Hero Future Energies Partners with Sumitomo for Wind-Solar Project in Karnataka

Hero Future Energies (HFE), the renewable energy arm of the Hero Group, has announced a partnership with Sumitomo Corporation, an integrated trading and business investment company in Japan. Sumitomo Corporation will acquire a 49 percent stake in the special purpose vehicle developing a project of an approximately 500 MWp wind and solar power plant with a large-scale battery energy storage at Bidar, Karnataka. HFE will retain the remaining 51 percent.

Rahul Munjal, Founder and Chairman, Hero Future Energies, said, “We are delighted to welcome Sumitomo Corporation as a strategic partner in this project. This partnership is an endorsement of HFE’s capabilities to execute complex renewable energy projects at scale.”

He added, “As India enters the next phase of its energy transition, partnerships such as the one with Sumitomo will play a critical role in bringing together capital and execution excellence to accelerate all round adoption of clean energy.”

On the partnership, Jun Minase, General Manager, Overseas Energy Solution SBU of Sumitomo Corporation, said, “We are very pleased to collaborate with Hero Future Energies. We see significant potential in HFE’s clearly defined growth ambitions, particularly as the share of renewable energy continues to grow rapidly within India’s energy mix. Through this partnership, Sumitomo Corporation will strengthen our renewable energy business platform in India while pursuing new business opportunities that support the stable supply of renewable energy.”

Srivatsan Iyer, Global CEO, Hero Future Energies, commented, “Hero Future Energies has built strong capabilities across project development, design and engineering and execution of complex renewable energy projects that can provide firm power to the grid. Our focus has consistently been on designing and delivering such complex projects with the highest standards of quality, safety and operational excellence, and building a robust portfolio across technologies and geographies. This partnership will further strengthen our ability to execute our growing project pipeline and build on our capabilities as we scale our clean energy portfolio.”

Nomura served as the financial advisor to Hero Future Energies in connection with the transaction.