Featured in Further upstream – 10-2024

Shallow talent pool threatens all

India wants to dramatically expand its solar production capacity through 2028 but it faces a lack of skilled workers. Attracting talent from overseas and related industries is an option but policymakers could also follow the United States’ lead and work on training schemes with Chinese manufacturers.
Blathnaid O’Dea
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Blathnaid O’Dea
India is looking to retrain workers from other industries to develop the skills base needed for its PV manufacturing goals. | Photo: Adani Solar

 Analysts at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) say India could become the world’s second-largest solar manufacturer by 2026, with an annual module production capacity of 110 GW. That would be enough to make the vast nation self-sufficient and able to “aggressively” target the PV export market.Between 2020 and 2023, India’s solar …

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