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India Built Enough Solar Panels for the World. It Forgot to Build Enough Solar Cells.
India's solar manufacturing sector is facing a structural mismatch as new domestic content rules take effect June 1, 2026 — the country has built nearly 200 GW of solar module assembly capacity, but only around 31 GW of the solar cells that actually go inside those modules, exposing a gap that threatens to strand billions in recent manufacturing investment. ~200 GW ~31 GW Jun 1, 2026 270.8 GW India's solar module manufacturing capacity as of May 2026 India's solar cell manufa

Thoughts Initiative Team
May 253 min read
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