The ALMM list is the approved list of model and module suppliers to solar projects. In order to be a part of this list, there must be a compulsory inspection of a company’s products and manufacturing sites. According to recent news, the Chinese firms including Trina, Jinko, and Longi have been excluded from this list, ie. […]

The Indian solar manufacturing sector has struggled ever since its inception a decade ago. With the Chinese solar manufacturing industry decimating other countries’ solar manufacturing capacities across the world, India was no exception in seeing multiple bankruptcies and huge losses. While the government has tried to boost domestic manufacturing, it was only done in a […]

After ‘Make in India‘, the Modi government has urged India to become ‘Atmanirbhar‘ ie. self-sufficient and self-reliant. Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that solar energy will play a major role in making India ‘Atmanirbhar’. While inaugurating the 750-MW solar power project in Rewa district via video conferencing, Mr. Modi said, “We won’t be able to use solar […]

While India has become one of the largest markets in the world in terms of solar and wind energy installations, the manufacturing industry has not really kept up. The Chinese manufacturers through their state-driven capitalism have managed to bankrupt most Indian solar companies like others around the world. Through massive subsidies and state support, the […]

The renewable energy industry in the past couple of years has been facing a harrowing time due to India’s system weaknesses as well as the policy uncertainty. The solar developers have been facing challenges in numerous areas with some states refusing to honor contracts while some states are curtailing solar power generation using flimsy reasons […]

Indian corporates have regularly been making headlines these days due to issues of corporate governance, fraud, and corruption. The IL&FS financial crisis which started last year has made a number of other Indian companies fall like dominoes, due to issues of financial misgovernance. Indiabulls housing finance and DHFL which were/are the some of the largest […]