The government is working on multiple fronts to support domestic manufacturing of renewable energy equipment for capacity addition as well as creating its domestic demand, renewable energy secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi said.
Speaking at a panel discussion on ‘Advancing India’s Green Transition: Aligning Policy, Innovation and Industry for a Net-zero Future’, moderated by ET’s Shilpa Samant, Sarangi said apart from the production-linked incentives (PLI) schemes, which include solar cells, ingot-wafers and polysilicon, the renewable energy ministry has brought an approved list of models and manufacturers (ALMM) for modules and cells, and for wind power equipment.
The ministry is in talks with the industry for such a list for ingot-wafers. “Once that comes, we will see some clear commitments on the part of the industry to set up ingot and wafer manufacturing in India and I am sure in course of time polysilicon as well is going to come…
