Shuba Raghavan

Shuba Raghavan is interested in the assessment of renewable energy technologies and policies to promote a low carbon economy. Her current research involves evaluating life cycle costs and emissions of technologies and modeling pathways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California. Earlier, she worked on the techno-economic analysis of decentralized solar applications and evaluated policies to address energy equity in India. Before discovering her interest in energy policy, she held the position of a Senior Research Associate at Yale University’s Investments Office. At Yale, she developed analytical models for endowment and pension fund management. She holds a PhD in Mathematics. Publications:

• Pathways to Decarbonize Residential Water Heating in California, Shuba V Raghavan, Max Wei, Daniel Kammen, Energy Policy 109 (2017) 441–451
• Translating climate change and heating system electrification impacts on building energy use to future greenhouse gas emissions and electric grid capacity requirements in California; Brian Tarroja, Felicia Chiang, Amir AghaKouchak, Scott Samuelsen, Shuba V. Raghavan, Max Wei, Kaiyu Sun and Tianzhen Hong, Applied Energy, 2018, vol. 225, issue C, 522-534
• Adoption of solar home lighting systems in India: What might we learn from Karnataka?
• Assessing the impact of the transition to Light Emitting Diodes based solar lighting systems in India, Energy for Sustainable Development
• Harnessing Solar Energy: Options for India
• Redesigning the National Solar Mission for Rural India
• Wei, Max; Raghavan, Shuba V.; Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Patricia; Henriquez Auba, Rodrigo; Millstein, Dev; Hoffacker, Madison; Hernandez, Rebecca; Ruffini, Eleonara; Tarroja, Brian; Agofoucha, Amir; Johnston, Josiah; Kammen, Daniel; Szinai, Julia; Shepard, Colin; Gopal, Anand; Sun, Kaiyu; Hong, Tianzhen; James, Florin-Langer. 2017. Building a Healthier and More Robust Future: 2050 Low Carbon Energy Scenarios for California. California Energy Commission. (2018)

Blog posts:

• Is the Grid Ready for Windy Days, Blog in Down to Earth, June 4 2014

Links: Twitter @ShubaRaghavan Contact: shuba.raghavan@berkeley.edu