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About 18 GW Of Module And 14 GW Of Cell Production Capacity To Be Added By CY2023 in India Solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing industry of India, of late, has been receiving significant impetus. Currently, India has a PV manufacturing base of 18 GW for solar module and 4 GW for solar cell. The module production capacity is anticipated to grow at an unprecedented rate of ~40% (CAGR) over the next 2 years. Figure 1: Leading Domestic Solar PV Manufacturers in…

Closing In On The Deadline, Domestic Content Requirement Schemes Are Still Far Away From Their Targets Domestic content requirement (DCR) mandates the use of both solar cells and modules manufactured domestically as per specifications and testing requirements fixed by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). The DCR was incorporated into the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) or National Solar Mission (NSM) adopted in 2010 with the objective of developing domestic solar manufacturing and making India a solar…

Enough but not enough– The present scenario of power demand and supply in India This article appeared in the Indian Wind Power Association’s (IWPA) WindPro Magazine-December 2021 issue and was authored by JMK Research and Analytics With the increasing need to reduce carbon emissions, renewable energy (RE) installations have seen a surge in recent years. Cumulative installed capacities for RE sources are reaching a point where it is soon likely to exceed our peak demand. This begs the question, does…

Rooftop solar financing options for Prospective customers This is the fourth and final blog of our four-part blog series to assess and analyze the different routes via which C&I rooftop solar players are raising much-needed investments to further scale this sector and accelerate growth. So far, we have dived into Equity investments, Mergers, and Acquisitions and understood various debt instruments via which the majority of investments come from, and have identified the key players. In this blog, we will look…