NEW DELHI:Is the Bharti group together with Japanese conglomerate SoftBank making a big push into the fast-growing renewable energy market in India?<\/p>\n
There is growing speculation that could well be the case with the chairman of Bharti Enterprises Sunil Bharti Mittal and Japanese giant SoftBank’s founder, Mayasoshi Son addressing a joint press conference starting in just over an hour from now.<\/p>\n
The two may announce a JV which will mark their entry into a still nascent sector in the country.The two companies already have a joint venture, Bharti Softbank or BSB for mobile internet.<\/p>\n
The installed capacity of renewable energy in the country reached 32,269.6 megawatts according to the renewable energy status report 2014. Consequently, the renewable energy, now constitutes 28.8% of the overall installed energy capacity in in the country.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, ET had reported that Bharti Enterprises managing director Manoj Kohli was set to leave his current position and could join a renewable energy venture. Bharti spokesperson had in an email had said: “Manoj Kohli is a long standing and valued Bharti leader and has undertaken various assignments within the group. Manoj will continue to support Bharti’s growth plans.”<\/p>\n
This could be an indication that Kohli may play\u200e a key role in the new renewable energy venture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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