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Contents:

List of Contributors x Acronyms xiv 1 India’s Energy (R)evolution 1 ANNIKA BOSE STYCZYNSKI 2 A Just Energy Transition: Considerations for India’s Coal Sector 15 CHANDRA BHUSHAN AND SRESTHA BANERJEE 3 Gas-Based Economy: A Road Towards a Prosperous and Cleaner India 42 AKHIL MEHROTRA, AAYUSHI AGARWAL, AND ANNIKA BOSE STYCZYNSKI 4 Green Hydrogen: India’s Billion-Dollar Opportunity 66 TIRTHA BISWAS AND DEEPAK YADAV 5 Nuclear Energy in India’s Sustainable Development Pathway: Past, Present, and the Future 88 A.T. AJMAL KHAN 6 Solar Energy in India: Achievements and Adoption Challenges 100 PARVEJ 7 Wind Energy in India: Status Quo of Achievements, Challenges, and Future Prospects 121 DEEPAK SANGROYA, KISHORE KUMAR GANGWANI, AND SANJAY CHAUDHURY 8 The Power Distribution Sector: The Final Challenge to India’s Green Transformation 137 RISHU GARG, E.V. MALLIK, AND G.V. HANUMANTH RAJU 9 Energy Storage: Enabling a Greener Grid 155 RAHUL WALAWALKAR AND DEBMALYA SEN 10 A Realistic Assessment of the Prospects of Biofuels for Transportation in India 169 ABHIJIT BANERJEE 11 Business Model Innovations for Electric Vehicle Adoption in India: An Ecosystem Perspective 190 ANNIKA BOSE STYCZYNSKI 12 Systems Thinking for Doughnut Cities 214 RAMYA NATARAJAN, KAVERI ASHOK, AND SARAH KHAN