Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation seeks to facilitate India’s transition to a cleaner energy future by aiding the design and implementation of policies that promote clean power, energy efficiency, sustainable urban transport and climate action.
Highlights of our work:
Making cooling cleaner and more efficient
With heat waves sweeping across cities in India, rapid urbanization and a growing population, the need for cooling solutions is more urgent than ever. Unless early action is taken, this will lead to a significant increase…
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Getting to a Breath of Fresh Air
Shakti is catalyzing action to advance better air quality management in cities across India…
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The Clean Energy Lab: To cultivate civil society organizations in India’s clean energy ecosystem
The Shakti-ISB Clean Energy Lab is India’s first incubation program for early stage civil society organizations with big innovative ideas that can create research and evidence based…
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Creating the Smart Cities of the Future
Urban centers will house 40 percent of the country’s population and contribute 75% of India’s GDP. These trends will create a huge…
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Measuring and Tracking GHG Emissions
Two flagship initiatives supported by Shakti are prioritizing the better measurement and tracking of GHG emissions to support policy development in the area of climate change. The GHG Platform India, a civil society platform…
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Leading for the Future – Puducherry Initiative Shows the Way for National LED Adoption
The Standard Offer Program for energy efficient lighting was conceptualized by Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation with the objective of bringing down the high cost of LEDs…
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Shakti’s Engagement at the State Level
While overarching policy is made at the central level, implementation is effected at the state level. To this end, a significant focus of Shakti’s work is at the state level, across multiple Indian states to bring about…
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Towards More Sustainable Cities
Cities are increasingly becoming venues for strategic action on clean energy and climate change. The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement recognized the innovative and leading role of cities in achieving…
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