Publications: India

2022

Khandekar, Aditya, Shruti M. Deorah, and Nikit Abhyankar."Feasibility and Impact of Biomass and Renewable Energy Hybrid Systems." (2022).
Deorah, Shruti M., Aditya Khandekar, Deepak Rajagopal, and Nikit Abhyankar."Pathways for Electrification of South Asia’s Transportation Sector." (2022).

2021

Deorah, Shruti M., Nikit Abhyankar, Siddharth Arora, Kanika Chawla, and Amol A. Phadke."Assessing the Key Requirements for 450 GW of Renewable Capacity in India by 2030." (2021).
Abhyankar, Nikit, Shruti M. Deorah, and Amol A. Phadke."Least-Cost Pathway for India’s Power System Investments through 2030." (2021).
Kahrl, Fredrich, Shruti M. Deorah, Lakshmi Alagappan, Paul M. Sotkiewicz, and Nikit Abhyankar."Policy and Regulatory Recommendations to Support a Least-Cost Pathway for India’s Power Sector." (2021).

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).

2019

Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Brian Holuj, Noah Horowitz, and Alex Hillbrand."Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Air Conditioners." (2019).
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." (2019).
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). DOI

2018

Khandekar, Aditya, Deepak Rajagopal, Nikit Abhyankar, Shruti M. Deorah, and Amol A. Phadke."The Case for All New City Buses in India to be Electric." (2018).

2017

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." (2017).
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).
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).
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."Greening the Grid 1 (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."Greening the Grid 1 (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

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).