2nd UK-India Offshore Wind Summit

Siddharth Arora moderating the session De-risking, Investing and Financing Offshore Wind projects in India

Siddharth Arora, Associate Director, Clean Power, Shakti moderated a session on De-risking, Investing and Financing Offshore Wind projects in India at the 2nd UK-India Offshore Wind Summit, on March 10, 2023, organised by British High Commission at Chennai, where he emphasised that various risks such as Policy, Technology, Offtake, and Credit needs to be critically examined for successful development of offshore wind projects in India.

Hitesh Gupta as a panellist at a session at Offshore Wind Summit

Hitesh Gupta, Programme Manager, Clean Power, Shakti as a panellist contributed to the conversation on R&D and Upskilling for the deployment of offshore wind in India where he spoke about how upskilling is crucial and institutions can play a vital role by offering multi-disciplinary courses and certifications to produce a qualified and competent offshore wind workforce thereby creating more green jobs and acceleration of the expansion of blue economy if our workforce is equipped with the skills they need for enabling this transition.