Rapid growth in renewable power needed to meet demand: Sumant Sinha
Mar 25th, 2021; Source: The Hindu Business Line
Renew has become the first Indian company to list on Nasdaq using the Special Purpose Acquisition Company route. Sumant Sinha, Chairman, ReNew, spoke to BusinessLine on the way forward for the company. Excerpts: What is the reason for Nasdaq listing through SPAC compared to Indian listing? ...ReadMore
Asia At The Speed Of Light: An Interview With The Head Of ReNew
Jan 16th, 2021; Source: Mckinsey & Company
The energy transition will remake Asia, says Sumant Sinha, managing director of ReNew. ReNew is just ten years old—but a lot can happen in a decade. Today, ReNew is India’s largest renewable-energy company, with more than 110 wind and solar sites across the country. Backed by a group of prominen ...ReadMore
Goldman-Backed Renew Mulls Listing Its Shares to Fund Growth
Jan 7th, 2021; Source: Bloomberg
ReNew, India’s largest renewable energy company, is looking at an overseas listing of shares to raise funds as it invests in growth for the coming decade. “As far as our own IPO plans are concerned, it’s something we are certainly evaluating and at an appropriate time we will certainly l ...ReadMore
Will invest across renewables, solar manufacturing, transmission in 2021: Sumant Sinha, ReNew
Jan 1st, 2021; Source: ET Energyworld
The other big focus area for the firm will be commissioning of projects which are in the pipeline and nearing completion. Introduction of long-term measures including privatisation of distribution companies to improve the sector’s health are absolutely necessary now, Sumant Sinha, chairman an ...ReadMore
Book Launch | Fossil Free: Reimagining Clean Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World
Dec 10th, 2020; Source: Observer research foundation
About the book The current global energy use, with its overwhelming dependence on fossil fuels, has taken global warming to dangerous levels. Climate change is already hitting us hard, through adverse effects on global food availability, biodiversity, rising sea levels and extreme weather events, su ...ReadMore
BOOK EXCERPT: 'Fossil Free: Reimagining Clean Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World'
Nov 30th, 2020; Source: CNBCTV18.COM
There is, however, a silver lining. As we know, electricity accounts for approximately a quarter of total energy consumption. This is a growing proportion, as more consumption areas get electrified. Transportation through EVs is, of course, the most obvious one, but we can include cases in the marit ...ReadMore
Fossil Free: Reimagining Clean Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World? review: A green new deal
Nov 30th, 2020; Source: The Hindu
To deliver on its renewable energy promise, India needs more reforms For many decades now, the world has been waiting with bated breath on the promise of renewables, and with every passing year, the disruptive power of technology is making prices tumble and its economic case so compelling that it ma ...ReadMore
Critical climate change issues aside here?s why clean energy will trump polluting fossil fuels
Nov 30th, 2020; Source: YourStory
ReNew Power Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, Sumant Sinha reveals a key reason why clean energy will trump polluting fossil fuels. If you live in Delhi, like this writer, you would know just how precious and rare breathing clean air is. According to the World Air Quality Report by IQAir Air ...ReadMore
Experts discuss climate change & the need to go fossil free
Nov 27th, 2020; Source: CNBCTV18.COM
As climate change takes center-stage in global policymaking, the transition to clean energy is no longer a pipe dream. It’s an urgent need. In the recently contested US elections, battling climate change was one of the key agendas of the Joe Biden campaign. As part of his presidential transition, ...ReadMore
What has climate change led to? Riots, uprising and tyranny
Nov 13th, 2020; Source: The Print
In ‘Fossil Free’, Sumant Sinha writes about the social and economic impacts of climate change, especially in oil-producing countries. Dirty coal and oil are the main contributors towards global warming and climate change. They are also the main sources of energy for the rich, industrialized coun ...ReadMore
