ABSTRACT
India's clean energy transition underpins huge-scale electrification, not only to existing demand sectors but also to emerging end uses. This chapter delves into the importance of deep electrification in key demand sectors including residential, industrial, transport, and agriculture. With the emergence of supplementary electricity demand including electric vehicles, green hydrogen, and electric cooking, through direct or indirect electrification, this chapter explores the impact of deep electrification pathways on the Indian economy. Existing policies supporting deep electrification are assessed and key emerging insights are explored. Further, collaborations supporting deep electrification in an international context focusing on industries and transport sector are studied. A few challenges including conceptual, techno-economic, supply chain, and behavioural aspects are studied and associated recommendations are provided at the end of the chapter.
