L R AS Published on Monday 30 November 2020 - n° 342 - Categories:India

India continues its policy of creating a photovoltaic industry

The Indian Prime Minister wants to increase support for the manufacture of solar panels, especially those with high efficiency. He wants India to produce the panels that will be installed in the country.

and is expected to reach 36 GW over the next three years. He wants to make India "a global manufacturing centre" in the renewable energy sector.

At the same time, the Prime Minister has raised the target for green power generation capacity from 175 GW to 220 GW by 2022 (RE installations currently reach 136 GW).

Not long ago, solar panels were included in the ten or so sectors that were to benefit from incentives for their development. This programme includes an investment of $603 million over five years to support the national development of high efficiency panels and $2.4 billion to stimulate the manufacture of cells for batteries.

https://www.pv-tech.org/news/india-doubles-down-on-domestic-solar-manufacturing-efforts

PV Tech of 27 November

NDLR The perseverance of the public authorities is remarkable. They will succeed in making India a world manufacturing centre.

When will the European Commission draw inspiration from this?

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