The India Energy & Climate Center (IECC) at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy leverages clean energy technology and policy expertise at the world’s top public university, Silicon Valley, and the state of California to catalyze the rapid transformation of energy systems that can deliver significant environmental, economic, and energy security benefits.
We work collaboratively with Indian policymakers and business leaders to design an innovation and deployment ecosystem through tech-informed policy design, capacity building, a leadership dialogue platform and south-to-south collaboration.
Year-to-Date Impact
We regularly conduct high-impact briefings across India. These sessions serve as platforms to translate cutting-edge research into actionable insights, advising and policy support.
Through tailored engagements with policymakers and key energy stakeholders, we foster meaningful knowledge exchange and capacity building.
We work closely with diverse central and state agencies across India, providing timely insights that inform energy planning, policy design, and implementation.
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The Challenge
India is facing challenges as it relates to the climate crisis, industrial competitiveness, and energy security. This comes at a time where clean technology costs have dropped rapidly giving India a unique opportunity to leapfrog traditional development trajectories and become a leader in the green economy. -
The Approach
The IECC strives to ‘meet the moment’, undertaking a systemic approach to issues of the clean energy transition including industrial competitiveness, energy security, and health benefits associated with emissions reduction. This will be achieved through integrated policy research, that is then translated into engagement with policymakers across different sectors. -
The Mission
Our mission is to power sustainable economic growth for India and the world through tech-informed policy, capacity building, U.S.-India dialogue and south-to-south collaboration.
Impact Areas
We focus on six interconnected impact areas to drive clean, secure, and climate-resilient solutions for India and the world.
Power
Resilience to
Climate Impacts
Industry
Transport
Political Economy & Transition
South-South Collaboration
Latest Research
India is the world’s second-largest producer of crude steel, with output of 149 million tonnes in 2024, approximately 8% of global production.
India’s steel sector remains heavily dependent on imported coking coal. India’s next phase
of steel expansion would lock the country into more than US$1 trillion in coking coal
imports over the life of these assets, with material implications for energy security, foreign-exchange exposure, and export competitiveness.
India’s steel sector remains heavily dependent on imported coking coal. Planned expansion of blast-furnace capacity to approximately 180–195 MTPA by 2030–31 would lock in over $1 trillion in coal imports over a 40-year asset life, deepening India’s energy import dependence, foreign-exchange exposure, and vulnerability to carbon border measures in export markets.
India’s steel expansion risks locking in coking coal imports and losing competitiveness under carbon rules. Record low green hydrogen costs enable green steel at the same cost as coal-based steel, avoiding both risks.
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