PSUs to set up 10GW polysilicon manufacturing capacity to cut solar dependence on China

Public sector companies such as NTPC and BHEL may set up polysilicon manufacturing plants in the country to help reduce India’s dependence on China for import of wafers, ingots and cells for integrated manufacturing of solar modules under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

A senior official from the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) told FE that the Chinese manufacturers have increased the price of wafers that goes into the manufacturing of cells after India increased the production of cells under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. This is likely to make Indian panels incompetitive against imported panels from China indicating their vulnerablity to price changes and their dependence on China.