TERI and SCGJ Sign MoU to Strengthen Capacity Building in Energy and Environment Sectors at India Energy Storage Week 2025
New Delhi, July 11, 2025: In a landmark development aimed at building a future-ready green workforce, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ) formalized a strategic partnership on Thursday with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during India Energy Storage Week (IESW) 2025. The agreement aims to develop a collaborative framework for enhancing human resource capacity through joint initiatives focused on skill development, training, and knowledge exchange in the energy and environmental sectors.
At IESW 2025, TERI and SCGJ sign landmark MoU to strengthen skilling and workforce readiness in India’s clean energy and battery storage sectors
The MoU was signed in the presence of key stakeholders during a high-level roundtable discussion on skill development for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), held in the national capital. The signing ceremony followed opening remarks from Dr PK Bhattacharya, Director, TERI, and a special address by Mr Arpit Sharma, CEO, SCGJ.
In his welcome remarks, Dr PK Bhattacharya stated, “Recent policy boosts like 2nd tranche Viability Gap Funding in June 2025 which lowering of upfront battery storage costs in grid-scale tenders supports such aspirations. However, in order to reach the goal, there is also a need to strengthen institutional capacity and address skill gaps in the workforce to manage technology integration and business growth. In this context, under StoREin project, one of the key component is to access skill gaps, map institutional capabilities, propose actionable strategies, development of training courses for capacity building and development of workforce aligning to the industry requirements.”
Mr Arpit Sharma, in his special address, emphasized the significance of workforce readiness in driving the clean energy transition. “As India has an ambitious target of achieving 500 GW of RE by 2030, aims at 50% of energy requirements to be met by non – fossil fuels and need for round the clock (RTC) power. The skill in BESS sector still remains untapped, and the need to create nationally approved job roles in order to meet the mission and creation of skilled workforce, Skill Council Green Jobs has joined hand with TERI to carry out a skill gap assessment study, identify potential job roles, development of curriculum and imparting training programs in the BESS ecosystem. This will give a big thrust to the industry in terms of upskilling.” he asserted.
TERI and SCGJ aim to collaborate on a wide range of capacity-building activities, including the assessment of training needs, development of standardized frameworks, design of training curricula and resources, stakeholder engagement, and support for certification and accreditation. The agreement provides flexibility to broaden the scope of collaboration to include other areas of mutual interest as the partnership evolves.
The MoU aligns with the objectives of the ongoing StoREin (Scaling up Storage in Renewable Energy Integration) project, which focuses on strengthening institutional and human capacity to support India’s growing BESS ecosystem. The Indo-German development cooperation project is being implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) under the umbrella of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). The project is being implemented in close cooperation with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India.
With India’s National Electricity Plan projecting a requirement of 47.24 GW of battery energy storage by 2031-32, this collaboration foregrounds the urgent need for a skilled, industry-aligned workforce to support the country’s clean energy ambitions.
The roundtable session, organized as part of IESW, brought together senior representatives from government agencies, renewable energy developers, battery manufacturers, system integrators, DISCOMs, academic institutions, training providers, philanthropic organizations, consulting firms, and financing institutions. Participants discussed current skill gaps, curriculum relevance, access to practical training infrastructure, and strategies for creating an inclusive and high-quality workforce. Stakeholders also provided inputs on a proposed national survey to assess workforce readiness in the energy storage sector.
This partnership between TERI and SCGJ marks a pivotal step in advancing India’s clean energy transition by creating a future-ready, industry-aligned workforce equipped to drive innovation, bridge skill gaps, and power the country’s rapidly transforming energy landscape.