Nutgraph – Social Data Lab

Combining Nutgraph’s field-verified database of 130+ energy-linked land conflicts with satellite imagery, time-series analysis, & on-ground validation, the project will generate a comparative spatial evidence base to improve siting decisions and identify land-related risks early.

By learning from legacy energy systems, using multimodal AI, the project aims to help renewable energy expansion avoid repeating past land-governance blind spots while strengthening long-term energy security and investment confidence.

We’re excited to announce our new partnership. With the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Human-Inspired AI, we’re building a first-of-it’s-kind AI-augmented geospatial evidence base–helping India’s energy transition learn from past land-use challenges nutgraph.in/post/learning-…

By bringing together developer insights, community perspectives, and empirical conflict data, the research aims to build evidence on how responsible siting practices can reduce risk, improve predictability, and support faster, more sustainable renewable energy deployment.

It will also document how developers currently approach siting and risk mitigation, and evaluate whether tools like SiteRight could help identify high-risk locations earlier in the planning process and avoid conflicts.

India is in the midst of one of the world’s most ambitious renewable energy expansions. As of March 2026, it had installed approximately 283.46 GW of renewable capacity, including 150.26 GW of solar and 56.09 GW of wind.  nutgraph.in/post/assessing…

Nutgraph – Social Data Lab supports organisations and institutions through actionable research and data-driven insights. Our flagship initiative, @LandConflicts, is India’s leading public database on land and natural-resource governance.

The role offers the opportunity to work on projects in collaboration with leading academic institutions and research groups globally, with exposure to interdisciplinary work within international research environments.

📢 We’re Hiring! Research Associate – Renewable Energy & Land Systems Full-time | New Delhi 12-month contract (renewable) Deadline: 7 May 2026 Apply here: nutgraph.in/careers/resear…