Gauri Jauhar

S&P Global

Executive Director, Energy Transitions & CleanTech Consulting

Gauri Jauhar is Executive Director, in S&P Global’s Energy Transition and Clean Tech Global Consulting team. Gauri’s primary focus is conceptualizing and leading the delivery of consulting projects in Global clean energy development, focus on low carbon technologies, company Energy Transition and ESG strategies. Her areas of specialization are Integration of Clean and New Energy sources to the Energy spectrum for companies and countries, ESG related and Corporate Financial and Operational Competitor Benchmarking, Energy pricing, Market entry strategies and Energy policy development. She represents S&P Global in various industry bodies such as the US India Hydrogen Task Force, US India Strategic Partnership Forum’s Renewable Energy Task Force. Prior to joining S&P Global, Gauri was Commercial Advisor – Gas Policy & Regulatory Affairs at BP in India. She was the gas policy lead for multi-disciplinary team leading BP’s energy reforms advocacy efforts in India. Prior to joining BP, Gauri was a Senior Consultant at PFC Energy (now part of S&P Global), leading PFC Energy’s Integrated Energy business in India and Singapore. Gauri started her career as a Research Associate at the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi, analyzing macro-economic policy issues for the Indian economy and her paper with DK Joshi on “India’s Macro-Stabilization Policy in 1990s: A Review and Assessment” was published in the book, “The Indian State in Transition.”

Sessions With Gauri Jauhar

Thursday, 21 October

  • 05:30pm - 06:00pm (IST) / 21/oct/2021 12:00 pm - 21/oct/2021 12:30 pm

    CCUS: Where are the hubs?
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    Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) will be a key enabler of the energy transition, being crucial to reduce emissions in hard-to-abate industries and the power generation sector. The CCS and CCUS large-scale projects pipeline has grown by 40% y-o-y in 2020 with the highest project activity in the United States. Large-scale hubs such as those in the North Sea and in Texas could provide a model for capturing and sequestering large volumes of CO2 by leveraging economies of scale and proximity to offshore storage in depleted fields. What are advantages and disadvantages of these hubs? What policy and commercial support is necessary from the Government of India to jump start CCUS? What are some of the likely locations in India to start CCUS deployment? Where are the biggest cost-reduction opportunities across CCUS value chain?

Friday, 22 October

  • 12:10pm - 12:40pm (IST) / 22/oct/2021 06:40 am - 22/oct/2021 07:10 am

    Make in India
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    Launched in September 2014, Make in India had the integral vision to transform India into a global design and manufacturing hub. Energy is a critical part of the Make in India initiative as, both directly and indirectly, it spans the 25 identified sectors for the initiative, including chemicals, oil and gas, renewable energy, and thermal power. For India’s energy sector, what are the barriers to achieving the full vision of the initiative? Which areas in the energy sector does Make in India have a natural advantage? What sector-specific policies and regulations will be critical for attracting future investments to deliver the promise of the Make in India push? What is the role of Make in India in developing sustainable global clean energy supply chains?

  • 02:10pm - 02:40pm (IST) / 22/oct/2021 08:40 am - 22/oct/2021 09:10 am

    Technologies to Deliver Climate Goals
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    Technology is at the core of the energy business. An unprecedented scale-up is needed in low-carbon technologies to achieve global climate goals. While much progress has been made in renewable energy, other sectors that are major sources of emissions—such as heavy industry, transportation, and agriculture—have not yet developed cost-competitive low-carbon technologies. At the same time, there is a strong push on technologies such as hydrogen, long duration storage, and CCUS. Reducing emissions will require both hardware and software. How should companies integrate the best of both in India? There are many technologies vying to be part of the climate solution. Which of these have the potential to be scalable? Are there specific policies that will make these technologies more attractive? What support structures are needed to encourage innovation, research, and invention in energy technologies in India? What is the role of digital technologies in supporting sustainable development?

  • 04:00pm - 04:30pm (IST) / 22/oct/2021 10:30 am - 22/oct/2021 11:00 am

    Supply Chains for Low-carbon Deployment in India
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    The Covid-19 pandemic showed the weakness of geographically concentrated supply chains. The post-pandemic recovery offers an opportunity for India to build capacity to deliver the clean energy supply chains of the future. Future growth in deployment of renewables, CCUS, storage, and hydrogen bring together the domestic ambition of Make in India with the global quest for sustainable, resilient, and clean energy. What are the critical elements needed to establish supply chains for low-carbon deployment in India? What are India’s natural advantages to build resilient low-carbon supply chains? What are the barriers that need to be addressed to attract investment into low-carbon supply chains in India? What best practices, in India and globally, can be applied to build the future clean energy supply chains?

  • 04:40pm - 05:20pm (IST) / 22/oct/2021 11:10 am - 22/oct/2021 11:50 am

    Reflections on the India Energy Forum
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