With the verdict on the anti-dumping duty on international solar modules round the corner, the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) and several state governments are siding with solar power project developers to say that the ministry of commerce should not impose an anti-dumping duty on international panels.
Over the last few months, a battle has been raging between Indian solar panel makers and power project developers on the imposition of anti-dumping duties on imported panels.
Indian manufacturers say they are losing business as project developers are buying international panels at lower costs, while project developers argue that Indian panel makers don’t have sufficient manufacturing capacity and that the quality of panels are not good.
“We are concerned about the various solar projects that have been tendered by the different states and under the central solar mission. About 4000 MW of projects have been tendered. After long, solar prices have come down but bringing in anti-dumping duties will increase solar prices again and affect projects,” Tarun Kapoor, joint secretary, MNRE, Government of India, told TOI.
