Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency is a key driving force in meeting India’s environmental and climate goals. We work closely with large and small industries and the buildings sector to help improve their energy performance. We have demonstrated a range of technologies and practices that have helped small and medium enterprises in India to reduce their carbon footprint and improve their profitability. Other significant efforts include supporting the Indian government’s Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme to promote energy efficiency in large industries.

Energy Efficiency

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    Project

    Aggregating DSM Opportunities Among Industrial Consumers at Utility Level for Low Carbon Growth

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  • Newsletter

    Sameeeksha Newsletter

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  • Project

    Energy efficiency improvements among small and medium textile units in India

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  • Policy Brief

    Pathways for the Indian Steel Sector: Realizing low carbon industrial clusters in eastern India through a place-based approach

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  • Article

    Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) in the iron and steel industry in India: rethinking patterns of innovation

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Projects

Textile 1

Industry decarbonisation pathways - Iron & steel value chains, Cement built environment & value chains, Corporate charter

Decarbonization iron and steel

Decarbonisation of iron and steel sectors

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Articles

COP30 in Belém: Will Ambition Take a Back Seat?

Mr R R Rashmi

Less than 40 countries have so far submitted their revised NDCs. Others are expected to follow.

Microbial Innovation for Coalbed Methane: TERI’s Role in Advancing CBM Technology

Dr Banwari Lal
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Dr Meeta Lavania

Coalbed methane (CBM) represents a significant portion of the world’s natural gas reserves, and it has been suggested that up to 20% of the world’s natural gas, including CBM, is microbial in origin. However, the drilling and maintenance of microbial CBM wells are becoming increasingly uneconomical due to the currently low gas prices, growing competition from shale gas production, and the relatively short lifespan of CBM production wells.

India can become a leading hydrogen export hub: Cristian Valdes Carter, Director, Innovation Norway said at TERI’s technical session at the International Climate Summit 2021

TERI Web Desk

TERI organised four virtual technical sessions on 'Powering India's Hydrogen Ecosystem' at the International Climate Summit 2021 where discussions focused on the scope, potential, and policy and regulatory impetus needed to boost green hydrogen application in India.

Cooling India with Energy Efficient Solutions

With rapid urbanisation and a growing population, there is a demand for sustainable, clean, and energy efficient cooling solutions. Access to cooling has become a development need and an equality issue. The interplay of a variety of factors is important to understand in order to encourage energy efficiency in cooling.

Understanding barriers to energy efficiency: Decoding consumer behaviour

Apart from easy availability of energy efficient technologies, consumers require a nudge to bring about behavioural change regarding energy conservation in daily life

A 'green division' in Delhi to reduce residents' carbon footprint

TERI Web Desk

A Model Green Division project by a discom in East Delhi's Mayur Vihar could reduce 2100 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent

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Events

TERI at RD20 2025

October 2, 2025
to October 2, 2025

Stakeholders’ Consultation on Energy Education

March 28, 2025
to March 28, 2025

WSDS 2025 Thematic Tracks - Climate Finance: Accelerating India's Decarbonisation Journey

March 5, 2025
to March 5, 2025

WSDS 2025 Thematic Track- Driving Industry transition: Focus on Cement Sector

March 5, 2025
to March 5, 2025

Coal Dependence: Lives in an Extractive Economy Photo Exhibition

July 25, 2024
to July 25, 2024

The photo exhibition "Coal Dependence: Lives in an Extractive Economy", curated as a part of the "Just Transition: Understanding and the Implications of Moving Away from Coal" project supported by the MacArthur Foundation, was held in the Seminar Hall, Ground Floor, TERI, India Habitat Centre from July 25th to July 26th 2024. The exhibition intended to illuminate the lives of communities that are intricately connected to the coal economy, which is at the heart of the just energy transition debate.

WSDS 2024: Sustainable Buildings Division conducts a track on "Sustainable Skylines: Enabling Tomorrow's Architecture with a Web-Based Knowledge Hub on Advanced Building Materials and Energy-Efficient Design”

March 5, 2024
to March 5, 2024

The event convened as a part of the World Sustainability Development Summit 2024, on February 8th, 2024, at India Habitat Centre's Jacaranda-1 Hall, from 1400 hrs to 1530 hrs (IST). WSDS is the only independently convened international Summit on sustainable development and environment, based in the Global South. The thematic track event brought together a consortium of visionaries and experts committed to shaping the future of architecture with sustainability at its core.

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News

Andhra Pradesh’s clean energy initiatives lauded

November 19, 2025 |
November 19, 2025
The Indian Express

Andhra Pradesh's dedication to renewable energy and saturation-level Energy Efficiency initiatives exemplifies a long-term vision to safeguard future generations, stated Mr Girish Sethi, Senior Fellow & Senior Director, Industrial Energy Efficiency Division, TERI, New Delhi. He observed that the MoUs signed within a single day could potentially garner investments totaling Rs 5,000 crore and could serve as a benchmark for other States.

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Ensure all PMAY beneficiaries get BEE star-rated, energy-efficient appliances: Naidu

November 19, 2025 |
November 19, 2025
The Times of India

Mr Girish Sethi, Senior Fellow & Senior Director, Industrial Energy Efficiency Division, TERI hailed the Andhra Pradesh government for signing a record number of MoUs in a single day for energy efficiency measures. These agreements, worth around Rs 5,000 crore in investments with central government agencies such as EESL, aim to aggressively promote energy efficiency and are expected to inspire other states to follow suit.

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India's cement demand is set to soar. But what about the sector's carbon emissions?

September 25, 2025
| Dr Vibha Dhawan, TERI and Mr Joydeep Mukherjee, GCCA India.
| Mint

From housing to highways, India's growth story rests on cement. But this is a 'hard to abate' sector as far as carbon emissions go. Thankfully, pathways exist to decarbonize it, write Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General,  TERI and Mr Joydeep Mukherjee, Co-Chair, GCCA India.

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Can India Take the Lead in Green Steel?

August 28, 2025
| Mr Will Hall
| Outlook Business

India's booming steel sector, low-cost renewables and green hydrogen push create a unique opportunity to pioneer competitive green steel technologies at scale, writes Mr Will Hall, Visiting Fellow, Industrial Energy Efficiency Division, TERI.

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Hard to Abate, Harder to Ignore: Decarbonizing India’s Heavy Industry -Girish Sethi

August 21, 2025 |
August 25, 2025
The India Energy Hour

In this episode, Mr Girish Sethi, Senior Director, Industrial Energy Efficiency Division, The Energy and Resources Institute or TERI to unpack one of the toughest challenges in India’s clean energy journey decarbonizing the steel and cement sectors.

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Watts Next

June 29, 2025
| Mr Prosanto Pal
| The Times of India

As India achieves significant advancements in energy efficiency and cost reduction, it is imperative to evaluate its position in the global competition for a sustainable future writes Mr Prosanto Pal, Senior Fellow and Director, Industrial Energy Efficiency, TERI.

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Policy

Technology Ready Reckoner for Low Emission Ironmaking- Suitability to India

July 18, 2025

As India’s steel sector charts its path towards a low-carbon future, access to clear, actionable information on breakthrough technologies is critical. In this context, the Technology Ready Reckoner for Low Emission Ironmaking: Suitability to India serves as a comprehensive guide to support the sector’s deep decarbonization journey.

Decarbonization of Iron Ore Pellet Manufacturing Industry

July 18, 2025

Improving raw material efficiency and decarbonizing upstream processes are critical steps for India’s steel sector to reduce its overall carbon footprint. In this context, the report Decarbonization of Iron Ore Pellet Manufacturing Industry, undertaken in collaboration with the Pellet Manufacturers’ Association of India (PMAI), explores technological pathways and strategic interventions to reduce emissions in the pellet manufacturing industry.

Energy Efficiency Options in Electric Arc Furnaces- Best Practices and Technologies

July 18, 2025

Improving energy efficiency is one of the most practical and cost-effective ways for the steel sector to reduce emissions and advance its decarbonization goals. Energy efficiency is seen as the ‘low-hanging fruit’ on the path to deep emission cuts, as these measures can deliver immediate gains without major technological shifts.

Pathways for the Indian Steel Sector: Realizing low carbon industrial clusters in eastern India through a place-based approach

April 17, 2025

There is an increasing realization that effective low carbon growth of our societies requires urgent, broad-scale changes at a systemic level in how we manufacture and consume products. One such area of focus is the production of iron and steel, which among heavy industries is the largest source of CO2 emissions and the second largest energy user, responsible for around 7% of global emissions from the energy system. Iron and steel production is heavily dependent on fossil fuels due to the high heat requirements needed in these processes.

Just Energy Transition Partnerships, Climate Action, and Minilateralism

November 24, 2023

Transitioning towards clean energy and renewable sources is a significant measure to restrict Greenhouse Gas emissions and meet the climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement. Upcoming minilateral mechanisms, especially partnerships such as JETPs, despite setting ambitious targets have little to offer on recognizing the specific needs of the Global South to support sustainable energy transitions.

Road to Sharm El-Sheikh: Towards Equity and Climate Justice

November 7, 2022

Egypt will host the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh from 6th -18th November 2022. The COP27 Presidency lays out the vision for inclusive, rules-based, ambitious, substantive outcomes, commensurate with the challenges based on science and guided by principles building on agreements, decisions, pledges, and commitments from Rio 1992 to Glasgow 2021.

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Services

Energy performance benchmarking

We assist industries in reducing their energy consumption through audits at the plant level. We undertake technology assessments of energy and environmental performance for different industrial sectors and develop or promote energy efficient and environment friendly technological solutions.

Energy efficient and environment-friendly solutions

We develop and promote energy efficient technologies and environment friendly solutions for industries. The main objective is to enable supply chains to reduce fuel consumption, efficient resource utilization and enhance environmental performance.

Team

Mr Girish Sethi

Senior Director, Energy

Dr G R Narsimha Rao

Director, Industrial Energy Efficiency

Mr Kiran Kumar Alla

Director, Institute of Energy Transition

Mr Prosanto Pal

Director, Industrial Energy Efficiency

Mr T Senthil Kumar

Area Convenor, Industrial Energy (Bangalore)