Dr Sapan Thapar is Head and Associate Professor in the Department of Sustainable Engineering at the TERI School of Advanced Studies. He has completed his doctoral research as well as Masters from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Dr Thapar, a certified Energy Manager, has over two decade long experience in the energy sector, with expertise in energy policy, project finance and energy efficiency. He has several research publications to his credit. In the past, Dr Thapar has been associated with IREDA, TERI and Tata Consultancy Services (Energy Division).

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Publication:

• Centralized vs decentralized solar: A comparison study (India), Renewable Energy, 2022
• Impacts of sustainable consumption and production initiatives in energy and waste management sectors: examples from India, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2022
• How regional solar cooperation could be a solution for India's energy crisis, Economic Times (Oped), May 2022
• Recalibrating Indian Climate Strategy – A Shift from Means to End, Economic Times (Oped),November 2021
• Solar FPOs - A sweat equity-based business model for farmers, Economic Times (Oped), September 2020
• RTC Renewable Energy as the new normal - Learnings from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Economic Times (Oped), May 2020
• Covid-19 and Carbon Lock-In. Impacts on the Energy transition, IASS Study, 2020
• Energy consumption behavior: A data-based analysis of urban Indian households, Energy Policy, 2020
• Factors impacting wind and solar power sectors in India: A survey-based analysis, Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2020
• Energy Coupons. Thapar Sapan. Deccan Herald (Oped). March, 2019
• Analysis of factors impacting wind and solar sectors - Challenges to sustainable development -Four Country Study, Sustainable Development (Wiley), 2019.
• Key determinants of wind energy growth in India: Analysis of policy and non-policy factors, Energy Policy, 2018
• Analyzing solar auctions in India: Identifying key determinants, Energy for Sustainable Development, 2018
• Local community as shareholders in clean energy projects- Innovative strategy for accelerating renewable energy deployment in India, Renewable Energy, 2017
• Economic and environmental effectiveness of renewable energy policy instruments - Best practices from India, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016