Science Museum ‘monitoring’ US bribery case against Adani Green Energy

This article was first published by the Museums Association.

The Science Museum says it is “monitoring developments” in a US bribery case against Adani Green Energy, the sponsor of the museum’s recently opened green energy gallery.

Last week, a New York federal court issued an arrest warrant for chairman Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani, who is an executive director at Adani Green Energy, and six others.

The court alleges that the defendants paid $265m in bribes to Indian Government officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts “through corruption and fraud at the expense of US investors”.

The 54-page indictment said that between 2020 and 2024, the defendants agreed to pay bribes for contracts that would generate more than $2bn (£1.58bn) in profits. The Adani Group, the multinational conglomerate that owns Adani Green Energy, has strongly rejected the charges, saying they are “baseless and denied” and that “all possible legal recourse will be sought”.