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2020

Deorah, Shruti M, Nikit Abhyankar, Siddharth Arora, Ashwin Gambhir, and Amol A Phadke. Estimating the Cost of Grid-Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Storage in India. 2020. LBNL-2001314.

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2019

Karali, Nihan, Nikit Abhyankar, and Aditya Khandekar. "Bottom-up estimation of the end-use level load and demand response potential in India." 2019.

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Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Chao Ding, and Yi Qu. Challenges and Recommended Policies for Simultaneous Global Implementation of Low-GWP Refrigerants and High Efficiency in Room Air Conditioners. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2019.

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Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Brian Holuj, Noah Horowitz, and Alex Hillbrand. Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Air Conditioners. Paris: UN Environment, 2019.

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de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Aditya Khandekar, Nikit Abhyankar, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, Nan Zhou, and Amol A Phadke. "Modeling India’s energy future using a bottom-up approach." Applied Energy 238 (2019).

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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. LBNL-1005798.

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Abhyankar, Nikit, Nihar Shah, Virginie E Letschert, and Amol A Phadke. "Assessing the Cost-Effective Energy Saving Potential from Top-10 Appliances in India." 9th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL). 2017.

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Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, and Brian F Gerke. Assessment of commercially available energy-efficient room air conditioners including models with low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 2017. 2001047.

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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).
Palchak, David, Jaquelin Cochran, Ranjit Deshmukh, Ali Ehlen, Sushil Kumar Soonee, S.R. Narasimhan, Mohit Joshi, Brendan McBennett, Michael Milligan, Priya Sreedharan, Ilya Chernyakhovskiy, and Nikit Abhyankar. GREENING THE GRID: Pathways to Integrate 175 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy into India’s Electric Grid, Vol. I—National Study. Vol. 1. 2017. 2001012.

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Palchak, David, Jaquelin Cochran, Ranjit Deshmukh, Ali Ehlen, Sushil Kumar Soonee, S.R. Narasimhan, Mohit Joshi, Brendan McBennett, Michael Milligan, Priya Sreedharan, Ilya Chernyakhovskiy, and Nikit Abhyankar. GREENING THE GRID: Pathways to Integrate 175 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy into India’s Electric Grid, Vol. I—National Study EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Vol. 1. 2017. LBNL-2001011.

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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. 2001017.

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Shah, Nihar, Nina Khanna, Nihan Karali, Won Young Park, Yi Qu, and Nan Zhou. Opportunities for Simultaneous Efficiency Improvement and Refrigerant Transition in Air Conditioning. 2017. LBNL-2001021.

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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. 1007272.

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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. 2001048.

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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. LBNL-1007121.

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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. LBNL-1005787.

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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.

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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. LBNL-184562.

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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. Bangalore, India, 2015. LBNL-6968E.

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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. LBNL-6982E.

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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. LBNL-6674e.

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Phadke, Amol A, Nikit Abhyankar, and Poorvi Rao. Empirical Analysis of the Variability of Wind Generation in India: Implications for Grid Integration. 2014. LBNL-6673e.

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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. LBNL-6224E.

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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. LBNL-6296E.

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