Articles
Microbial Innovation for Coalbed Methane: TERI’s Role in Advancing CBM Technology
16 Apr 2025
Coalbed methane (CBM) represents a significant portion of the world’s natural gas reserves, and it has been suggested that up to 20% of the world’s natural gas, including CBM, is microbial in origin. However, the drilling and maintenance of microbial CBM wells are becoming increasingly uneconomical due to the currently low gas prices, growing competition from shale gas production, and the relatively short lifespan of CBM production wells.
Plant root microbes that help reduce chemical fertilisers and boost agriculture production
07 May 2020
Mycorrhizae is a symbiotic relationship between plant roots and fungi. Mycorrhizae technology developed by TERI has shown 50% reduction in usage of chemical fertilisers in crops such as wheat and maize.
Microbes script a success story in treating pharmaceutical waste
26 Aug 2019
TERI's Oilzapper technology uses naturally occurring microorganisms to transform hydrocarbon contaminants in soil to non-toxic compounds
Tackling oil spill pollution with bioremedies
20 Jun 2019
Biological methods have been acknowledged as an eco-friendly remediation for an environment contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons
Drying up antimicrobial resistance with innovative wastewater treatment
07 Mar 2019
Studies show that 90 per cent of pharmaceutical wastewater treatment plants release pharmaceutical residues into soil and water, providing ideal breeding grounds for drug-resistant bacteria
Improving soil microorganisms for sturdier tea cultivation, come drought or flood
20 Dec 2018
TERI is working in Assam to reengineer plant root-associated microbes to make tea cultivation more resistant to biotic and abiotic challenges
Producing hydrogen from agriculture waste - the microbial way
29 Oct 2018
Intensive research explorations are being carried out at TERI for hydrogen production from agri-residue woody biomass
Methane-generating microbe to help power India
03 Mar 2018
TERI is a pioneer in microbial stimulated coal bed methane can increase the longevity and productivity of the coal bed methane fields. Coalbed methane stimulated by microbes can increase the longevity and productivity of the fields.
Producing hydrogen the biological way
03 Mar 2018
Energy plays a key role in socio-economic development of a nation and thus energy strategy of a nation targets at energy security as well as on energy efficiency. Current global energy demand is relying mostly on fossil fuels.