‘Extraordinary move’: India’s government investing billions in battery, solar cell manufacturing

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The government said the PLI initiative “will incentivise domestic and global players to build large-scale solar PV capacity in India and help India leapfrog in capturing the global value chains for solar PV manufacturing”. Image: Tata Solar.

India’s government has agreed on a financing package that includes INR45 billion (US$603 million) of investment over five years to support the domestic development of high-efficiency PV modules.

Solar modules form one of ten “key sectors” included in a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme that has been green-lighted by India’s cabinet in a move to help make domestic manufacturers globally competitive, create economies of scale and boost exports.  

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The government said the PLI initiative “will incentivise domestic and global players to build large-scale solar PV capacity in India and help India leapfrog in capturing the global value chains for solar PV manufacturing”.

Some INR181 billion (US$2.42 billion) has also been allocated over the next five years to support the manufacture of advance chemistry cell (ACC) batteries and help both domestic and international players set up operations in India.

The government said that ACC battery manufacturing represents “one of the largest economic opportunities of the 21st century” for sectors such as renewable energy, electric vehicles and consumer electronics.

Dr Rahul Walawalkar, president the India Energy Storage Alliance, welcomed the programme, which he said “holds immense importance” in supporting domestic manufacturing, while helping India enter the global value chain for advanced energy storage technologies. It represents “an extraordinary move” by the government and is a result of more than four years of industry effort, he added.

Meanwhile, government think tank Niti Aayog has invited bids for setting up ACC manufacturing facilities under public-private partnerships. To be eligible for a subsidy, bidders selected through the request for proposals process would need to establish an ACC manufacturing facility with a capacity of at least 5GWh, Niti Aayog said.

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