Dr Sapan Thapar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sustainable Engineering, TERI School of Advanced Studies. He completed his doctoral research as well as Masters, both in the field of energy, from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Dr Thapar, a certified Energy Manager, has over two-decade long experience in the energy sector. At TERI SAS, he has been teaching subjects related to energy policy, energy economics, energy efficiency, renewable project management and carbon markets. Dr Thapar has a number of research publications to his credit, including a textbook titled ‘Renewable Energy: Policies, Project Management and Economics’. In the past, he has been associated with IREDA (a government of India owned developmental financial institution), The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI) and Tata Consultancy Services (Energy Division).

Publication:

Renewable Energy: Policies, Project Management and Economics, Springer, 2024 (Book)
Role of Indian power markets in energy transition, Energy for Sustainable Development, 2024
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