Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future
South Asia's groundwater economy stands at the threshold of a revolution in adoption of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs). This has potential to unlock the region's perverse energy-groundwater nexus. In much of South Asia, the price of energy used in irrigation, the only surrogate for water price, fails...
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| author | Shah, Tushaar Rajan, Abhishek Rai, Gyan Prakash Verma, Shilp Durga, Neha |
| author_browse | Durga, Neha Rai, Gyan Prakash Rajan, Abhishek Shah, Tushaar Verma, Shilp |
| author_facet | Shah, Tushaar Rajan, Abhishek Rai, Gyan Prakash Verma, Shilp Durga, Neha |
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| description | South Asia's groundwater economy stands at the threshold of a revolution in adoption of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs). This has potential to unlock the region's perverse energy-groundwater nexus. In much of South Asia, the price of energy used in irrigation, the only surrogate for water price, fails to signal the abundance or scarcity of groundwater, resulting in myriad distortions. We analyse these in South Asia's eight distinct energy-groundwater interaction settings. We then explore SIP promotion policies to ease pressure on scarce groundwater in South Asia's 'groundwater depletion zone' and accelerate groundwater irrigation for poverty reduction in its 'groundwater abundance zone'. |
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| spelling | CGSpace989772024-06-26T10:18:05Z Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future Shah, Tushaar Rajan, Abhishek Rai, Gyan Prakash Verma, Shilp Durga, Neha groundwater groundwater depletion water governance water scarcity water pricing water policy solar energy pumps nexus energy consumption surface water irrigation water economic aspects market economies poverty tube wells farmer-led irrigation South Asia's groundwater economy stands at the threshold of a revolution in adoption of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs). This has potential to unlock the region's perverse energy-groundwater nexus. In much of South Asia, the price of energy used in irrigation, the only surrogate for water price, fails to signal the abundance or scarcity of groundwater, resulting in myriad distortions. We analyse these in South Asia's eight distinct energy-groundwater interaction settings. We then explore SIP promotion policies to ease pressure on scarce groundwater in South Asia's 'groundwater depletion zone' and accelerate groundwater irrigation for poverty reduction in its 'groundwater abundance zone'. 2018-11-01 2019-01-09T09:23:34Z 2019-01-09T09:23:34Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98977 en Open Access IOP Publishing Shah, Tushaar; Rajan, Abhishek; Rai, Gyan Prakash; Verma, Shilp; Durga, Neha. 2018. Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future. Environmental Research Letters, 13(11):1-13. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aae53f |
| spellingShingle | groundwater groundwater depletion water governance water scarcity water pricing water policy solar energy pumps nexus energy consumption surface water irrigation water economic aspects market economies poverty tube wells farmer-led irrigation Shah, Tushaar Rajan, Abhishek Rai, Gyan Prakash Verma, Shilp Durga, Neha Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future |
| title | Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future |
| title_full | Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future |
| title_fullStr | Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future |
| title_short | Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future |
| title_sort | solar pumps and south asia s energy groundwater nexus exploring implications and reimagining its future |
| topic | groundwater groundwater depletion water governance water scarcity water pricing water policy solar energy pumps nexus energy consumption surface water irrigation water economic aspects market economies poverty tube wells farmer-led irrigation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98977 |
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