This project is an attempt to model the energy requirement across power, transport, agriculture, industry, domestic and commercial sectors of Kerala up to 2050 in order to assess the feasibility of meeting 100 per cent of the state"s energy demand with renewable sources. The approach to the study involves four steps: Assessing renewable energy (RE) supply potential over the projection time frame; Modelling of a business-as-usual (BAU) demand scenario; Modelling of a curtailed demand scenario to assess maximum potential for demand reduction through focused measures in energy conservation (EC), energy efficiency (EE) and carrier substitution (CS). The central finding of the study is that Kerala can meet over 95 per cent of its energy demand with renewable sources by 2050.

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Mitigation
Sectors
Renewable energy
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Renewable energy
Industry
Designing protected areas
Small-scale Combined Heat and Power
Transport
Energy efficiency