Dhaval Negandhi
Dhaval Negandhi has a total of 6 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Christina M. Kennedy
Nature Conservancy
1 shared publication - James R. Oakleaf
Global Protect Oceans, Lands and Waters, The Nature Conservancy, Fort Collins, USA
1 shared publication - Joseph Kiesecker
The Nature Conservancy (TNC), , Fort Collins, CO, United States
1 shared publication - Michael Heiner
The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Global Protect Oceans, Lands and Waters, P.O. Box 1088, Fort Collins, CO 80524, USA
1 shared publication - Pareexit Chauhan
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, No. 18 & 19, 10th Cross, Mayura Street, Papanna Layout, Nagashettyhalli (RMV II Stage), Bengaluru 560094, India
1 shared publication - Sharon Baruch-Mordo
TRAFFIC International, Cambridge, UK
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 30 December 2019
- Published by MDPI AG in Sustainability
- Vol. 12 (1) , 281
Renewable Energy and Land Use in India: A Vision to Facilitate Sustainable Development
India has committed to reduce emissions with a goal to increase renewable energy production to 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. Achieving this objective will involve rapidly increasing the deployment of solar and wind energy, while at the same time addressing the related challenges of the financing requirements, environment impacts, and power grid integration. Developing energy on lands degraded by human activities rather than placing new infrastructure within natural habitats or areas of high production agriculture would reduce cumulative impacts and minimize land use conflicts. We estimated that converted lands have the potential capacity of 1789 GW across India, which is >10 times the 2022 goals. At the same time, the total land footprint needed to meet India’s 2022 renewable energy target is large, ranging from ~55,000 to 125,000 km2, which is roughly the size of Himachal Pradesh or Chhattisgarh, respectively. If renewable energy is advanced with the singular aim of maximizing resource potential, approximately 6700–11,900 km2 of forest land and 24,100–55,700 km2 of agricultural land could be impacted. Subsidies and incentive programs aimed at promoting low-impact renewable energy deployment and establishing mitigation obligations that raise costs for projects that create land-impacts could improve the public support for renewable energy.
- 30 December 2019
- Published by MDPI AG in Sustainability
- Vol. 12 (1) , 281
Open AccessRenewable Energy and Land Use in India: A Vision to Facilitate Sustainable Development
India has committed to reduce emissions with a goal to increase renewable energy production to 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. Achieving this objective will involve rapidly increasing the deployment of solar and wind energy, while at the same time addressing the related challenges of the financing requirements, environment impacts, and power grid integration. Developing energy on lands degraded by human activities rather than placing new infrastructure within natural habitats or areas of high production agriculture would reduce cumulative impacts and minimize land use conflicts. We estimated that converted lands have the potential capacity of 1789 GW across India, which is >10 times the 2022 goals. At the same time, the total land footprint needed to meet India’s 2022 renewable energy target is large, ranging from ~55,000 to 125,000 km2, which is roughly the size of Himachal Pradesh or Chhattisgarh, respectively. If renewable energy is advanced with the singular aim of maximizing resource potential, approximately 6700–11,900 km2 of forest land and 24,100–55,700 km2 of agricultural land could be impacted. Subsidies and incentive programs aimed at promoting low-impact renewable energy deployment and establishing mitigation obligations that raise costs for projects that create land-impacts could improve the public support for renewable energy.