India says developer Lanco 'flouted' NSM rules, but 'no scam'

The Indian government has indicated it will treat Lanco Infratech leniently, despite acknowledging that the developer “flouted” some rules in pursuing projects under the National Solar Mission (NSM).

The admission may deepen scepticism about the strength of the regulatory regime in one of the world’s fastest-growing solar markets.

In February the Centre for Science and the Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based green group, alleged that Lanco had broken the rules governing the NSM’s first batch of projects by winning at least seven PV arrays – in addition to a 100MW solar-thermal project.

Developers were only allowed to win one project of 5MW in the first 140MW batch, with the government intending to bring as many new players into the sector…

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