Ratul Puri — Chairman, Hindustan Power
Building the infrastructure behind India's energy future
For more than two decades, Ratul Puri has worked in power generation and infrastructure in India — from early utility-scale solar to transitional generation, storage and the grid systems that carry clean electricity to demand centres.
Hindustan Power commissioned one of India's first utility-scale solar plants — a 5 MW facility
Years working in Indian power generation and energy infrastructure
Operating verticals: transitional energy generation and renewables
Target year for doubling the group's generation capacity
Who is Ratul Puri?
Ratul Puri is the Chairman of Hindustan Power, one of India's independent power producers, with interests spanning transitional generation, renewable energy, battery storage and mining. He holds a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and has spent over twenty years in energy infrastructure.
His work has tracked the same arc as the Indian power sector itself: an early period defined by adding capacity for industrialisation, followed by a clean energy transition that has moved renewables to close to a third of the country's generation share. The World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader, and he has chaired the Power Committee of the CII Northern Region.
Focus areas
Where the work is concentrated
Ratul Puri, Chairman, Hindustan Power
The role, the two operating verticals, and how an integrated portfolio of transitional and renewable generation is meant to serve base load and clean power at the same time.
Read moreOn India's energy transition
Why the next phase of the transition depends less on adding generation capacity and more on transmission, storage and reliable delivery of the power already being produced.
Read moreMilestones and recognitions
From India's first 5 MW commercial solar plant in 2010 through thermal commissioning and emissions-control retrofits, alongside the honours received along the way.
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News and commentary
Beyond low-cost power to clean energy reliability
Competitive auctions made renewables mainstream. The question now is whether that power can be stored, moved and delivered when it is needed.
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Curtailment concerns: effective delivery, not just expansion
Record renewable additions mean little if grid security limits and transmission constraints leave that generation curtailed.
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‘Doing solar without battery makes limited sense’
Ratul Puri, Chairman of Hindustan Power, on why the clean energy shift now turns on the supporting ecosystem rather than headline capacity.
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