Sungrow opens 10GW solar inverter production facility in India

• Chinese inverter maker Sungrow has actually inaugurated a 7GW growth to its solar inverter factory in India, taking the center's production capacity to 10GW.

The development is made to permit the maker to cater for consumers across different sectors on the market.

The enhancement to Sungrow's center comes at a time where India's government is pressing to increase the nation's domestic solar manufacturing production while reducing its imports of solar PV modules.

"I appreciate this action of Sungrow, as well as its long-term advancement strategy, which can assist to realize our passion of renewable energy mission. In the future, I really hope Sungrow can keep leading this market and also set the benchmark for Indian solar industry, for the success of 'Make in India' Initiative," Bhagwanth Khuba, India's Minister of State for New as well as Renewable Energy, said.

The company likewise took the occasion to launch several of its products in the Indian market such as the SG350HX, with a maximum power result of 352kW and sustaining bifacial PV modules, as well as the "1+X" modular inverter.

Just recently, the Production Linked Incentive was amplified in order to add more than 40GW of additional cell as well as module manufacturing in India.

In 2015, India added more than 10GW of solar PV and also reached 49GW of overall solar capacity.

Beginning following month, the nation will present a 40% standard personalizeds duty on solar modules, with a 25% duty on solar cells.