Opinion

Indian cities need innovation, integrated climate action planning

09 Jun 2022 |

Ms Rhea Srivastava

| Moneycontrol

Revising the core fabric of urban development through multi-level governance, multi-stakeholder engagement, and building local capacities for informed and inclusive decision-making with respect to climate resilience are, instrumental for Indian cities in managing complex climate issues and achieving holistic climate action, writes Ms Rhea Srivastava, Research Associate, Transport and Urban Governance Division, TERI.

Water tariff could be a tool to improve water use efficiency in domestic sector

07 Jun 2022 |

Ms Apoorva Bamal

Ms Niyati Seth

| Mongabay

Redesigning of the water tariffs should be considered in order to ameliorate water access to the lower income households so that their basic water needs are covered, write Ms Apoorva Bamal, Research Associate, Project Management Unit and Ms Niyati Seth, Associate Fellow, Water Resources Division, TERI.

Distributed RE is the future of green energy transition

29 May 2022 |

Dr Vibha Dhawan

| Ms Deepali Khanna, Vice President of the Asia Regional Office, Rockefeller Foundation

| Hindustan Times

Increasing the scale of DRE would offer an opportunity to meet renewable energy targets and provide returns to investors. A collaborative approach is needed, write Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI and Ms Deepali Khanna, Vice President of the Asia Regional Office, Rockefeller Foundation.

Future energy needs storage push today

24 May 2022 |

Mr Ajay Shankar

| Financial Express

It would be desirable to invite competitive bids for modestly-sized projects for storage technologies other than battery storage, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.

What India needs to do to achieve net-zero status by 2070

13 May 2022 |

Mr R R Rashmi

| India Development Review

Mr R R Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow, TERI writes on what the energy transition means for India, and the various steps the government, industry, and citizens must take to make it happen.

Powering up after the power crisis shock

10 May 2022 |

Mr Ajay Shankar

| The Hindu

A lesson is that demand growth projections and supply arrangements need to become central to the regulatory process, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.

Digging deep into the coal crisis

05 May 2022 |

Mr Ajay Shankar

| The Hindu Business Line

The cancellation of coal blocks and inadequate domestic production have made costly imports inevitable, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.

What India should do to achieve 500 GW non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030

04 May 2022 |

Mr Ajay Shankar

| The Economic Times

The pace of solar capacity addition can be ramped up by tapping the potential of decentralised small solar power installations in rural India, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.