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ET WLF 2025: Govt pushes local manufacturing for renewable energy growth

The government is working on multiple fronts to support domestic manufacturing of renewable energy equipment for capacity addition as well as creating its domestic demand, renewable energy secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi said.

Speaking at a panel discussion on ‘Advancing India’s Green Transition: Aligning Policy, Innovation and Industry for a Net-zero Future’, moderated by ET’s Shilpa Samant, Sarangi said apart from the production-linked incentives (PLI) schemes, which include solar cells, ingot-wafers and polysilicon, the renewable energy ministry has brought an approved list of models and manufacturers (ALMM) for modules and cells, and for wind power equipment.

The ministry is in talks with the industry for such a list for ingot-wafers. “Once that comes, we will see some clear commitments on the part of the industry to set up ingot and wafer manufacturing in India and I am sure in course of time polysilicon as well is going to come on a big scale,” Sarangi said.

JP Chalasani, CEO of Suzlon Group, said the new guidelines on wind power equipment manufacturing may help significantly increase domestic capacity even at sub-component levels. There’s going to be a large capacity addition and a high probability of increase in exports, he said.

India has emerged as the world’s fourth-largest in installed renewable energy capacity, with non-fossil fuel sources now making up half of its total installed power generation capacity.

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Vaishali Nigam Sinha, cofounder of ReNew, said all steps are in the right direction to get to 500 GW by 2030, which is an ambitious milestone. “We are very optimistic and all stakeholders have achieved more than what was possible,” she added.

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Reliable and consistent availability of renewable energy is likely to help meet the demand for data centres, industry experts said.

According to Arunabha Ghosh, CEO of public policy think tank Council on Energy, Environment and Water, more options for offtake of clean energy such as data centres and electric vehicles are coming and it is not confined only to power distribution companies.

Vibha Dhawan, director general of policy research institute The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri), said technology advancement is likely to determine the right energy mix in the future, with green hydrogen and/or nuclear energy expected to get into the mix.

Power will always be available if there is a demand, Suzlon’s Chalasani said. To maintain grid stability and still have affordable power, it is important to have a combination of solar, wind and storage, he added.

“It will never be one versus another. What will happen depending upon the different load profiles of some states is that the combination might change,” Chalasani said.

Sarangi said as far as demand from data centres and green hydrogen is concerned, there are technological solutions available today to provide them with renewable energy.



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