Thirumalai NC

Sector Head - Strategic Studies

Thirumalai N.C. is Sector Head – Strategic Studies, at CSTEP. He has been associated with CSTEP’s inter-disciplinary research activities for more than nine years. His fields of interest are renewable energy and computational modelling of energy systems.

 

Prior to CSTEP, he worked in experimental aerodynamics at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mysore.

"In alignment with CSTEP's goal to provide evidence-based policy suggestions, we aim to develop rigorous computational tools and models to support informed decision making."

Publications

Addressing the impending crisis of solar photovoltaic waste in India

Addressing the impendi...

The solar photovoltaic industry is witnessing a remarkable expansion...

Revving Up Revenue: Making Affordable Public EV Charging Viable

Revving Up Revenue: Ma...

The electric vehicle (EV) segment in India has witnessed...

RE Atlas Can Provide Pre-feasibility Analysis for Setting up Solar Plants to Make OSOWOG a Reality

RE Atlas Can Provide P...

The Green Grids Initiative – One Sun One World...

Technology Assessment Framework: Methodology Note

Technology Assessment ...

Technology plays a crucial role in realising the sustainable...

Techno-economic comparison of solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and photovoltaic (PV) systems with energy storage

Techno-economic compar...

Solar field area & storage capacity was varied to...

Bankability of Concentrated Solar Power in India: A Plant-Configuration Case Study in Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Mumbai

Bankability of Concent...

This study evaluates options for deployment configurations of current...

Challenges and opportunities for Solar Tower technology in India

Challenges and opportu...

Solar Tower technology has gained considerable momentum over the...

Methodology for sizing the solar field for parabolic trough technology with thermal storage and hydribization

Methodology for sizing...

A detailed methodology to design the size of solar...

Mean Line Design of Radial Inflow Turbine for sCO2 Power System

Mean Line Design of Ra...

Closed Loop Brayton cycle power plants using supercritical carbon...

Models for Informed Decisions

Models for Informed De...

Think tanks play a critical role in influencing policy...