Energy Unplugged by Aurora EP.266 – Brookfield’s Nawal Saini on India’s Renewable & Transition Investment
This week on Energy Unplugged, we’re delighted to welcome Nawal Saini, Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Renewable Power & Transition Group. He joins Dan Monzani, Aurora’s Managing Director for the UK & Ireland and India, alongside Debabrata Ghosh, Aurora’s Head of India, for a deep dive into how renewable deployment and transition investment are accelerating in India and other emerging markets.
Nawal leads Brookfield’s renewable and transition business across these regions, drawing on extensive experience in energy and infrastructure investment at CDPQ, JP Morgan, and Jacob Ballas, as well as banking roles with ABN Amro Bank and SBI Capital Markets. His perspective combines large-scale capital allocation, platform building, and first-hand insight into navigating policy, regulatory, and market complexity in fast-growing economies.
You will learn about:
- How clean energy investment is scaling in India and other emerging markets - and the structural drivers behind investor momentum.
- Barriers to rapid renewable deployment, including grid constraints, curtailment, and delays in long-term PPA execution.
- The rising role of hybrid renewables, batteries, and firm dispatchable renewable electricity (FDRE) solutions in delivering reliable energy at scale.
- How Brookfield evaluates opportunities, structures partnerships, and manages risk in high-growth emerging markets.