India prepares roadmap to cut reliance on China in solar manufacturing inputs
New Delhi: India’s new and renewable energy ministry is finalizing a roadmap to develop a local ecosystem to manufacture wafers, ingots and polysilicon in the country, used to make solar power cells and modules.
Addressing a review meeting with states on renewable energy, Union minister for new and renewable energy Pralhad Joshi said that the Centre has prepared a trajectory for indigenous manufacturing of wafers and ingots and is in the process of preparing a similar trajectory for local polysilicon manufacturing. He also asked states to make efforts to provide land and boost the solar equipment manufacturing ecosystem in the country.
