Government explores incentives for polysilicon manufacturing to boost solar energy production

The government is exploring an incentive scheme to support polysilicon manufacturing, renewable energy secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi said.

Currently, the renewable energy ministry is implementing the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for 'National Programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules' with an outlay of ₹24,000 crore.

The current scheme, in two tranches, covers a capacity of around 48 GW of modules, cells, ingot-wafers, and polysilicon. ET had earlier reported that the government was deliberating on how to support polysilicon manufacturing apart from ingot-wafers.