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Beyond blending: Is India ready for biofuel 2.0?
06 Aug 2025
| India Business Trade
Dr Sanjukta Subudhi, Senior Fellow at TERI and a leading voice in microbial biofuels and the circular bioeconomy, shares how India can leap from being a low-cost biofuel producer to a global tech powerhouse. She unpacks the country’s ethanol success story, the road to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), and how innovations like carbon valorization and flex-fuel vehicles can shape India’s clean energy future.
Read moreAgrivoltaics can help India increase RE coverage, boost farmer’s income
04 Aug 2025
| The Hindu Business Line
TERI estimates India's total solar power potential at around 10,830 GW with potential from ground mounted solar PV on barren and unculturable land being the highest at 4,909 GW.
Read moreBamboo tissue culture training program concluded in Raipur, 20 participants took part
04 Aug 2025
| Krishak Jagat
The five-day "Capacity building training program on micropropagation through bamboo tissue culture" organized at the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur concluded. The participants found the training extremely beneficial. A session on commercial microbreeding was conducted by Dr. Shyam Sunder Sharma of The Energy and Resource Institute, TERI, New Delhi.
Read moreVOC becomes the first Indian port to produce green hydrogen and surpass 1 MW solar power
02 Aug 2025
| India Sea Trade News
A one-day conference on Green Ports and Shipping-Chartering Sustainable Maritime Future was held on August 1, 2025, under the auspices of NAVIC Cell-3 (Green Initiatives and Pollution Control) under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways. The conference was attended by dignitaries such as Mr Abhay Bakre, IRSEE, Mission Director NGHM, Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Read morePowered by hydrogen, driven by green spirit
02 Aug 2025
| Deccan Chronicle
Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), emphasized the necessity for realism. PEC technologies are congruent with circular economy ideas and India's solar capabilities; yet, they remain at Technology Readiness Level 2-3. Investment in pilot-scale demonstrations, cost-effective catalyst synthesis, and international collaboration is essential for these technologies to significantly impact our 2030 objectives.
Read moreRace to 500 GW: can pumped storage bridge the flexibility gap?
30 Jul 2025
| BW Business World
The current status of surveys and investigations at project sites can assist in obtaining a realistic understanding of the timeframe and conversion of these into actual projects. That is why it is essential to use satellite- and drone-based data to conduct quicker due diligence and identify low-risk sites early said Mr A K Saxena, Senior Director, Electricity & Renewables Division, The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI.
Read moreRooftop solar plants to be installed in 1 crore households by 2026-27: Union minister Pralhad Joshi
30 Jul 2025
| The New India Express
Referring to employment opportunities in the sector, the minister said that, according to a study titled "Powering Jobs Growth with Green Energy" by the CEEW in July 2019, along with a co-benefits study by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in October 2019, approximately 13 lakh jobs are expected to be created in the renewable energy sector by June 2025.
Read moreSolar power for smarter, greener cities
29 Jul 2025
| PV Magazine India
A recent study by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has estimated India’s total solar potential at 10,830 gigawatts (GW). As per the assessment, ground-mounted solar PV on barren and unculturable land has a potential for 4,909 GW, floating solar PV 100 GW, rural and urban rooftop solar PV 960 GW, agri-PV (horticulture crops, coffee, tea plantations) 4,177 GW, and rail and road solar PV, building-integrated PV (BIPV), and urban PV 684 GW.
Read moreGovt seeks auto sector data amid slow scrappage rollout
29 Jul 2025
| Mint
ELV scrapping centres are not getting enough vehicles for dismantling for better utilization of the facilities installed and ELV dismantling centres operate on very thin margins said Mr I V Rao, Distinguished Fellow, Transport and Urban Governance Division, The Energy and Resources Institute.
Read moreWorld Nature Conservation Day: Hindustan Zinc doubles up ecological reclamation with TERI to 13 hectares
28 Jul 2025
| Udaipur Kiran
Hindustan Zinc Limited (NSE: HINDZINC), India’s only and the world’s largest integrated zinc producer, has marked a key milestone in its sustainability journey with the successful completion of 7 hectares of transformation under Phase 2 of its restoration project, launched in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The company started the Phase 2 of Jarofix yard restoration in August 2024.
Read moreCentre, states map different routes to clean mobility
22 Jul 2025
| Mint
Mr Sharif Qamar, Associate Director, Transport and Urban Governance, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), states when it comes to the emission reduction objective currently, only zero-tailpipe emission vehicle need to be prioritized. Incentives should be crafted to encourage players to move towards zero emission vehicles.
Read moreSwachh Bharat Mission 2.0: Can August 15 garbage management programme clear legacy waste by 2026?
19 Jul 2025
| The Week
The primary issue is that garbage is not sorted at the source. Consequently, the mixed garbage is deposited at landfills, where it is disposed of in an improper manner, states Ms. Shweta Gautam, Research Associate at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
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