Ongoing Projects
The Green School Project 2.0: Empowering Education for a Greener Tomorrow
September 2, 2025
| Energy Efficiency
| Water
| Waste
| Sustainable Habitat
| Environment
| Energy
| Climate Change
The Green School project 2.0 is a pioneering collaboration between the Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) and TERI. This initiative aims to foster critical thinking, interdisciplinary learnings, and a profound understanding of environment conservation values amongst the students studying in schools operating in Tata Steel operational areas.
Knowledge Support for Critical Minerals
November 1, 2024
| Resource Efficiency & Governance
| Energy
TERI has played a central role in advancing India’s critical minerals agenda through its extensive policy, research, and stakeholder engagement contributions. Under the National Critical Mineral Mission, TERI drafted, validated, and finalized the Mission document that was approved by the Cabinet in January 2025.
Solar-biomass hybrid dryer with thermal energy storage
March 5, 2024
| Energy
TERI has developed Solar-biomass hybrid dryer with thermal energy storage for rural tribal communities, women and differently-abled persons. The integrated system has a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) device and a Biomass-based Heat Exchange (B-HE) system. These components are integrated with a solar dryer developed by SEED for continuous operation and efficient utilization of the hybrid system in food drying and increasing the capacity utilization factor of the system.
Expert Group on Financing India’s Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategies
February 21, 2024
| Energy
Long-term Energy Transition: An Integrated Modelling Approach for Indian Economy (ICEMF)
January 19, 2024
| Energy Assessment and Modelling
| Energy
To develop an energy-economy inter-linked decarbonization roadmap for India for its short (2030), medium (2047), and long (2070) term. An integrated energy-climate-economy modelling framework will be developed for simulating the impacts of exogenous circumstances, global climate policies, national policies, and technology development on India’s energy supply and demand, GHG emissions, and impacts on policy relevant macroeconomic variables.
Pumped Storage Plants - Essential for India's Energy Transition
January 15, 2024
Pumped Storage Hydropower is a mature and proven technology and operational experience is also available in the country. CEA has estimated the on-river pumped storage hydro potential in India to be about 103 GW. Out of 4.75 GW of pumped storage plants installed in the country, 3.3 GW are working in pumping mode, and about 44.5 GW projects are at various stages of development.
Skill Development and Awareness Programmes
January 8, 2024
| Sustainable Agriculture
| Climate Change
| Energy
| Transport
| Energy Efficiency
| Waste
| Resource Efficiency & Governance
| Environment
TERI Knowledge Resource Centre (TERI KRC), is committed to fostering sustainable development and empowering individuals through innovative skill development and entrepreneurship programs. Over the years, we have conducted several residential skill development and online entrepreneurship development training programs, focusing on solar energy and waste management.
Impactful Training Programs:Residential Skill Development Programs
Knowledge Repositories & Information Centre
January 5, 2024
| Sustainable Agriculture
| Climate Change
| Energy
TERI is a leading knowledge-based organization engaged in research in the fields of energy, environment, and sustainable development. Its strength lies in not only identifying and articulating intellectual challenges straddling a number of disciplines of knowledge but also in mounting research. Through its research process, the institute generates enormous knowledge and acquires innovative skills and useful operational experience.
Knowledge Products & Services
January 5, 2024
| Sustainable Agriculture
| Climate Change
| Transport
| Water
| Buildings
TERI Knowledge Resource Centre (KRC) is the primary repository and gateway to support learning, research and intellectual stimulation. It offers a wide range of information resources and products that are customized to meet and fulfill the specialized information need and demand of the users. The services offered by KRC are primarily grouped into four distinct categories.
Development of a Hydropower Forecasting System Framework and Implementation of a Pilot Project for Hydropower Optimization in Bhutan
January 2, 2024
| Climate Change
The consultancy contract on the Project “Development of a Hydropower Forecasting System Framework and Implementation of a Pilot Project for Hydropower Optimization in Bhutan” between USAID-SAREP and TERI to support the Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) Limted, Bhutan was started in January, 2024.