PV Manufacturing

India’s Photovoltaic Manufacturing Capacity Set to Surge Report by IEEFA and JMK Research Since the early 2010s, the world has largely depended on China for its PV panel manufacturers equipment requirements. The huge concentration of the entire PV value chain in one country poses a potential risk to other countries. It leaves them susceptible to localised supply chain shocks and otherchallenges. In recent years, PV importers, such as India, the United States of America (the U.S.) and Europe, have enacted…

Viability Assessment of New Domestic Solar Module Manufacturing Units Report by IEEFA and JMK Research Executive Summary India is one of the top 10 solar module producers in the world with an installed domestic photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing capacity of about 15 gigawatts (GW). However, India is lagging behind its biggest competitor China, in not just module manufacturing capacity but also in production of other raw materials such as wafers, cells and poly silicon. In addition, the capacity utilisation of…