Powering Through: A Climate Resilient Future

This report outlines the necessity of climate resilience for India's power sector to ensure energy security and economic growth. It recommends a combination of adaptive planning, technical upgrades (such as energy storage and grid hardening), and innovative financing to protect the grid from climate risks.

• Power sector resilience is critical to India's future, supporting its clean energy goals, sustainable development, energy security, and economic growth ambitions.
• To integrate climate resilience beyond disaster risk response, India should adopt iterative and adaptive planning alongside technical solutions including energy storage, flexibility, and islanding capability.
• The Indian power system requires grid hardening and weatherizing, specifically at the distribution level where construction and design standards are currently poor.
• Financial institutions must support the scaling and experimentation of resilience solutions through the use of innovative financing mechanisms.

APA

RMI (2021). Powering Through: A Climate Resilient Future. https://rmi.org/resources/powering-through-a-climate-resilient-future/

Chicago

RMI. Powering Through: A Climate Resilient Future. 2021. https://rmi.org/resources/powering-through-a-climate-resilient-future/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2021powering, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Powering Through: A Climate Resilient Future}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2021}, month = jul, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/powering-through-a-climate-resilient-future/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }