathew, and Mohini Singh."Review of Building Data Frameworks Across Countries: Lessons for India." (2016).

2015

Gopal, Anand R, Maggie Witt, Nikit Abhyankar, Colin Sheppard, and Andrew Harris."Battery electric vehicles can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make renewable energy cheaper in India." (2015).

Shah, Nihar, Nikit Abhyankar, Amol A Phadke, and Girish Ghatikar."Considerations in Standardization for Demand Response Ready Air Conditioners in India."India Smart Grid Week 2015 (2015).

Yin, Rongxin, Girish Ghatikar, Ranjit Deshmukh, and Aamir Hussain Khan."Findings from an Advanced Demand Response Smart Grid Project to Improve Electricity Reliability in India."India Smart Grid Week 2015 (2015).

2014

Phadke, Amol A, Nikit Abhyankar, and Poorvi Rao."Empirical Analysis of the Variability of Wind Generation in India: Implications for Grid Integration." (2014).

Phadke, Amol A, Nikit Abhyankar, and Nihar Shah."Avoiding 100 New Power Plants by Increasing Efficiency of Room Air Conditioners in India: Opportunities and Challenges." (2014).

2013

Singh, Reshma, Roozbeh Mahdavi, Paul A Mathew, Jessica Granderson, and Yash Shukla."Guidelines for Datacenter Energy Information System." (2013).

Abhyankar, Nikit, Amol A Phadke, Jayant A Sathaye, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Alissa K Johnson, Ranjit Deshmukh, Cathie Murray, Bob Lieberman, and Ajith Raoc."Modeling Clean and Secure Energy Scenarios for the Indian Power Sector in 2030." (2013).

Greacen, Chris, Richard Engel, and Thomas Quetchenbach."A Guidebook on Grid Interconnection and Islanded Operation of Mini-Grid Power Systems Up to 200 kW." (2013).

Harper, Meg."Review of Strategies and Technologies for Demand-‐Side Management on Isolated Mini-‐Grids." (2013).

2012

Salamanca, Francisco, Shaheen R Tonse, Surabi Menon, Vishal Garg, Krishna P Singh, Manish Naja, and Marc L Fischer."Top-of-atmosphere radiative cooling with white roofs: experimental verification and model-based evaluation."Environmental Research Letters 7.4 (2012). DOI

2011

Deshmukh, Ranjit, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Ashwin Gambhir, and Amol A Phadke."Analysis of International Policies In The Solar Electricity Sector: Lessons for India." (2011).

Sathaye, Jayant A, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Maithili Iyer, Michael A McNeil, Klaas Jan Kramer, Joyashree Roy, Moumita Roy, and Shreya Roy Chowdhury."Strategies for Low Carbon Growth In India: Industry and Non Residential Sectors." (2011).

Abhyankar, Nikit, and Amol A Phadke."Impact of Large Scale Energy Efficiency Programs On Consumer Tariffs and Utility Finances in India." (2011).

2009

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Michael A McNeil, and Jayant A Sathaye."India Energy Outlook: End Use Demand in India to 2020." (2009).

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Virginie E Letschert, Michael A McNeil, Nan Zhou, and Jayant A Sathaye."Residential and Transport Energy Use in India: Past Trend and Future Outlook." (2009).

1997

Gadgil, Ashok J, David L Greene, Anushka C Drescher, and Steve Weil."Status Report on UV Waterworks: Water Disinfection for the Developing World." (1997).