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The CEO of India largest renewables company predicts major progress on climate in the next few years


Feb 17th, 2023;  Source: Project Syndicate


The ongoing glut of negative economic and environmental headlines is hiding real reasons for optimism, at least on the energy transition front. The next few years are vital for keeping global warming at a manageable level. Happily, across industries and geographies, we expect the next few years will ...ReadMore


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Smarter Climate Finance for the Developing World


Feb 13th, 2023;  Source: Project Syndicate


Without a concerted effort by governments and international financial institutions to harmonize standards and strengthen incentives for investments in decarbonization across the developing world, mid-century net-zero targets will slip out of reach. Three issues, in particular, warrant greater attent ...ReadMore


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View: Budget ensures 'clean & green' becomes vehicle for growth


Feb 6th, 2023;  Source: Economic Times


The Government of India deserves to be congratulated for presenting a Union Budget for 2023-24 that takes a prudent medium term view in the management of the economy. At this point in time, the economy needs a continued thrust on enhanced spending – to keep the production levels up, sustain th ...ReadMore


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Budget FY24: Time to accelerate green transition


Feb 1st, 2023;  Source: Financial Express


Union Budget: In many ways, India is already leading the global energy transition. We are currently the fourth-largest country for installed renewable energy capacity. The Union Budget for the year 2023-24 will be presented shortly. There is high anticipation for this year’s Budget to catalyse Ind ...ReadMore


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Leading In Uncertain Times


Jan 10th, 2023;  Source: BUSINESSWORLD


Here are five of the most important lessons I have gathered that may be of help to navigate through uncertainties  We are living in uncertain times. From global capital markets plunging, record high inflation resulting in increases in interest rates by central banks, a massive spike in commo ...ReadMore


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A Power Move


Jan 3rd, 2023;  Source: The Economic Times Magazine


Three trends will fuel India's renewable energy in the decade to come India's power sector looks set for a bright future. Our country has the world's third largest renewable energy capacity, having already met the 2030 target of achieving 40% of electricity-generation capacity&nb ...ReadMore


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


Dec 28th, 2022;  Source: The Economic Times


Assocham president Sumant Sinha has called for bringing down interest rates for the industry, especially for the domestic renewables sector, which is seeing high rates of 8-10 per cent compared to 3-4 per cent in the western markets On his expectations from the government for the domestic power and ...ReadMore


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Green hydrogen will not be limited by borders


Dec 28th, 2022;  Source: impact


The key is to find places that are the cheapest to produce it, says ReNew Founder & Chief Executive Officer, SUMANTSINHA, as he speaks to S Dinakar about how his company;s plans are aligned with India;s quest for net zero. Edited excerpts:   IEA’s latest report expects the world to a ...ReadMore


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A green-energy boost


Nov 26th, 2022;  Source: Financial Express


Climate change is an existential threat that has the potential to change the course of human history for the worse. In a modest definition, climate change is the process of shifts in weather and temperature patterns, which is long-term and detrimental to our planet. We know that a lot of it is the r ...ReadMore


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


Nov 17th, 2022;  Source: ETEnergyWorld


New Delhi: The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Egypt next month has been dubbed as the ‘COP of Implementation’. It absolutely needs to be. The summit at Sharm el-Sheikh by the Red Sea comes on the back of record summer temperatu ...ReadMore