Publications

2020

He, Gang, Jiang Lin, Froylan Sifuentes, Xu Liu, Nikit Abhyankar, and Amol A. Phadke."Rapid cost decrease of renewables and storage accelerates the decarbonization of China’s power system."Nature Communications 11.1 (2020). DOI
Phadke, Amol A., Nikit Abhyankar, Ranjit Deshmukh, Julia Szinai, and Anand R. Gopal."Cost-effective decarbonization of California’s power sector by 2030 with the aid of battery storage." (2020).

2019

Szinai, Julia, Colin Sheppard, Nikit Abhyankar, and Anand R. Gopal."Reduced grid operating costs and renewable energy curtailment with electric vehicle charge management."Energy Policy (2019) 111051. DOI
Sheppard, Colin, Julia Szinai, Nikit Abhyankar, and Anand R. Gopal."Grid Impacts of Electric Vehicles and Managed Charging in California." (2019).
Phadke, Amol A., Won Young Park, and Nikit Abhyankar."Providing reliable and financially sustainable electricity access in India using super-efficient appliances."Energy Policy 132 (2019). DOI
Abhyankar, Nikit, Jiang Lin, Xu Liu, and Froylan Sifuentes."Economic and environmental benefits of market-based power-system reform in China: provincial versus regional grid optimization." (2019).
Letschert, Virginie E., Nihar Shah, Won Young Park, Nihan Karali, Ambereen Shaffie, Sarah K. Price, Nikit Abhyankar, Ari Darmawan Pasek, Edi Sartono, Hari Kusmardianto, and Andi Novianto."Accelerating Cooling Efficiency in Indonesia." (2019).
de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Aditya Khandekar, Nikit Abhyankar, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, Nan Zhou, and Amol A. Phadke."Modeling India’s energy future using a bottom-up approach."Applied Energy 238 (2019). DOI
Karali, Nihan, Nikit Abhyankar, Ben Sharpe, and Anup Bandivadekar."Improving fuel efficiency for heavy-duty vehicles of 3.5–12 tonnes in India: Benefits, costs, and environmental impacts." (2019).

2018

Khandekar, Aditya, Deepak Rajagopal, Nikit Abhyankar, Shruti M. Deorah, and Amol A. Phadke."The Case for All New City Buses in India to be Electric." (2018).
Abhyankar, Nikit."The 1,000 Power Plant Question:Cooling the Planet Sustainably." (2018).
Abhyankar, Nikit."Leapfrogging to Electric and Smart Vehicles: Key Challenges and Opportunities." (2018).

2017

Abhyankar, Nikit, Nihar Shah, Virginie E. Letschert, and Amol A. Phadke."Assessing the Cost-Effective Energy Saving Potential from Top-10 Appliances in India."9th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL) (2017).
Palchak, David, Jaquelin Cochran, Ranjit Deshmukh, Ali Ehlen, Sushil Kumar Soonee, S.R. Narasimhan, Mohit Joshi, Brendan McBennett, Michael Milligan, Priya Sreedharan, Ilya Chernyakhovskiy, and Nikit Abhyankar."GREENING THE GRID: Pathways to Integrate 175 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy into India’s Electric Grid, Vol. I—National Study EXECUTIVE SUMMARY."Greening the Grid 1 (2017).
Palchak, David, Jaquelin Cochran, Ranjit Deshmukh, Ali Ehlen, Sushil Kumar Soonee, S.R. Narasimhan, Mohit Joshi, Brendan McBennett, Michael Milligan, Priya Sreedharan, Ilya Chernyakhovskiy, and Nikit Abhyankar."GREENING THE GRID: Pathways to Integrate 175 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy into India’s Electric Grid, Vol. I—National Study."Greening the Grid 1 (2017).
Abhyankar, Nikit, Anand R. Gopal, Colin Sheppard, Won Young Park, and Amol A. Phadke."Techno-Economic Assessment of Deep Electrification of Passenger Vehicles in India." (2017).
Rai, Varun, Rahul Tongia, Gireesh Shrimali, and Nikit Abhyankar."Data for development: The case for an Indian energy information administration."Energy Research & Social Science 25.March 2017 (2017). DOI
Abhyankar, Nikit, Nihar Shah, Won Young Park, and Amol A. Phadke."Accelerating Energy Efficiency Improvements in Room Air Conditioners in India: Potential, Costs-Benefits, and Policies." (2017).
Abhyankar, Nikit, Nihar Shah, Amol A. Phadke, and Won Young Park."Technical and Economic Aspects of Designing an Efficient Room Air-Conditioner Program in India." (2017).

2016

Phadke, Amol A., Nikit Abhyankar, and Ranjit Deshmukh."Techno-Economic Assessment of Integrating 175GW of Renewable Energy into the Indian Grid by 2022." (2016).
Shah, Nihar, Nikit Abhyankar, Won Young Park, Amol A. Phadke, Saurabh Diddi, Deepanshu Ahuja, P.K. Mukherjee, and Archana Walia."Cost-Benefit of Improving the Efficiency of Room Air Conditioners (Inverter and Fixed Speed) in India." (2016).

2015

Gopal, Anand R., Maggie Witt, Nikit Abhyankar, Colin Sheppard, and Andrew Harris."Battery electric vehicles can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make renewable energy cheaper in India." (2015).
Shah, Nihar, Nikit Abhyankar, Amol A. Phadke, and Girish Ghatikar."Considerations in Standardization for Demand Response Ready Air Conditioners in India."India Smart Grid Week 2015 (2015).

2014

Phadke, Amol A., Nikit Abhyankar, and Poorvi Rao."Empirical Analysis of the Variability of Wind Generation in India: Implications for Grid Integration." (2014).
Phadke, Amol A., Nikit Abhyankar, and Nihar Shah."Avoiding 100 New Power Plants by Increasing Efficiency of Room Air Conditioners in India: Opportunities and Challenges." (2014).