Projects

Projects

REEEP South Asia Secretariat (2010-11)

April 1, 2010 to July 7, 2011
| Completed Project

2010 - 11 contract has been awared to AEI (Asian Energy Institute). Along with overlooking the closure of the ongoing projects from the previous cycle, the South Asia Secretariat will start the monitoring and evaluation process of new projects awarded to the region in the next cycle.

Lighting a Billion Lives in service of Biodiversity Conservation

April 1, 2010 to March 18, 2011
| Completed Project

LaBL is reaching national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across the country to strengthen the existing institutions for biodiversity conservation. Solar charging stations provide sufficient incentive to village communities residing around these nature reserves to work in accord with the forest departments as well as local NGOs working towards conservation.

Indigenous ceramic membranes for degumming and solvent recovery

March 17, 2010 to June 4, 2012
| Completed Project

The objective of this study is to prepare, characterize and test low cost ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes for vegetable oil refining application. The ceramic membranes will be based on biomass fly ash macroporous supports (that have already been developed by TERI).

National Workshop on Water Conservation and Quality Challenges: Towards Adaptive Strategies

March 15, 2010 to August 18, 2010
| Completed Project

Water quality and conservation are important indicators of the overall growth of a community as it is intrinsically linked to human health, socio-economic growth, major ecosystems, environmental goods and services and sustainable development. With regard to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), water quality would be a major factor in achieving our objectives within the stipulated time period.

Rajasthan: Towards sustainable livelihood

March 3, 2010 to December 28, 2010
| Completed Project

The World Bank is assisting several rural livlihood projects in seventeen districts of Rajasthan to increase the income of the rural poor, especially women. This project aims to develop Envrionment Management Framework and Technical Environmental Guidelines for addressing the environmental issues in these projects.

Can shifting India's clocks save energy?

March 2, 2010 to July 4, 2011
| Completed Project

The objectives of this project are: To evaluate energy savings potential under the following circumstances: Shift in IST i.e. advancement of IST by half-an-hour; Implementation of DST for six months (April-September);

Preparation of detailed project report of a 5 MW solar photovoltaic grid connected power project at Anantpur, AP

March 1, 2010 to September 26, 2010
| Completed Project

Preparing the DPR as per the guidelines of state nodel agence of AP which should be acceptable to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Improving solid waste management at Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine

February 26, 2010 to January 19, 2011
| Completed Project

Vaishno Devi is one of the holiest Hindu temples dedicated to Shakti, located in the hill of Vaishno Devi, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

An Economic Analysis for Strategic Petroleum Reserves in India

February 22, 2010 to January 1, 2012
| Completed Project

The study aims to provide analytical economic and policy inputs towards Strategic Petroleum Reserves planning in India and would be value adding in terms of identification of criteria for short-listing locations and funding options, assessment of costs and ownership options as well as the economics of a petroleum storage hub.

State of the Planet conference 2010- New Delhi

February 8, 2010 to May 17, 2010
| Completed Project

The India part of the sixth  State of the Planet conference will be hosted by TERI, on March 25, 2010 at the  Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi from 4.30 PM to 8:30 PM. The theme for the  session is "What is the basis of the Global Climate deal?".