Navigating the inclusive and sustainable energy transitions in South Asia: Progress, priorities and stakeholder perspectives

•Analyzes South Asia’s energy trilemma balancing energy access, security and sustainability.•Focuses on four major regional countries: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.•Identifies major challenges as lack of energy access, unreliable gird, and unaffordable prices.•Explores the prospects of...

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Published in:Energy conversion and management Vol. 313; p. 118589
Main Authors: Asif, Muhammad, Imran Khan, Muhammad, Pandey, Asha
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2024
Subjects:
administrative management
Bangladesh
Climate change
energy conversion
energy deprivation
Energy efficiency
Energy policy
Fossil fuels
India
Pakistan
politics
Renewable energy
solar energy
Sri Lanka
Stakeholder perspectives
stakeholders
surveys
water power
wind power
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
India
SET
CO2
HDVC
GHGs
HDI
BP
CBET
Stakeholder perspectives
GDP
SAARC
UN
kWh
NDCs
COP
EJ
IPCC
Fossil fuels
Energy policy
MW
Climate change
CER
CCS
T&D
Renewable energy
Energy efficiency
SDGs
ISSN:0196-8904
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Summary:•Analyzes South Asia’s energy trilemma balancing energy access, security and sustainability.•Focuses on four major regional countries: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.•Identifies major challenges as lack of energy access, unreliable gird, and unaffordable prices.•Explores the prospects of renewable energy as the key toward a sustainable energy transition.•Presents stakeholder perspectives on crucial dynamics of energy transition. To address the faced challenges – i.e. rapidly growing energy needs, depleting fossil fuel reserves, surging energy prices, risks to security of supplies, and climate change – the World is targeting a sustainable energy transition. This energy transition is primarily propelled by a global decarbonization drive. South Asia, a developing region housing over 23% of the global population, faces the additional challenge of serious energy deprivation. The subject of energy transition has not been explored in the South Asian context in terms of drivers, challenges, and prospects. This paper investigates the prospects of sustainable energy transition in South Asia in terms of resources, consumption trends, and challenges encountered by countries in the region, particularly India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It also examines the sustainable and renewable energy options for the region. An original stakeholder survey provides salient behavioral insights into awareness, attitudes and opinions shaping societal response to energy transition. The findings of the study highlight the serious energy security issues faced by the region in terms of lack of access, inconsistent supplies, unreliable grids, and high energy prices. Renewables like solar energy, wind power, and hydropower have the potential to propel regional countries to energy and environmental sustainability. “Lack of consistent policies and regulations”, “lack of political will” and “lack of investment” are found to be the three most important challenges to the energy transition.
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ISSN:0196-8904
DOI:10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118589