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Seminar on Solar Energy Transitions in India
- Seminar held 22 March 2024, 12:00–15:30 (GMT+05:30), at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi. It presented results from the 2021–2024 Accountable Solar Energy Transitions (ASSET) project, funded by the Research Council of Norway, on governance of solar development in Rajasthan, India, and Portugal, from rooftop to utility-scale projects.
- Intended for academics, government officials, and solar-sector companies from India or Norway, especially those interested in Rajasthan. The format included research presentations, policy roundtable, networking, and audience discussion. The panel expertise covered electricity political economy, rooftop solar economics, public discourse, biodiversity impacts, energy transitions, regulation, and decarbonisation.
- Programme: networking lunch 12:00–13:00; welcome by Ambassador May-Elin Stener at 13:00; ASSET findings by Siddharth Sareen and Shayan Shokrgozar at 13:10; policy roundtable 13:30–14:30 with Ashwini Swain, Shuchita Jha, Gopalkrishna Sarangi, Sumit Dookia, Neeraj Kuldeep, Abhishek Ranjan, and TataPower (listed as TBC); Q&A 14:30–15:00; chai-and-cookie networking until 15:30. Food was vegetarian. Organisers: Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (University of Bergen) and Innovation Norway. Partners: Royal Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi, Research Council of Norway, and University of Bergen. Contact: Elisabeth Strand Vigtel (elisabeth.strand.vigtel@innovationnorway.no).