> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.transitionzero.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # India > This section provides specific details about Scenario Builder's model of India. # Changelog Support for India dispatch scenarios India 1-node and 5-node models added to Scenario Builder # Model scope ## Capacity Expansion * Base year: 2023 * End year: 2050 * Spatial resolution: * National (1-node) * Regional (5-node) * India North (GRIDREGION-IND-NO) * India North East (GRIDREGION-IND-NE) * India East (GRIDREGION-IND-EA) * India South (GRIDREGION-IND-SO) * India West (GRIDREGION-IND-WE) * Temporal resolution: * Low resolution (24-hourly and yearly) - 1 timeslice * Medium resolution (3-hourly and 3-monthly) - 32 timeslices ## Dispatch * Base year: 2023 * End year: 2050 * Spatial resolution: * National (1-node) * Regional (5-node) * India North (GRIDREGION-IND-NO) * India North East (GRIDREGION-IND-NE) * India East (GRIDREGION-IND-EA) * India South (GRIDREGION-IND-SO) * India West (GRIDREGION-IND-WE) * Temporal resolution: * High resolution (hourly and single year) - 8760 timesteps * Available for single years between 2023-2050 # Data sourcing table | **Input variable** | **Data source** | **Data standard** | | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------- | | Demand profiles - current | POSOCO, via [India Climate and Energy Dashboard](https://iced.niti.gov.in/) | Gold | | Demand profiles - future | Interpolation of [CEA Optimal Capacity Mix Report](https://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/notification/2023/05/Optimal_mix_report__2029_30_Version_2.0__For_Uploading.pdf) and [CEA 20th Electrical Power Survey](https://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/ps___lf/2023/02/Volume_I_Report_of_20th_Electric_Power_Survey.pdf) | Silver | | Annual demand - current | POSOCO, via [India Climate and Energy Dashboard](https://iced.niti.gov.in/), with 7% network losses assumed | Gold | | Annual demand - future | Interpolation of [CEA Optimal Capacity Mix Report](https://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/notification/2023/05/Optimal_mix_report__2029_30_Version_2.0__For_Uploading.pdf) and [CEA 20th Electrical Power Survey](https://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/ps___lf/2023/02/Volume_I_Report_of_20th_Electric_Power_Survey.pdf), with 7% network losses assumed | Silver | | Renewable profiles - current | In-house TransitionZero calculation, derived from [Chu and Hawkes (2020)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116630) | Gold | | Renewable profiles - future | In-house TransitionZero calculation, derived from [Chu and Hawkes (2020)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116630) | Silver | | Renewable potentials | MOSPI, via [India Climate and Energy Dashboard](https://iced.niti.gov.in/) | Gold | | Technology costs - current | [Central Electricity Authority and Danish Energy Agency, Indian Technology Catalogue](https://cea.nic.in/irp/first-indian-technology-catalogue-data-generation-and-storage-of-electricityexcel/?lang=en) | Gold | | Technology costs - future | [Central Electricity Authority and Danish Energy Agency, Indian Technology Catalogue](https://cea.nic.in/irp/first-indian-technology-catalogue-data-generation-and-storage-of-electricityexcel/?lang=en) | Silver | | Interconnector technology costs - current | TransitionZero in-house calculation, using "Transmission System for Integration of over 500 GW RE Capacity by 2030" | Bronze | | Interconnector technology costs - future | TransitionZero in-house calculation, using "Transmission System for Integration of over 500 GW RE Capacity by 2030" | Bronze | | Commodity costs - current | TransitionZero in-house research using published coal and gas prices, and tariff notices | Silver | | Commodity costs - future | Commodity costs assumed to remain static | Bronze | | Domestic interconnector capacity data - current | [Rolling Plan Inter State Transmission System 2028-2029](https://www.ctuil.in/uploads/annual_rolling_plan/171636414536Final%20Report_Print%20Verison.pdf), with no further exogenous build assumed past 2028 | Gold | | Domestic interconnector capacity data - future | [Rolling Plan Inter State Transmission System 2028-2029](https://www.ctuil.in/uploads/annual_rolling_plan/171636414536Final%20Report_Print%20Verison.pdf), with no further exogenous build assumed past 2028 | Silver | | Efficiency / Losses | [Central Electricity Authority and Danish Energy Agency, Indian Technology Catalogue](https://cea.nic.in/irp/first-indian-technology-catalogue-data-generation-and-storage-of-electricityexcel/?lang=en) | Gold | | Minimum generation level | [Central Electricity Authority and Danish Energy Agency, Indian Technology Catalogue](https://cea.nic.in/irp/first-indian-technology-catalogue-data-generation-and-storage-of-electricityexcel/?lang=en) | Silver | | Planned outages / Availability | Default, technology-specific | Silver | | Discount rate | 10% | Silver | | WACC | 10% | Silver | | Power plant data (location, capacity, fuel, technology, start year, end year) | Thermal technologies - Global Energy Monitor, cross referenced against data via [India Climate and Energy Monitor](http://iced.niti.gov.in/)
Renewable technologies - Global Energy Monitor, cross-referenced against [MNRE annual publications on state-wise capacity](https://mnre.gov.in/en/year-wise-achievement/) | Gold |