Opinion

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.

Achieve water efficiency in India's fast-growing residential townships

28 Apr 2022 |
Ms Tarishi Kaushik
| Hindustan Times

The rise in the number of nuclear families with disposable incomes, growing population, rapid urbanisation, land shortage, and the ease in housing finance are key drivers for the growth of several residential townships in and around Indian cities, writes Ms Tarishi Kaushik, Research Associate, Sustainable Buildings Division, TERI.

Centre-state coordination must for cleaner air

26 Apr 2022 |
Mr Ajay Shankar
| The Tribune

The successful use of briquettes/pellets made from crop waste as a substitute for coal in thermal power plants offers a viable solution, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.

Adapting Indian agriculture to climate change

11 Apr 2022 |
Mr S Vijay Kumar
,
Dr Manish Anand
| The Hindu Business Line

The scale and scope of potential climate impacts in the agriculture sector warrant a shift from the current practice of individual sector-specific programmes and schemes, write Mr S Vijay Kumar, Distinguished Fellow and Lead, FOLU (India) and Dr Manish Anand, Senior Fellow, Resource Efficiency and Governance Division, TERI.