US-based 1366 Technologies is looking to invest $300 million to set up a facility in India for solar wafer and cell production. The company is backed by Bill Gates’ BreakthroughContinue Reading
The Union Cabinet’s decision to award ‘performance linked incentive’ (PLI) to high efficiency solar panel manufacturers is likely to give a boost to the domestic companies. Unlike wind power sectorContinue Reading
Recent commencement of Change in Law payments by state power distribution companies (Discoms) and the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for Goods and Services Tax (GST) to solar powerContinue Reading
The basic customs duty on solar imports from China, which was supposed to be implemented from August 1, will be delayed for another two to three weeks, per an industryContinue Reading
India is considering multiple efforts to discourage developers to import Chinese equipment and encourage investors to develop domestic manufacturing facilities. India first imposed a safeguard duty on Chinese solar cellsContinue Reading
In what will make solar cells, modules and inverters imported from China expensive, India is set to impose a basic customs duty as soon as the safeguard duty, currently inContinue Reading
The safeguard duty India imposed on solar cells and modules coming from China and Malaysia, which enjoyed 85-90% market share in the country, is just a few months away fromContinue Reading
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has invited bids from manufacturers able to supply 12 million Polycrystalline silicon solar cells with a minimum 4.62 W output and at least 18.8% efficiency.Continue Reading
