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dc.contributor.authorSugathan, Anish-
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-15T05:40:40Z-
dc.date.available2015-09-15T05:40:40Z-
dc.date.issued2015-09-10-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/14417-
dc.descriptionThe R & P seminar held at Wing 11 Committee Room, IIM Ahmedabad on September 10, 2015 by Prof. Anish Sugathan, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad on "Coal-fired power plants in India".en_US
dc.description.abstractIndia has more than doubled its power generation capacity between the years 2000 to 2014 and coal accounts for more than 66% of its total electricity production. Since 1961, the ‘pit-head’ plant placement policy of India, directs preferential construction of plants near coal-mines. Consequently fewer than 60 districts (less than 10%) of India at present account for more that 90% of all coal-based installed capacity. In this paper we exploit the cross-sectional variation resulting from this ‘pit-head’ plant placement policy and the temporal variation induced by rapid capacity expansion to identify the distributional impacts of coal-fired power generation in India. We find that during this period every Giga-Watthour of coal-power generation has increased local ambient SO2 pollution by 32% and NO2 pollution by 5%. We also find localized adverse health impacts.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIndian Institute of Management, Ahmedabaden_US
dc.subjectCoalen_US
dc.subjectpower plantsen_US
dc.subjectCoal-fireden_US
dc.titleCoal-fired power plants in Indiaen_US
dc.typeVideoen_US
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