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Technology Development Prospects for the Indian Power Sector. Paris : IEA, 2011, 88 p.http://www.iea.org/papers/2011/technology_development_india.pdfThe Indian power sector will face numerous challenges over the next four  decades. More than one third of India’s population currently do not  have access to electricity. Urgent action is needed to overcome this  problem of energy poverty. At the same time rapid economic growth is  projected to increase electricity demand by fivefold to sixfold between  now and 2050. Massive investments will be needed to meet this increased  demand, but this will also create unique opportunities to transform the  power sector towards a low-carbon future.     This Information Paper presents in more detail the analysis for  India published in Energy Technology Perspectives 2010. The paper  investigates the best way of achieving deep CO2 emission cuts in the  Indian power system while allowing the Indian economy to continue  growing and meeting the challenge of alleviating energy poverty. It does  so from a techno-economic perspective - building on detailed resource  and technology data for India - and identifies the key power sector  technologies needed for India to realise such a transition.(© IEA)