Sumant
Sumant

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Sumant’s writing explores the forces shaping India’s energy transition from clean energy and climate action to capital, policy, technology and the future of economic growth.

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Union Budget 2023: Bring down interest rates for renewable power, demands Assocham president Sumant Sinha
The Economic Times 28 Dec 2022

Union Budget 2023: Bring down interest rates for renewable power, demands Assocham president Sumant Sinha

Indian renewables borrow at 8-10%, the West at 3-4%. That gap needs closing.

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A green-energy boost
Financial Express 26 Nov 2022

A green-energy boost

Climate change is an existential threat. Clean energy is the most practical answer India has.

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Opinion: COP27 - It is time for India, the rising climate power
ETEnergyWorld 17 Nov 2022

Opinion: COP27 - It is time for India, the rising climate power

COP27 is billed as the COP of implementation. India arrives as a rising climate power.

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ReNews Sumant Sinha: Its time for the U.S. and India to lead on climate action
Fortune 09 Nov 2022

ReNews Sumant Sinha: Its time for the U.S. and India to lead on climate action

The US and India face the same question ahead of COP27: who will actually lead?

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Achieving climate goals and renewable targets first requires solving the storage conundrum
World Economic Forum 25 May 2022

Achieving climate goals and renewable targets first requires solving the storage conundrum

India's 2030 climate goal runs through battery storage. Solve that, and the targets follow.

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Agility 2.0: How businesses can best negotiate a perfect storm
Livemint 02 May 2022

Agility 2.0: How businesses can best negotiate a perfect storm

A far edgier world demands flexibility, agility and collaboration over long-range certainty.

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Indias Coal Crisis May Spur Shift to Clean Energy, ReNew Says
Bloomberg 29 Apr 2022

Indias Coal Crisis May Spur Shift to Clean Energy, ReNew Says

Costlier coal power may push India towards renewables faster than any policy could.

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India Inc will have to absorb inflation impact: ReNew΄s Sumant Sinha
Business Standard 22 Apr 2022

India Inc will have to absorb inflation impact: ReNew΄s Sumant Sinha

Private capex is picking up, but India Inc will have to absorb the inflation hit.

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Lessons from Ukraine crisis
Business Standard 17 Mar 2022

Lessons from Ukraine crisis

Another conflict, another oil shock. It is time to cushion India from the same old story.

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