Monday, December 13, 2010

Mandatory use of local content for solar projects to continue – clarification

NEW DELHI, INDIA: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, had announced a policy to introduce domestic content, wherein 30 percent domestic content is mandatory for the solar thermal power projects in the first phase of the Mission.

Solar photovoltaic (PV) grid power projects are to be selected in two stages. In the first stage 150 MW capacity projects are being selected, where the crystalline silicon modules should be manufactured in the country.

However, for the second stage of selection of about 300 MW capacity projects, it is mandatory to use domestic solar cells and modules. There is no move to defer this policy.

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