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Ministry of Power to sign MoA with TERI for setting up Institute for Energy Transition
India a leader in energy transitions; only major economy to achieve Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) way before time: Shri RK Singh, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Power
“We will set up a world-class institute on energy transitions in Hyderabad,” Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI
New Delhi, February 09, 2024:
The Ministry of Power intends to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) for setting up an Institute for Energy Transition at the TERI Campus in Hyderabad.
The announcement was made by Shri RK Singh, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister (Ministry of New & Renewable Energy) during the 23rd edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS), the flagship event of TERI, on Friday.
“The Ministry of Power and New Renewable Energy is getting into an agreement with TERI for setting up an institute on energy transition. We will look to this institute to work out various pathways for transition, to identify the bottlenecks and the most viable ways of moving forward,” Shri Singh said.
“Right now, I am searching for ways, we are experimenting, so we first came out with solar, then wind, then we combined the two with hybrid. Then we added storage so that it becomes round-the-clock. Now, we are coming out with bids for round-the-clock using green hydrogen as storage. We will be coming up with a bid for round-the-clock energy using concentrated solar and molten salt as storage. If there were an institution which would study the various alternative paths available that will make life easier.”
Calling India a “leader” in energy transitions, Shri Singh said, “In India, 44 percent of the country’s power generation capacity is from non-fossil sources. In actual physical terms, about 180,000 plus megawatts is the non-fossil capacity. The nuclear capacity is just about 7,800 megawatts. The remaining is totally renewable. That constitutes 44 percent of the established capacity, 427,000 megawatts out of which 180,000 MW is renewable.”
The minister listed how India has fulfilled its promises ahead of time and is among the few countries to have fulfilled its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of time.
“India had pledged that by 2030, that it would have 40 percent of our power generation capacity as renewables. We are already beyond that. Again, India pledged in COP26 that by 2030 to have 50 percent of capacity from non-fossil sources, mostly renewables. In fact, it will be actually 65 percent — way more than what was pledged. India’s per capita emission is among the lowest in the world. Despite we have pledged that we will reduce our emission intensity by 33 percent by 2030,” he said.
“In sum, we are the only major economy which achieved both these Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) way before time. When neutral observers graded us, they categorized us as the only major economy whose energy transition actions are in consonant with the sub-two-degree rise in global temperature.
Highlighting pioneering initiatives of TERI, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI, said, “It is an honour for TERI to be working with the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy to explore the establishment of an Institute for Energy Transition as a world-class institute.
