Kedar Mehta - Bringing green energy expertise to developing nations

Doctoral researcher Kedar Mehta’s work is aimed at establishing energy transition in the world’s developing nations.

While the methodologies for addressing climate change are available for the developed world, the scientific knowledge necessary for sustainable energy transition is often lacking in developing nations.

This presents those nations with additional and significant challenges on climate change for developing nations over and above those faced by the developed nations.

Kedar’s research aims to bridge that gap and encompasses key dimensions such as building energy research, enhancing building energy efficiency, and integrating renewable energy at the building and community level.

This is achieved through formulating a novel interdisciplinary open-access model, providing a comprehensive solution for establishing sustainable energy transition in developing countries.

The research is structured into three primary segments - energy demand, energy supply, and a bridging model.

The energy demand side focuses on creating a model to estimate current and future energy demands and building energy benchmarks. The energy supply work involves designing and analysing energy systems for unique climatic and geographic conditions and the bridging model aims to balance energy demand and supply by introducing carbon emission trading, adding an interdisciplinary dimension to the research.

Kedar also holds the position of research group leader at the Institute of New Energy Systems at the University of Applied Science in Ingolstadt, Germany, while studying for his doctorate at De Montfort University.