Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency offers a way to decouple rising energy demand and related carbon emissions from improving energy access and pursuing economic growth

Effective demand-side management of energy via promotion of energy-efficient appliances can lead to effective energy conservation. Additionally, electrification of certain industrial processes can also reduce the total energy demand, resulting in mitigation of carbon emissions and monetary savings.

Government initiatives can play a key role in adoption of energy-efficient technologies

The installation of LED bulbs spearheaded via the public scheme of UJALA Programme is a successful case study where government intervention enabled adoption of an energy-efficient appliance, resulting in mitigating carbon emissions, and (potential) monetary savings.

For Indian industry, the Performance, Achieve, and Trade (PAT) scheme is currently the key policy to drive efficiency gains. It has been extended to the sixth cycle, increasing coverage of industrial energy use. The expansion of PAT to less energy-intensive sectors paves the way for obtaining the largest energy saving potential. PAT VI cycle has projected the total energy savings of about 26 million tonnes of oil equivalent (MTOE), translating into avoidance of 70 million tonnes of CO2 by March 2023.