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Source: The post is based on the article “NITI Aayog releases Analytical Tools for managing Climate Change and exploring Net Zero Pathways” published in PIB on 20th July 2023.
What is the News?
Niti Aayog has launched the revamped version of India Energy Security Scenarios (IESS) 2047.
What is India Energy Security Scenarios (IESS) 2047?
IESS is an open source web based tool launched by Niti Aayog. It has been designed with the help of IIT Bombay.
Purpose of the tool: To assess the integrated impact of various green energy policies of the Government of India.
– To analyze emissions, cost, land and water requirements of India till 2047 by assessing the demand and supply of energy in the country.
The tool will be updated on a yearly basis.
Significance of IESS tool: It is user-friendly interactive tool that can help ministries/ departments to develop a variety of energy transition scenarios to achieve net-zero.
– The tool is also flexible enough to provide many permutations and combinations of net-zero pathways.
– It can also help in computing the energy needs and estimates of the country and hence reduce India’s dependency on external agencies for the estimates.
