This model of collaboration will primarily be used in countries of Africa and East Asia and will further investigate its use in Latin America and other developing countries. In developed nations like Europe and USA, the role of TERI will be to create market awareness about the business opportunities that EESL can potentially unlock.

On this occasion, Goyal said, "This alliance of simultaneous policy and market development will provide a larger platform to boost the national energy efficiency programmes in international markets. This collaboration is an ambitious step towards achieving environment sustainability which is the need of the hour."

In addition, this collaboration will provide comprehensive turnkey solutions where TERI will use its expertise to create energy efficiency projects through audits, etc. and EESL will bring in its business models to implement them.

Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director, EESL said, "I am positive that this partnership will be beneficial in terms of innovation that will also encourage debates on clean energy and energy efficiency amongst important stakeholders. It is a great opportunity for EESL to expand its base and tap international markets."

TERI has worked extensively on enhancing productivity, energy efficiency and competitiveness of the MSME sector and will get involved and work with EESL in future activities in this regard. The initiatives taken under this partnership will also be reviewed on a regular basis.

Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI stressed the complementarity of the relationship, and said, "The partnership will enable policymakers to immediately see business transactions as a result of their actions. This will reinforce the rapid adoption of energy efficient technologies in developing countries."
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