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to develop a more sustainable and resilient
industrial park.”
This project builds on Hitachi ABB Power
Grids’ global Grid Edge Solutions footprint of
more than 500 MW and 200 references. The
business’ technology has enabled customers
to create economic, social and environmental
value by unlocking new revenue streams,
maximising renewable integration, and
lowering carbon emissions.

GAS-FIRED GENERATION
SOL AR for PV modules and around 2.5GW for cells,
EnergyAustralia to spend India starts anti-dumping meaning solar deployment in the country
currently depends significantly on imported
$468mn on controversial probe into solar cell imports equipment, as it aims to deploy around 25GW
of PV per year to reach its 2030 target of
gas-fired power plant 280GW of solar installs.

Australia’s government said it will build a from China, Thailand and
taxpayer-funded A$600mn ($468mn) gas- Vietnam
fired power plant, arguing it is needed to drive SOL AR
down electricity prices, despite opposition Indian authorities have launched an anti-
from the power industry, Reuters reported. dumping investigation into imports of solar India’s ReNew Power to
The government said last year state-owned cells from China, Thailand and Vietnam
Snowy Hydro would build a new gas-fired following an application filed by the Indian become PV manufacturer,
plant if other companies did not come up with Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA).
plans by April to build 1,000MW of capacity The trade body claims that material injury plans 2-GW factory
to fill a gap that will be left when AGL Energy is being caused to India’s solar manufacturing
shuts its Liddell coal-fired plant in 2023. industry due to dumped imports of cells, and ndian independent power producer ReNew
EnergyAustralia, a unit of Hong Kong’s has therefore called for an anti-dumping duty Power Pvt Ltd today unveiled a plan to build
CLP Holdings, has committed to build on solar cells from the three countries. a 2-GW solar cell and module factory in the
a 300 MW gas-fired plant and mining The announcement was made by India’s state of Gujarat to supply its own projects and
billionaire Andrew Forrest has proposed a Directorate General of Trade Remedies also sell components to other sector players.
660 MW plant, although he has yet to make (DGTR), which said an investigation has The company will develop the greenfield
a final decision. Both would be backed by initiated to determine the existence, degree facility on 100 acres of land in Dholera Special
government aid. and effect of any alleged dumping and to Industrial Region (DSIR), about 100 km
“We were very clear from the start - we will recommend the amount of anti-dumping outside the city of Ahmedabad. The vertically
not stand by and watch prices go up and the duty, which if levied, would be adequate to integrated plant will utilise monocrystalline
lights go off,” Energy Minister Angus Taylor remove the injury to the domestic industry. PERC (Passivated Emitter & Rear Contact)
said on Wednesday. The probe concerns the 18-month period and large wafer technology. Operations are
The power industry has opposed the from July 2019 to December 2020. expected to commence in fiscal 2023, which
government’s intervention in the market, DGTR said there is evidence that starts on April 1, 2022.
saying such a large plant would not be needed the normal value of solar cells in China, “The Indian Government’s Production-
and would deter private investment in Thailand and Vietnam is higher than the net Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for solar
renewable power. export prices, thereby indicating that cells photovoltaic (PV) modules has opened up
Snowy Hydro’s environmental impact originating from them “are being exported several avenues for domestic manufacturing
statement for the Hunter Power project in at dumped prices, so as to justify initiation of in the renewable energy sector. ReNew plans
New South Wales state says in an average investigation”. to manufacture both solar cells and modules
year the plant is only likely to run at 2% of its ISMA’s petition, which was launched on in the Dholera manufacturing facility with
capacity. behalf of Mundra Solar PV, Jupiter Solar the goal of creating a globally competitive
The 660-MW plant will be built in the Power and Jupiter International, claims manufacturing unit,” said Sumant Sinha,
Hunter Valley, the country’s biggest coal- “there are no significant differences” between founder, chairman and CEO of ReNew Power.
producing region, which is under threat from imported solar cells and those produced by
the push toward cleaner energy. the domestic manufacturing industry.
According to India’s Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy, the country has annual
manufacturing capacities of 9GW – 10GW

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