BHEL to start end-to-end solar equipment manufacturing, seeks consultants

India has no such manufacturer yet, Atmanirbhar Bharat scheme encourages state-owned company to fill in gap.

State-owned BHEL Limited plans to make complete solar equipment in India, encouraged by the government’s plan to push local manufacturing through incentives under the Atmanirbhar Bharat scheme.

The company plans to have a complete value chain: from raw material quartz (polysilicone) to wafers and then finished products like cells and modules.

BHEL recently came out with a tender to hire consultants for preparing the ‘detailed project report (DPR)’ for its solar manufacturing plans.

“To support the Aatmnirbhar Bharat campaign of the government, solar PV value chain holds substantial indigenisation potential especially in upstream. There is no domestic polysilicon and wafer