Shashank Mohan

Shashank Mohan

Quantitative Analysis

Shashank Mohan leads the development and management of RHG’s suite of economic models and other quantitative tools.  He works across RHG’s practice areas to analyze the impact of policy proposals and structural developments on specific markets and broader economic trends.

Prior to RHG, Shashank worked with Columbia University’s Earth Institute and the World Bank to design an electricity expansion model for Kenya and Senegal and was a program assistant at the South Asia Institute. He comes from the information technology industry, with a previous career as software engineering at Microsoft.

Shashank holds an MPA from School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.

Report

American Energy Productivity

by Trevor Houser and Shashank Mohan

RHG assesses the economic, environmental and security implications of the Alliance to Save Energy's goal of doubling US energy productivity by 2030, adopted by President Obama in his State of the Union Address.

  • Note

    Coal Claws Back

    by Trevor Houser and Shashank Mohan | February 14, 2013 In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama welcomed the environmental benefits of low-cost natural gas, noting that US CO2 emissions have declined sharply over the past four years. Indeed, coal’s share of US electricity generation fell to 33% in April 2012, the lowest level seen in decades, thanks in large part to cheap natural gas, and US CO2 emissions in the first half of 2012 were 13% below 2005 levels. But as gas prices have risen in recent months, so has demand for coal for power generation. Absent new policy, the recent drop in emissions has likely run its course.

  • Note

    American Energy Independence: Let the Betting Begin

    by Trevor Houser and Shashank Mohan | March 28, 2012 With US oil demand falling thanks to high prices fuel efficient vehicles and domestic crude and natural gas supply rising thanks to unconventional production, energy analysts have begun speculating that policymakers long-elusive goal of “energy independence” might be within reach. In this note, we provide a roundup of recent government and industry projections and will explore what these various American energy futures mean for the US economy and national security in the weeks and months ahead.

  • Note

    Can the Saudis Save the Oil Market?

    by Trevor Houser and Shashank Mohan | January 17, 2012 As US sanctions against the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) start to bite and the EU hammers out the details of a continent-wide ban on Iranian oil imports, all eyes are on Saudi Arabia and whether the Kingdom will step in a replace lost Iranian ...

  • Interactive

    Iran Oil Desk

    by Trevor Houser and Shashank Mohan | January 10, 2012 Real-time information and analysis on the world’s third largest oil exporter, including trade, production and exchange rate data and original RHG research.

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    Iran and the 2012 Oil Market Outlook

    by Trevor Houser and Shashank Mohan | December 22, 2011 The US and Europe are stepping up the pressure on Iran by going after the country's oil exports. RHG's Trevor Houser and Shashank Mohan assess what this means for global oil markets in the coming year.