OPET India | Objectives | Partners | Geographical coverage

OPET is a network of Organisations for the Promotion of (clean and efficient) Energy Technologies. The OPET Network is a unique body, managed by DG TREN of the European Commission. This Network comprises 45 consortia and 108 organisations based in the EU and beyond.

OPET Network aims to promote new and innovative EU energy technologies and disseminate information about them. These energy technologies cover the areas of renewable energy sources; rationale use of energy in industry, buildings and transport; and solid fuels and hydrocarbons. To achieve this, the Network works closely with the wide range of organisations, companies, and individuals that make up the marketplace.

OPET India

TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), which is actively involved in development, demonstration, and propagation of products based on renewable and clean energy technologies, is now also an Associate Member of OPET Network. As an OPET Associate, TERI will carry out activities related to dissemination of EU RTD Framework programmes, and promotion of new and innovative energy technologies, in close collaboration with European OPET Members.

The cleaner energy technologies, to be promoted, include the following:

Energy-efficient technologies and innovation in industrial units (SMEs, or small and medium enterprises)
Renewable energy technologies
Conventional power technologies

As an OPET Associate, TERI would work towards:

Dissemination of EU RTD Framework programme and projects on cleaner and renewable energy technologies.
Enhancement of the level of awareness among decision-makers, industrial managers, energy suppliers, and SMEs in the energy sector in the context of recent advances those have occurred in the field of clean and renewable energy technologies in EU as well as locally.
Facilitating communications and flow of information through networking among the stakeholders of clean energy technologies.
Providing analytical insights in terms of market demand, barriers, and strategies to deploy clean energy technologies.
Increasing interaction between regional and European target groups.
Explore the potential of the transfer of technologies and knowledge related to clean and renewable energy technologies from EU.
Facilitating collaborative ventures/activities between regional and European companies and other organizations including those from the government and public sectors, thereby accelerating growth of the joint actions.

Specifically, TERI would be working on the following themes:

Enhancement of market penetration of solar thermal technologies
Assessment study of the fuel cells for transportation and power generation
Studies on RES market, including hybrid systems (e.g. PV-Wind-Diesel hybrid systems)
Energy Efficiency in SMEs
Rural electrification in third countries
North – South information exchange on RES best practices
Small and medium scale biomass boiler and stove manufacturers – exchange of experience of different operation and technical concepts and networking of manufacturers
Transnational seminar on strategies for the development of the solar collectors
Refurbishment of thermal power plants in India
Promotion of small-scale hydro power
Dissemination of information about off shore wind energy

OPET Partners

Centro para a Conservação de Energia, Portugal
Centre For Renewable Energy Sources (CRES), Greece
National Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service Ltd., Scotland
Energy Centre Denmark (ECD), Denmark
Agenzia per lo Sviluppo Tecnologico dell' Emilia Romagna, Italy
Ente Vasco de la Energia, Spain
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
(ADEME), France
International Scientific Council for Island Development, France
Energieverwertungsagentur - Verein zur sinnvollen Verwertung von Energie (E.V.A.), Austria
Vlaamse Thermie Coordinatie (VTC), Belgium
Zentrum für rationelle Energieanwendung und Umwelt GmbH (ZERU) & Associates
Swedish National Energy Administration (STEM) & Associates
Dulas Limited
Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Germany
Minerals and Energy Policy Centre, South Africa

Geographical coverage

The focus region of the centre is essentially the India. However, Indian subcontinent, comprising Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and ASEAN region would also be explored for the possibility and potential of propagating European technologies.