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Climate change and the transfer of power

Book review of Fossil Free: Reimagining Clean Energy in a Carbon Constrained World

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Book cover of Fossil Free: Reimagining Clean Energy in a Carbon Constrained World

Laveesh Bhandari
I must confess I dread it when Business Standard asks me to review a book authored by a well-known personality. And Sumant Sinha is, by all counts, one of those. He ranks at the top of the Clean Energy Who’s Who, having succeeding in making ReNew Power India’s leading and fast-growing clean energy firm after a stint at Suzlon as its chief operating officer. I wondered, is Fossil Free going to be about the author or the challenge he seeks to address?

The author’s introductory note was hugely disappointing. Even without setting out the problem, the challenges, and how to navigate