Sindicatum: Turning Resource Challenges into Scalable Clean Energy Solutions for Emerging Future

The Silicon Review

With a world that is growing tense due to energy scarcity and climate risks, the race to the point where reliable renewable power will replace a significant portion of the fossil energy supply with one that seems less. And at the heart of South and Southeast Asia whose power needs are always high, Sindicatum Renewable Energy Company (SREC) is doing just that: bringing clean, efficient and flexible energy solutions to power the future.

Based in Singapore with its roots in the United Kingdom, Sindicatum is one of the most rapidly expanding clean energy developers in Asia, with a business model built around distributed energy, typically 5-50 MW. This is unlike major power projects that necessitate local expertise, nimble footed operations and digging-in with local partners, which, Sindicatum has excelled within markets including India, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia.

Building Sustainable Power, One Project at a Time

The business mode of Sindicatum focusses on the acquisition and management of clean energy projects using secure fuel supplies to guarantee production of energy with price and supply risk. The company has been able to develop and fund 17 renewable energy projects and has made rapid growth in the Asian region especially in India and other regions in Southeast Asia.

Solar energy projects supported by the company capitalize on local collaboration and expanse introducing a faster process with fewer risks. In such areas as Gujarat and Jodhpur in India or Pampanga in the Philippines, the solar parks of Sindicatum are already lighting the way towards energy independence.

Another important segment is wind power. Southeast Asia is accepting the idea of wind energy and Sindicatum is taking advantage of technological advances, as well as, grid parity advancements. It uses small scale wind farms that can replicate electricity and have little effects on the environment, like the Pamplona project in the Philippines.

Then there is Sindicatum stand-out innovation in bagasse cogeneration. The firm discovers agricultural waste found in sugar mills to use it in operating mills, and also in exportation of clean electricity. Such joint ventures upgrade existing infrastructure with state-of-the-art gear, generating a 500MW pipeline of long-term renewable biomass projects, fueled by captive supplies and profitable and environmentally conscionable.

Turning Waste into Power

Sindicatum is also a first mover in waste-to-energy where methane gases, which are released by landfill tips are converted into power. The projects are not only clean energy sources but also reduce the environmental risks of providing energy. This gives Sindicatum long term access to a critical fuel source since rights to biogas are acquired by waste partners, redefining waste as an economic asset in the green economy.

Investing with the Planet in Mind

To Sindicatum, sustainability is not a fad; it forms the basis of its investment approach. According to the company, the current global economy relies on unstable natural capital: clean air, clean water, forests, and soil. Such assets are not typically considered in classical models of the economy; however, Sindicatum incorporates them directly into the operational and financial planning.

Sindicatum creates value in the long-run when it identifies and invests in the renewable resources as opposed to running them down. Its investments take into account effects on environment as well as profitability as it is sure that these two can and should exist together.

Putting Communities and People First

Sindicatum works extend further than carbon reduction and energy production. The corporation believes in inclusive development at all levels including planning and execution. Stakeholders who are close to the areas are local communities, and Sindicatum will bring local employment, infrastructure enhancement, and social value to the areas where we engage.

Inside the company, there is a culture of employees adding value in the long term. It feels that life should begin with people and it encourages a healthy work-life balance, professional development, and sense meaning.

Sindicatum Climate Change Foundation: Powering Change Beyond Profit

Sindicatum Climate Change Foundation (SCCF) enhances the company by financing renewable projects across deprived areas. As a non-profit part of the company, SCCF applies the same level of attention and technological know-how to its charitable activity, safeguarding communities against climate risks even as they allow the exploitation of clean energy.

Poised for the Future

The development of Sindicatum is not a chance. It indicates a strategic and data-based strategy that puts emphasis on environmental stability, healthy stakeholder relationship, and financial performance. With Southeast Asia and India moving towards decarbonization with increased vigor, businesses such as Sindicatum will drive this change.

It has diversified portfolio in solar generation, wind power, biomass, and waste-to-energy, enabling it to survive market changes with a consistent goal: to produce sustainable assets to satisfy the energy-hungry world.

Where the overlap of energy consumption and climate sensitivity are felt the sharpest, the effort of Sindicatum is not only effective, but crucial. And as the company embarks on its sequel year of growing, one thing comes out: which is Sindicatum is illuminating Asia, one clean watt buildings upwards.

About The Leader

Assaad Razzouk, CEO of Sindicatum, is a Board member of the Climate Markets & Investment Association, establishing CMIA’s Asia Chapter. He is also a Board member of ASrIA, the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investing in Asia; and a commentator on climate change, natural capital,and clean energy. His Op-Eds have been published by, among others, London’s The Independent, Singapore’s Eco-Business, the Ecologist and others. Assaad is a graduate of Syracuse University (Summa Cum Laude) and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.