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growth in the energy intensity
Consumption of
Railways and other Electricity by Sectors of the buildings sector
7% 2021-2022(P) overall, looking into the fact
0% that the total connected load
Agriculture had increased by only 14%
18% over the same period. The
Industry same period witnessed a 65%
41%
increase in the revenue from
the electricity sales, indicating
Commercial cost escalation in electricity
8% price of 5.72 INR/kWh to 6.5
INR/kWh.

Thus, the increasing energy
consumption and electricity
Domestic prices require interventions
26%
in terms of improving energy
Figure 1: Sector-wise Electricity Consumption in 2021-22 efficiency and utilising
renewable energy (available
In India, the buildings sector revenue gained through the at lower price compared to
(residential and commercial) sale of electricity is depicted conventional grid electricity),
contributes to 34% of the in figure [3]. to meet the demands from
total annual electricity upcoming demand centres
consumption and contribute As seen from the Figure like electrical vehicle charging
to 41.2% of the total electricity 2, the total number of infrastructure and demand
sold by the utilities in India, as residential and commercial management strategies
shown in the figure [2]. building energy consumers
has increased by 40% over like Battery Energy Storage
The share of the electricity the past 8 years, with the Systems (BESS).
consumers, their peak sale of electricity increasing The potential integration of
energy demand and annual by 46% in the same period. renewable energy emerges as
energy consumption, and the This indirectly indicates the a strategic avenue to optimise

energy usage within the
Domestic and Commercial 2015 Domestic and Commercial 2023 economy, boosting overall
4,60,998 efficiency. By mitigating losses
during energy conversion,

2,67,226 3,16,163 2,97,642 this approach minimises the
primary
energy
required
to meet existing demands.
1,91,263 1,80,813 1,67,057 1,89,883 Furthermore, advancements
in energy efficiency not only
decrease overall primary
energy requirements but also
reduce the capacity and cost
CON S UME R S ( I N E L E C T R I C I T Y R E V E NU E F ROM CONN E C T E D of low-carbon energy systems
T HOU S A ND S ) S A L E S MU S T A T E O F P OW ER L O A D S ( MW )
( R S I N CROR E S ) necessary for meeting
Figure 2: Snapshot of Building Electricity Consumers and Suppliers demand.

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