Centre notifies new standards for solar equipment

MNRE has enlisted six standards for different types of equipment used in solar power project

With the domestic solar industry facing the heat from cheap imports and steeply falling tariffs, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has drafted a new set of norms and standards for all solar equipment – domestic as well as imported. 

The move will help the government keep a check on the quality of upcoming solar projects, given that the power purchase agreements (PPAs) are signed and tariffs set for 25 years.

Domestic solar manufacturers have been up in arms against the imports, especially from China. Their contention is that the steeply low tariffs are a result of cheap imported solar