The Morning Brief A Climate Leader Working on India’s Most Serious Power Problems
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Feb 17, 2026 Woochong Um, CEO of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, leads clean energy financing and pilot projects like utility‑scale battery storage in India. He discusses India as a testing ground for large-scale storage, the Kilokari battery pilot that cut blackouts, scaling storage across states and countries, AI‑enabled digitized grids, and how coordinated public‑private action can unlock jobs and reliable power.
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India As A Global Testbed
- India is a prime testbed for scalable clean-energy solutions due to skilled people and strong government support.
- Woochong Um says lessons from India can be replicated globally to accelerate clean transitions.
Coordination Is The Hidden Bottleneck
- Coordination gaps across utilities, regulators and investors block storage and renewables deployment.
- Woochong Um stresses shared information and benchmarking to make projects bankable.
Build Fully Bankable Project Pipelines
- Develop full project pipelines with technical, social and revenue due diligence to attract capital.
- Woochong Um advises providing complete data so investors can properly price risk and invest.