Author(s)

Shiyan Zhai, Zheng Wang

Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China..
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science, Ministry of Education East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

Facing the challenge of climate change, forecasts of energy demand and carbon emissions demand are a key requirement for India to ensure energy security and the balance economic growth. The authors calculate the optimal economic growth under the balance economic growth path from 2009 to 2050 in India based on the economy-carbon dynamic model. Combination of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2006 edition of the formula of carbon emissions, energy intensity model, and population model, it gets the carbon emissions demand caused by energy consumption for time span 1980-2008. Then, it estimates the energy consumption demand and carbon emissions demand under the balance economic growth path from 2009 to 2050. The results show that the cumulative amount of energy demand and carbon emissions demand in India for the time span 2009 to 2050, are 44.65 Gtoe and 36.16 Gt C, separately. The annual demand of energy consumption and carbon emissions for India show an inverted U curve from 2009 to 2050. The demand of energy consumption and carbon emissions will peak in 2045, and the peak values are 1290.74 Mtoe and 1045.98 Mt C. Furthermore, India’s per capita energy consumption demand and carbon emissions demand also appear maximum values, which are separately 0.81 toe and 0.65 t C.

Balance Economic Growth; Energy Intensity; Energy Consumption; Carbon Emissions

S. Zhai and Z. Wang, "The Prediction of Carbon Emissions Demands in India under the Balance Economic Growth Path," Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2012, pp. 186-193. doi: 10.4236/sgre.2012.33026.