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India Needs Uniform Land Acquisition Policy to Meet Clean Energy Goals on Time

Establishing solar and wind projects to fulfill the Indian government’s goals is hampered by challenges associated with land acquisition. These projects often face...

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Developers Consortium to Buy Over 6 GW of Modules Annually to Support Local Manufacturing

Four U.S-based independent power producers have formed a consortium to bolster the country’s rapid scaling of domestic solar manufacturing. They plan to spend over...

June 22, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Renewable Energy
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Proposed Steep Duties Could Cost US 18 GW of Solar Deployment by 2023: SEIA

The United States solar industry could miss out on 18 GW of solar deployment by 2023 due to steep duties proposed by an anonymous group of petitioners, the Solar Energy...

September 28, 2021

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Harsh Shukla

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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The Time for Backward Integration in Solar Manufacturing Sector Has Come: Interview

Domestic manufacturing in the solar sector has always been a sore point in India. The government has taken several policy measures like the imposition of safeguard duty...

March 5, 2021

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Nithin Thomas

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Manufacturing

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Solar
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Impact of Basic Customs Duty on Solar Cells and Modules: Winners and Losers

Basic customs duty (BCD) on the import of solar cells and modules was announced at 20% in the Union Budget for 2020-21. While the exemption on this duty remains in place,...

February 14, 2020

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Nithin Thomas

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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Solar MSMEs are Not Benefiting from Safeguard Duty and Domestic Content Rules

Over the past year and a half, the government has launched several policy measures to support the domestic solar manufacturing industry — these range from the imposition...

November 7, 2019

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Shaurya Bajaj

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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MNRE Proposes Basic Customs Duty on Imported Solar Cells and Modules

The Minister of Power R.K. Singh has proposed that basic customs duty (BCD) be imposed on imported solar cells and modules from April 2021 in a letter to the finance...

September 23, 2019

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Shaurya Bajaj

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Update: MNRE Clarifications on Change in Law for Solar Projects

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) recently issued a clarification on the August 2017 guidelines for the tariff-based competitive bidding process for...

April 18, 2018

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Ankita Rajeshwari

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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DGAD Initiates Anti-Dumping Investigation into Solar Imports of EVA Sheets

The office of Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) has initiated an investigation on import of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) sheets for solar...

April 6, 2018

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Saumy Prateek

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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