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I’ve changed my mind on ethanol blending. It’s a win India can’t afford to slow down

10 Aug 2025
| The Print

India possesses a substantial quantity of biomass, rendering its utilization for energy production logical. India's energy requirements are escalating significantly each year, and we should leverage this opportunity to enhance energy production, stated Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director-General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

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Preparations to make Greno an ideal model of energy management

09 Aug 2025
| Hindustan

Noida Power Company Limited (NPCL) is poised to transform Greater Noida into a paradigm of energy management. An MoU has been executed with The Energy and Resources Institute for this purpose. This institute will do research on multiple aspects of uninterrupted power supply while educating people about electricity.

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Circularity in Mining about Embedding Circular Mindset in Every Stage of Mining Lifecycle, Says TERI DG

07 Aug 2025
| Outlook Planet

Mining should go beyond extraction and must focus on embedding circularity across the entire mining life cycle, Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) said, calling for a systemic overhaul of the sector’s approach to materials, waste, and resource use.

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TERI Hosts Expert Panel Discussion on ICJ’s Landmark Advisory Opinion On Climate Change Obligations

06 Aug 2025
| Global Agriculture

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) convened an expert panel discussion to explore the implications of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) landmark Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, issued on 23 July 2025. Explicating the ICJ Advisory Opinion, the session brought together leading voices from international law, climate diplomacy, and policy to unpack the opinion’s far-reaching impact on global climate governance, legal responsibility, and

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Training workshop on forest and climate change held at SKUAST-K

06 Aug 2025
| Rising Kashmir

The Land Resources Division of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), with support from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, held a three-day training workshop titled "Forest and Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges of Adaptation and Mitigation" at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K).

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Beyond blending: Is India ready for biofuel 2.0?

06 Aug 2025
| India Business Trade

Dr Sanjukta Subudhi, Senior Fellow at TERI and a leading voice in microbial biofuels and the circular bioeconomy, shares how India can leap from being a low-cost biofuel producer to a global tech powerhouse. She unpacks the country’s ethanol success story, the road to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), and how innovations like carbon valorization and flex-fuel vehicles can shape India’s clean energy future.

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Agrivoltaics can help India increase RE coverage, boost farmer’s income

04 Aug 2025
| The Hindu Business Line

TERI estimates India's total solar power potential at around 10,830 GW with potential from ground mounted solar PV on barren and unculturable land being the highest at 4,909 GW.

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Bamboo tissue culture training program concluded in Raipur, 20 participants took part

04 Aug 2025
| Krishak Jagat

The five-day "Capacity building training program on micropropagation through bamboo tissue culture" organized at the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur concluded. The participants found the training extremely beneficial. A session on commercial microbreeding was conducted by Dr. Shyam Sunder Sharma of The Energy and Resource Institute, TERI, New Delhi.

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VOC becomes the first Indian port to produce green hydrogen and surpass 1 MW solar power

02 Aug 2025
| India Sea Trade News

A one-day conference on Green Ports and Shipping-Chartering Sustainable Maritime Future was held on August 1, 2025, under the auspices of NAVIC Cell-3 (Green Initiatives and Pollution Control) under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways. The conference was attended by dignitaries such as Mr  Abhay Bakre, IRSEE, Mission Director NGHM, Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

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Powered by hydrogen, driven by green spirit

02 Aug 2025
| Deccan Chronicle

Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), emphasized the necessity for realism. PEC technologies are congruent with circular economy ideas and India's solar capabilities; yet, they remain at Technology Readiness Level 2-3. Investment in pilot-scale demonstrations, cost-effective catalyst synthesis, and international collaboration is essential for these technologies to significantly impact our 2030 objectives.

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Race to 500 GW: can pumped storage bridge the flexibility gap?

30 Jul 2025
| BW Business World

The current status of surveys and investigations at project sites can assist in obtaining a realistic understanding of the timeframe and conversion of these into actual projects. That is why it is essential to use satellite- and drone-based data to conduct quicker due diligence and identify low-risk sites early said Mr A K Saxena, Senior Director, Electricity & Renewables Division, The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI.

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Rooftop solar plants to be installed in 1 crore households by 2026-27: Union minister Pralhad Joshi

30 Jul 2025
| The New India Express

Referring to employment opportunities in the sector, the minister said that, according to a study titled "Powering Jobs Growth with Green Energy" by the CEEW in July 2019, along with a co-benefits study by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in October 2019, approximately 13 lakh jobs are expected to be created in the renewable energy sector by June 2025.

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