CEEW, Project Innerspace Release Report On Geothermal Energy
Public policy research institute and climate think tank Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) in collaboration with US-based geothermal advocacy group Project Innerspace on May 14, 2026 released a report that looks at India’s geothermal energy potential, in New Delhi.
The report, titled ‘The Future of Geothermal in India’, was released in the presence of Mr. Kartik Ganesan, Fellow and Director, CEEW, Mr. Drew Nelson, Vice President, Programs, Policy & Strategy, Project Innerspace, and the authors of the report.
The launch of the report was followed by discussions on the current state of geothermal energy in India. Mr. Drew Nelson, vice president of policy, programs and strategy at Project Innerspace presented some findings about the scope of geothermal energy in India. Mr. Nelson talk of the opportunities that India possessed in geothermal energy. Mr. Kartik Ganesan hosted a session on the economic and climate benefits of geothermal energy along with Mr. Rupesh Salva of Deep Industries, and Prashant Singh, GGM at ONGC. They talked about energy security that geothermal energy can provide because it is not dependent on import of fuel, which has seen fuel prices rise in recent history. In another segment, the director of global engagement at Project Innerspace Jackson Grimes talked to Vijay Chauhan, CEO of Geotropy, Devesh Gupta from Aarti Industries and Dr. Namrata Bist, assistant professor at Deendayal Energy University. They talked of the challenges that geothermal energy faces in terms of skilled manpower. Mr. Chauhan and Mr. Gupta enlightened the audience about their experience in setting up and running geothermal plants in India.
The report posits that geothermal energy in India could generate as much as 350,000–700,000 jobs across drilling, construction, operations, and maintenance by leveraging India’s strength in drilling, geoscience and engineering. At the same time, large scale deployment of geothermal can improve air quality, reduce fuel imports, while having a small footprint. Compared to other sources, it requires very little land and transmission build-out.
The report can be downloaded from Project Innerspace website.
