
Varun Rai
Research Fellow616 Serra St.
Encina Hall E419
Stanford, CA 94305
Research Interests
Carbon capture and storage (CCS), technological innovation, energy policy of India.
Varun's research focuses on technologies and policies for carbon capture and storage (CCS), technological innovation and diffusion, and the technology and energy policy of India. He leads the carbon capture and storage (CCS) research at PESD.
He received his Ph.D. and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford with specialization in energy systems and technologies. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.
Publications
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Promoting Clean Development Competing Market Mechanisms Post-2012
Varun Rai
Harvard International Review (2009)
Real Drivers of Carbon Capture and Storage in China and Implications for Climate Policy
Richard K. Morse, Varun Rai, Gang He
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #88 (2009)

- Climate Change and the Energy Challenge: A Pragmatic Approach for India
Varun Rai, David G. Victor
Economic and Political Weekly vol. 44, 31 (2009)
Role of Carbon Capture Technologies in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Models: A Parametric Study for the U.S. Power Sector
Varun Rai, John Bistline
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Working Paper #85 (2009)
Climate Change and the Energy Challenge: A Pragmatic Approach for India
Varun Rai, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Working Paper #83 (2009)



