Tata Power, one of India’s leading integrated power companies, has inaugurated the Energy Insights & Innovation Lab (EIIL) at its Mumbai headquarters. This pioneering research initiative aims to leverage advanced data, analytics, and experimentation to accelerate India’s clean energy transition while enhancing the quality, reliability, and affordability of electricity for consumers nationwide.
The EIIL has been established in collaboration with the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the International Growth Centre (IGC), a global research hub based at LSE. The Lab is designed to tackle some of the most critical challenges in India’s power sector from managing peak electricity demand to deepening renewable integration, ensuring solutions that are reliable, cost-effective, and aligned with India’s long-term clean energy transition and net-zero ambitions.
Through this partnership, Tata Power, LSE, and IGC aim to position the EIIL as a leading hub for innovation and research that supports India’s clean energy transition by driving evidence-based policy, technology advancement, and sustainable growth.
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The Lab was inaugurated by Dr Praveer Sinha, CEO & MD, Tata Power; Prof. Robin Burgess, Professor of Economics and Director of IGC and EEE Research Program, LSE; Dr. Jonathan Leape, Executive Director, IGC in the august presence of HM Harjinder Kang, Trade Commissioner for South Asia and British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India. Also, present at the ceremony, Dr. Chetan Ghate, Professor, ISI and IGC ISGH.
The inaugural ceremony also marked the signing of an MoU between Tata Power, LSE and IGC to co-develop scalable solutions for the power sector through evidence-based approaches and global best practices.
System-level modelling + consumer-level insight
The Lab will leverage consumer behavioural science, data analytics, and energy systems modelling to test practical solutions at scale. It will focus on applied pilots that use smart meter and IoT data to improve demand-side management and grid resilience.
The initiative will explore how advanced analytics, and behavioural insights can help shift or smooth peak electricity demand in urban households, reducing stress on local networks while maintaining consumer comfort.
The partnership aims to expand the Lab into a full-scale innovation hub with enhanced funding, institutional partnerships, and a broader mandate – including support in tariff designing for regulatory approvals, consumer flexibility, distributed renewables, and energy equity.
