Meeting 2030 renewable energy target may push India's solar equipment imports to $30 bn/yr, says GTRIIndia's aim to achieve 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030 may result in an annual USD 30 billion solar equipment import bill and more relia...
20 Oct, 2024, 02.28 PM IST
Polysilicon prices forecast to rise on Chinese production cutsThe declines in production are being abetted by seasonal factors including a week-long public holiday in early October and drier weather re...
20 Sep, 2024, 09.43 AM IST
How solar companies are surpassing Big OilThe rise of Chinese solar power cos like Tongwei and Longi is challenging the dominance of traditional oil giants such as Exxon Mobil and S...
14 Jun, 2024, 09.52 PM IST
Adani begins commercial output of wafers, ingots for solar powerAdani Group initiates solar cell production in Gujarat, with plans for polysilicon production. Aiming for 45 GW renewable energy by 2030. E...
07 Apr, 2024, 05.56 PM IST
US solar boom opens $2 billion Indian door to banned products from ChinaGlobal concerns that Chinese officials were incarcerating or forcing members of the Uyghur minority to work in factories led US Congress to...
05 Feb, 2024, 06.54 PM IST
Solar industry facing whiplash from volatile equipment pricesThe volatility is rippling across the solar supply chain and pressuring manufacturing giants even as they plan expansions to provide the wo...
22 Feb, 2023, 12.36 PM IST
IEA warns global solar supply chains are too concentrated in ChinaThe world needs to double its current capacity to produce the "key building blocks" of solar panels: polysilicon, ingots, wafers, cells and...
07 Jul, 2022, 10.51 AM IST
Solar panel prices likely to stay high till next yearPrice of polysilicon, the main raw material used to make solar equipment, has surged by 343% since July 2020 and by 148% since January, ind...
08 Jul, 2021, 08.49 AM IST
Solar power is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerfulA push for more powerful solar equipment underscores how further cost reductions remain essential to advance the shift away from fossil fue...
06 Jul, 2021, 10.11 AM IST
US bans imports of solar panel material from Chinese companyUS ordered a ban on imports of a key solar panel material from Chinese-based Hoshine Silicon Industry Co over forced labor allegations. Whe...
24 Jun, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
Leading Chinese solar equipment vendor attacks peers from mainland for collusion and price hikesA leading Chinese solar panel component producer has accused fellow Chinese manufacturers of colluding together to restrict supply and arti...
10 Jun, 2021, 10.37 PM IST
Joe Biden's solar ambitions collide with China labor complaintsA big hurdle is polysilicon, used to make photovoltaic cells for solar panels. The global industry gets 45% of its supply from Xinjiang, th...
24 May, 2021, 09.58 AM IST
Why it’s so hard for the solar industry to quit XinjiangAs Xinjiang was growing in importance to the solar industry, it became the center of international controversy.
12 Feb, 2021, 10.19 AM IST
Solar developers worried over rise in panel pricesModule prices started increasing in mid-2020 because of a supply disruption caused by floods in China’s southeast province, which led to th...
09 Feb, 2021, 01.36 PM IST
Adani Green Energy defers its polysilicon manufacture plansAdani’s 1,200 MW panel-cum-module manufacturing unit is the largest in the country but is facing a huge hurdle. “The module manufacturing u...
24 May, 2017, 12.28 AM IST
Shapoorji Pallonji Group, Adani Group and Panchavaktra Power keen on local production of polysiliconAll three, however, will start by making cells and modules and integrate backwards into polysilicon manufacture when conditions are right.
19 Jul, 2016, 09.14 AM IST
Adani Green Energy may tie up with SunEdison for $2 billion solar foray“We are also looking at two other companies, Golden Concord Holdings (GCL) and OCI Solar Power. We are yet to take a decision,” said Jayant...
06 Jun, 2016, 08.58 AM IST