Abstract
Although India has made significant progress towards the sustainable development goal on energy (SDG 7), further policy innovations are essential for closing the gap, addressing geographic disparities, and harnessing energy for transformative change. Research can support this process by creating policy-relevant knowledge regarding the energy transition, but there is no systematic account of the literature pertaining to energy policy in India to map the research area and suggest key avenues for future research. In this study, I conduct a bibliometric review and computational text analysis of over 2700 publications to identify the key themes, geographies, and public policy concepts (not) examined in the research on energy policy in India. I find that: (i) the literature is dominated by topics in energy supply and less attention is paid to demand-side management, energy efficiency, and electricity distribution; (ii) existing studies have hardly examined subnational policy (-making), especially in the case of eastern and north-eastern India; and (iii) research on both analysis for policy and analysis of policy is limited. I conclude that the current foci lack the breadth and depth necessary for supporting the Indian energy transition and urge scholars to diversify the thematic, geographic, and conceptual engagement in future research.
Highlights
India has made significant progress on the three pillars of the sustainable development goal on energy (SDG 7): energy access, energy efficiency, and renewable energy
The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the literature on energy policy in India and shed light on its thematic focus, geographic focus, and policy focus
I conduct a bibliometric review and computational text analysis of over 2700 publications pertaining to energy policy in India
Summary
India has made significant progress on the three pillars of the sustainable development goal on energy (SDG 7): energy access, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. The country has been successful in increasing the capacity of solar and wind energy in its electricity generation mix in a cost-effective manner [5,6,7]. Access to modern energy remains uneven [2,8] and nearly 35 percent of the country is still energy poor [9]; significant energy savings in end use [10,11,12,13,14], transmission and distribution [15], and generation [16]. Be important in accelerating the sustainable energy transition in India
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