dc.contributor.author | Sugathan, Anish | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-15T05:40:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-15T05:40:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-09-10 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11718/14417 | |
dc.description | The 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.abstract | India 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.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad | en_US |
dc.subject | Coal | en_US |
dc.subject | power plants | en_US |
dc.subject | Coal-fired | en_US |
dc.title | Coal-fired power plants in India | en_US |
dc.type | Video | en_US |