RIL, First Solar, Shirdi Sai bid for 15.5 Gw end-to-end solar manufacturing

Under phase-2 of PLI guidelines, of the total corpus of Rs 19,000 crore, the highest tranche of Rs 12,000 crore has been allotted to the manufacture of polysilicon wafer cells modules

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), US-based First Solar and Shirdi Sai have bid for end-to-end polysilicon wafer cells modules (PWCM) manufacturing for a total of 15.4 gigawatt (Gw) under the second tranche of the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for solar equipment manufacturing.

RIL and Shirdi Sai have each placed bids for 6 Gw while First Solar has bid for 3.4 Gw.

Under the PLI guidelines for the second phase, of the total corpus of Rs 19,000 crore, the highest tranche of Rs 12,000 crore has been allotted to end-to-end PWCM manufacturing (raw material to finished product). Unlike the first round,