China's ReneSola to sell locally-made PV modules in India

Chinese wafer and module maker ReneSola will supply solar panels made in India to the local market as it seeks to expand sales there.

The company is supplying wafers to Indian firm Websol, which manufactures cells and modules for the local market. It expects to use other partners in the market as it grows its presence there.

ReneSola says it expects orders for 15MW in India this year, and to sell 250MW of India-made panels over a two-year period.

It is the first time the company has sold locally-produced PV modules outside China, it says in a statement.

India’s National Solar Mission, a national incentive scheme, requires projects using crystalline-silicon PV panels to use locally-made equipment, although subsidies…

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