Publications

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Selected Publications

  1. Abhyankar, Nikit, Priyanka Mohanty, Shruti M Deorah, Nihan Karali, Umed Paliwal, Jessica Kersey, and Amol A Phadke (2023). Pathways to Atmanirbhar Bharat: Harnessing India’s Renewable Edge for Cost-Effective Energy Independence by 2047, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  2. Shiraishi, Kenji, Won Young Park, Nikit Abhyankar, Umed Paliwal, Nina Khanna, Toru Morotomi, Jiang Lin, and Amol A Phadke (2023). The 2035 Japan Report: Plummeting Costs of Solar, Wind, and Batteries Can Accelerate Japan’s Clean and Independent Electricity Future. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  3. Bistline, John, Nikit Abhyankar, Geoffrey Blanford, Leon Clarke, R Fakhry, H McJeon, J Reilly, C Roney, T Wilson, M Yuan, A Zhao (2022). “Actions for Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Least 50% by 2030”, Science 376 (6596) 922-924.
  4. Abhyankar, Nikit, Jiang Lin, Fritz Kahrl, Shengfei Yin, Umed Paliwal, Xu Liu, Nina Khanna, Qian Luo, David Wooley, Mike O’Boyle, Olivia Ashmoore, Robbie Orvis, Michelle Solomon, and Amol A Phadke (2022). “Achieving an 80% carbon-free electricity system in China by 2035.” iScience 25.10 (2022).
  5. Abhyankar, Nikit, Narayan Gopinathan, Aditya Khandekar, Nihan Karali, Amol A Phadke, and Deepak Rajagopal (2022). Freight Trucks in India are Primed for Electrification, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  6. Abhyankar, Nikit, David Wooley, Amol Phadke (2022). “Clean truck deployment consistent with President Biden’s climate commitment can save $1 trillion for consumers and avoid 70,000 premature deaths by 2050”, Working Paper 2, Center for Environmental Pubic Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley.
  7. Paliwal, Umed, Nikit Abhyankar, David Wooley, Amol Phadke (2022). “The Offshore Report: California, Plummeting offshore wind costs can accelerate a diverse net-zero grid”, Working Paper 1, Center for Environmental Pubic Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley.
  8. Abhyankar, Nikit, Shruti Deorah, Nihan Karali, Priyanka Mohanty, Jessica Kersey, Umed Paliwal, Amol Phadke (2022). Harnessing India’s Renewable Edge for Cost-Effective Energy Independence: Sectoral Pathways, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  9. Deorah, Shruti, Aditya Khandekar, Deepak Rajagopal, Nikit Abhyankar (2022). Pathways for Electrification of South Asia’s Transportation Sector, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  10. Khandekar, Aditya, Shruti Deorah, Nikit Abhyankar (2022). Feasibility and Impact of Biomass and Renewable Energy Hybrid Systems, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  11. Karali, Nihan, Nikit Abhyankar, Shruti Deorah (2022). Electricity demand in South Asia – data gaps and pathways for research and modeling, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  12. Lin, Jiang, Nikit Abhyankar, Gang He, Xu Liu, Shengfei Yin (2022). “Large balancing areas and dispersed renewable investment enhances grid flexibility in a renewable-dominant power system in China”, iScience (103749). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.103749
  13. Santana, Paulo, Nikit Abhyankar, and Luiza Bertazzoli (2021) “Promoting Bus Electrification through Policy Mechanisms: A Case Study in Large Cities in Brazil”. International Journal of Development Research, 11 (12), 52446-52457 (2021).
  14. Abhyankar, Nikit, Shruti Deorah, Amol Phadke (2021). Least Cost Pathway for India’s Power System Investments through 2030, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  15. Deorah, Shruti, Nikit Abhyankar, Siddharth Arora, Kanika Chawla, Amol Phadke (2021). Assessing the Key Requirements for 450 GW of Renewable Capacity in India by 2030, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  16. Kahrl, Frederich, Shruti Deorah, Lakshmi Alagappan, Paul Sotkiewicz, Nikit Abhyankar (2021). Policy and Regulatory Recommendations to Support a Least Cost Pathway for India’s Power Sector, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  17. Lin, Jiang, Nikit Abhyankar, Gang He, Xu Liu, Shengfei Yin (2021). Enhancing grid flexibility under scenarios of a renewable-dominant power system in China, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  18. Cutter, Eric, E. Rogers, A. Nieto, J Leana, J Kersey, T McNair, N Abhyankar (2021), “Distribution Grid Cost Impacts Driven by Transportation Electrification”, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley.
  19. Abhyankar, Nikit, Umed Paliwal, Amol Phadke, Taylor McNair, David Wooley, Michael O’Boyle (2021). “2030 Report: Powering America’s Clean Economy”, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley.
  20. Abhyankar, Nikit, Priyanka Mohanty, Amol Phadke (2021). “Illustrative Strategies for the United States to Achieve 50% Emissions Reduction by 2030”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  21. Phadke, Amol, Nikit Abhyankar, Jessica Kersey, Taylor McNair, Umed Paliwal et al (2021). “2035 Report 2.0: Plummeting Costs and Dramatic Improvements in Batteries Can Accelerate Our Clean Transportation Future”, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley.
  22. Phadke, Amol, Aditya Khandekar, Nikit Abhyankar, David Wooley, and Deepak Rajagopal (2021). “Why Regional and Long-Haul Trucks are Primed for Electrification Now”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  23. He, Gang, Jiang Lin, Froylan Sifuentes, Xu Liu, Nikit Abhyankar, and Amol Phadke (2020) “Rapid cost decrease of renewables and storage accelerates the decarbonization of China’s power system”. Nature Communications (11), 2486 (2020).
  24. Phadke, Amol, Nikit Abhyankar, Ranjit Deshmukh, Julia Szinai et al (2020), “Cost-effective decarbonization of California’s Power Sector by 2030 With the Aid of Battery Storage”, In POWER Conference on Energy Research and Policy (April 2020), University of California, Berkeley.
  25. Abhyankar, Nikit, Jiang Lin, Xu Liu, and Froylan Sifuentes (2020). “Economic and environmental benefits of market based power system reform in China“, Resources, Conservation & Recycling 153 (2020).
  26. Karali, Nihan, Nikit Abhyankar, Aditya Khandekar (2020), “Empirical Assessment of the Appliance-Level Load Shape and Demand Response Potential in India”, In Energize- Energy Innovation for a Sustainable World (February 2020), India.
  27. Phadke, Amol, S Aggarwal, M O’Boyle, E Gimon, N Abhyankar (2020), “Illustrative Pathways To 100 Percent Zero Carbon Power By 2035 Without Increasing Customer Costs”, Energy Innovation Policy and Technology, San Francisco.
  28. Phadke, Amol, U Paliwal, N Abhyankar, T McNair, B Paulos, D Wooley, R O’Conell (2020), “2035 Report: Plummeting Solar, Wind, and Battery Costs Can Accelerate Our Clean Energy Future”, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California.
  29. Deorah, Shruti, Nikit Abhyankar, Siddharth Arora, Ashwin Gambhir, Amol Phadke (2020), “Estimating the Cost of Grid-Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Storage in India”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – 2001314.
  30. Letschert, V, S Price, WY Park, N Karali, N Abhyankar, at al (2020), “Accelerating the Transition to More Energy Efficient Air Conditioners in Indonesia”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  31. Phadke, Amol, Won Young Park, Nikit Abhyankar (2019) “Providing reliable and financially sustainable electricity access in India using super-efficient appliances”, Energy Policy, 132(0), 1163-1175.
  32. Szinai, Julia, Colin Sheppard, Nikit Abhyankar, Anand Gopal (2019), “Managing Electric Vehicle Charging Can Reduce Renewable Energy Curtailment and the Cost of Grid Operations in California”. Energy Policy (0) 111051.
  33. De la Rue du Can, Stephane, Aditya Khandekar, Nikit Abhyankar, Amol Phadke (2019) “Modeling India’s Energy Future Using a Bottom-up Approach”, Applied Energy, 238(0), 1108-1125.
  34. Sheppard, Colin, Julia Szinai, Nikit Abhyankar, Anand Gopal (2019), “Grid Impacts of Electric Vehicles and Managed Charging in California”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  35. Karali, Nihan, Nikit Abhyankar, Aditya Khandekar (2019), “Characterizing Appliance Level Demand Response     Potential in India”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  36. Karali, Nihan, Nikit Abhyankar, Ben Sharpe, Anup Bandivadekar (2019), “Improving Fuel Efficiency of Heavy Duty Vehicles (3.5 to 12 tonnes) in India: Benefits, Costs, and Environmental Impacts”. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  37. Soonee, S., Narasimhan, S., Joshi, M., Cochran, J., Palchak, D., Ehlen, A., McBennett, B.,Sreedharan, P., Abhyankar, N., Deshmukh, R. (2018), “Analysis of Strategies for Integrating 175 GW of Renewable Energy in India,” IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Asia 2018.
  38. Khandekar, Aditya, Deepak Rajagopal, Nikit Abhyankar, Shruti Deorah, and Amol Phadke (2018), “Economic case for all new buses to be electric: A case study for India”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  39. Rai, Varun, Rahul Tongia, Gireesh Shrimali, Nikit Abhyankar, (2017) “Data for development: The case for an Indian energy information administration”, Energy Research & Social Science, 25(0), 105-109.
  40. Deshmukh, R., D Callaway, N. Abhyankar, A. Phadke (2017). “Cost and Value of Wind and Solar in India’s Electric System in 2030”. In 1st International Conference on Large Scale Renewable Energy Grid Integration in India. New Delhi, India.
  41. Abhyankar, Nikit, Nihar Shah, Virginie E Letschert, and Amol A Phadke. (2017) “Assessing the Cost-Effective Energy Saving Potential from Top-10 Appliances in India”. In 9th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL). Irvine, California.
  42. Park WY, A. Phadke, N. Abhyankar and N. Shah (2017), “Relationship between Appliance Prices and Energy-Efficiency Standards and Labeling Policies: Empirical Evidence from Residential Air Conditioners”. In 9th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL). Irvine, California.
  43. Palchak,D, J.Cochran, R.Deshmukh, A.Ehlen, S.Soonee, S. Narasimhan, M. Joshi, B. McBennett, M.Milligan, P. Sreedharan, I. Chernyakhovskiy, N.Abhyankar (2017). “Greening the Grid: Pathways to Integrate 175 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy into India’s Electric Grid”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. LBNL-2001012
  44. Abhyankar, Nikit, Anand Gopal, Collin Sheppard, Won Young Park, and Amol Phadke (2017). “Techno-Economic Assessment of Deep Electrification of Passenger Vehicles in India”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. LBNL-1007121.
  45. Abhyankar, Nikit, Nihar Shah, Amol Phadke, and Won Young Park (2017). “Technical and Economic Aspects of Designing an Efficient Room Air-Conditioner Program in India”. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. LBNL-2001048.
  46. Abhyankar, Nikit, Nihar Shah, Won Young Park, and Amol Phadke (2017). “Accelerating Energy Efficiency Improvements in Room Air Conditioners in India: Potential, Costs-Benefits, and Policies”. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. LBNL-1005798.
  47. Phadke, A., Nikit Abhyankar, and Ranjit Deshmukh. (2016). “Techno Economic Assessment of Integrating 175 GW of Renewable Energy into the Indian by 2022”. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. LBNL-1005800.  
  48. Shah, Nihar, Nikit Abhyankar, Won Young Park, Amol Phadke, S. Diddi, D. Ahuja, P. Mukherjee, and Archana Walia (2016). “Cost-Benefit of Improving the Efficiency of Room Air Conditioners (Inverter and Fixed Speed) in India”. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. LBNL-1005787.
  49. Shah, Nihar, N. Abhyankar, A. Phadke, and G. Ghatikar. (2015), “Considerations in Standardization for Demand Ready Air Conditioners in India”. In India Smart Grid Week (ISGW) 2015, Bangalore, India.
  50. Gopal, Anand R., Maggie Witt, Nikit Abhyankar, Colin Sheppard, and Andrew Harris (2015). “Battery electric vehicles can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make renewable energy cheaper in India”. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory LBNL-184562.
  51. Phadke, Amol, Nikit Abhyankar, and Poorvi Rao (2014). “Empirical Analysis Of The Variability Of Wind Generation In India: Implications For Grid Integration”. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. LBNL-6673E. 
  52. Phadke, Amol, N. Abhyankar, and N. Shah. (2013), “Avoiding 100 New Power Plants by Increasing Efficiency of Room Air Conditioners in India: Opportunities and Challenges”. In 7th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL). Coimbra, Portugal.
  53. Abhyankar, Nikit, Amol Phadke, Jayant Sathaye, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Alissa Johnson, Ranjit Deshmukh, Bob Lieberman, Cathie Murray, and Ajith Rao. (2013). “Modeling Clean and Secure Energy Scenarios for the Indian Power Sector in 2030”. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. LBNL-6296E
  54.  Abhyankar, Nikit, & Phadke, A. (2012). “Impact of large-scale energy efficiency programs on utility finances and consumer tariffs in India”. Energy Policy, 43(0), 308-326.
  55. Abhyankar, Nikit (2012). “Political Economy of Natural Gas Market in India”. The Stanford Energy Journal, (2) 2012.
  56. Abhyankar, Nikit (2009), “Mitigation (of Climate Change)”. In S. Schneider and M Mastrandrea (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather (Second ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
  57. Chikkatur, Ananth P., Sagar, A. D., Abhyankar, N., & Sreekumar, N. (2007). “Tariff-based incentives for improving coal-power-plant efficiencies in India”. Energy Policy, 35(7), 3744-3758.
  58. Abhyankar, Nikit (2005). “Power Sector Restructuring in Madhya Pradesh”. Economic and Political Weekly, XL (48).