NITI Aayog Launches One-Stop Data Center On Energy, Climate

NITI Aayog, in collaboration with energy and climate think-tank Vasudha Foundation, has announced a dedicated revamped online data center on energy, electric mobility, and climate. It has been named India Climate & Energy Dashboard (ICED) 3.0.

The portal was recently launched during the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) in Goa. It is claimed to aid the policymakers, the general public, and energy and climate trackers to track the latest information on these topics, compiled from different ministries.

The portal offers specialized, customized information sets which can be visualized with the help of maps, graphs and other visual elements. According to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) officials, this could be the one-stop platform for India’s energy, climate, and economic datasets.

Officials said that with the help of this portal, real-time data on these issues could be tracked, which is authentic and trusted. “Developed as a user-friendly platform, ICED 3.0 enables users to access and analyze datasets using an analytical engine freely. It will facilitate insights and enhance understanding of the energy and climate sectors while identifying the key challenges. The portal will draw insights from the available data parameters and hence immensely useful in monitoring the progress of India’s clean energy transition journey,” an official from the MNRE said.

This dashboard empowers users with more than 500 parameters, over 2000 infographics, and several interactive visualizations, allowing users to gain a holistic understanding of India’s energy sector holistically.

The website claimed it is a user-friendly platform that aimed to bring together comprehensive and time series data from 2005 onwards to provide single window access for all datasets on these topics required for their modeling assessments and research.

“It offers insightful analysis of India’s energy, climate, and relevant economy-related aspects and further act as a pillar for robust decision-making enabling India’s clean energy transition,” it said.

Besides energy and climate, the dashboard also offers information on economy and demography for comparative study and its combined analysis along with the energy and climate issues.