Featured in Rising above – 11-2011

Achieving economies of scale

India: India has clearly caught the attention of the global PV industry, not only as an emerging market that promises to be at the vanguard for the next ten years in terms of growth, but also as an emerging manufacturing hub for the PV industry. India’s National Solar Mission (NSM) aims to install 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2022 in the country, although skeptics inside and outside the country are of the opinion that this target is a little too ambitious.

Distributed in three phases until 2022, currently phase one of the mission is underway, and will end by March 2013. This phase aims for 1.1 GW of grid-connected power plants, 100 megawatts (MW) of rooftop systems and 200 MW of off-grid systems. The solar mission has created tremendous interest in the industry. There are project …

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