Projects

Projects

Organization of India Policy Workshop on "Status of MAC replacement technologies"

April 20, 2010 to January 28, 2011
| Completed Project

To organise a two-day India policy workshop on the status of MAC replacement technologies.

Energy access: The new mantra uplifting the urban poor

April 15, 2010 to December 27, 2010
| Completed Project

Rapid urban growth in developing countries has created an unprecedented demand for energy services. Cities face the enormous challenge of improving energy access to urban poor in order to improve their socio-economic conditions. According to UN estimates, about 33% of the population in developing countries lives in slums.

Installation of multi-purpose mini-hydro infrastructure (for energy and irrigation) (PPG)

April 10, 2010 to December 7, 2011
| Completed Project

The project objective is to prepare a main project document for the submission and approval from GEF based on feasibility study report including all the requirements of GEF (including socio-economics and technical aspects like design & cost estimate) for small hydro power plant at fall on St. Johns river in Ganta of Liberia.

Promoting mini-grids based on small hydropower for productive uses in Sierra Leone (PPG)

April 10, 2010 to November 23, 2011
| Completed Project

The project is to prepare main project document for the submission and approval from GEF based on feasibility study report including all the requirements of GEF (including socio-economics and technical aspects like design & cost estimate) for small hydro power plant at Singmi fall in Moyamba of Sierra Leone.

Preparation of Feasibility Report for 50 MW Solar Thermal Project in Village Badhla, Rajasthan

April 7, 2010 to July 8, 2010
| Completed Project

Preparation of Feasibility Report for 50 MW Solar Thermal Project in Village Badhla, rajasthan

Designing and Implementing Solar Energy based Livelihood Projects for Rural Communities (DISLP)

April 2, 2010 to February 9, 2011
| Completed Project

TERI is empanelled by the ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation)/SCAAP (Special Commonwealth African Assistance Programme), Government of India, for conducting this programme. DISLP course is being offered under this programme for the year 2010/11.

Adaptive policies: Next steps

April 1, 2010 to July 13, 2012
| Completed Project

TERI and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Canada conducted an Executive Training Course on Adaptive Policymaking to deal with Risks, Uncertainty and a Changing Climate for senior and mid-level policymakers and analysts.

REEEP South Asia Secretariat (2010-11)

April 1, 2010 to July 7, 2011
| Completed Project

2010 - 11 contract has been awared to AEI (Asian Energy Institute). Along with overlooking the closure of the ongoing projects from the previous cycle, the South Asia Secretariat will start the monitoring and evaluation process of new projects awarded to the region in the next cycle.

Lighting a Billion Lives in service of Biodiversity Conservation

April 1, 2010 to March 18, 2011
| Completed Project

LaBL is reaching national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across the country to strengthen the existing institutions for biodiversity conservation. Solar charging stations provide sufficient incentive to village communities residing around these nature reserves to work in accord with the forest departments as well as local NGOs working towards conservation.

Indigenous ceramic membranes for degumming and solvent recovery

March 17, 2010 to June 4, 2012
| Completed Project

The objective of this study is to prepare, characterize and test low cost ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes for vegetable oil refining application. The ceramic membranes will be based on biomass fly ash macroporous supports (that have already been developed by TERI).