Renewable Energy Subsidies & Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

China and India, the world’s most populous countries, also match each other on the scale and severity of urban air pollution.

This report examines the performance of the electricity sector in Rajasthan, assessing its ability to recover operating costs, reliably meet demand, make investments and operate according to environmental and social norms.

In 2015 electricity demand rose by just 0.5 percent over 2014 levels, while coal consumption dropped by 5 percent. The slowdown in coal-use together with a continuing rise in generation from renewable sources plunged the domestic coal production industry into a crisis and led to a dramatic fall in coal imports.

On 28 June, Indonesia’s government and parliament reached consensus on the revised state budget for 2016. The budget is an important indicator for Indonesia’s subsidies to fossil fuels in the year ahead. This blog provides an overview. 

Delhi—4 May— The Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) recently organized a ministerial-level event in Delhi entitled “National Dialogue on Subsidies for Energy Access.” The event was organized in cooperation with the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) on 4 May, 2016.

Kerosene is used by millions of households in rural India to meet basic lighting needs, and subsidies have long been used to make the fuel more affordable. But for health, safety and environmental reasons, a switch to solar power is better—and more affordable in the absence of kerosene subsidies.