Solar PV installation: Opportunities in abundance

An overview of solar PV installation industry in India highlighting the achievements of domestic players in the global arena.

Owing to the favourable government policies, India has now emerged as the 3rd largest market for solar power in the world. The solar PV installation arena is filled with established as well as new players. “While projects have already been embarked upon, it is need of the hour to incorporate global practices in terms of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for any project,” comments Krishnan Rajagopalan, Head – Solar Business, Anchor Electricals Pvt Ltd.

HIT is a Panasonic patented technology that is now introduced in India through Anchor Electricals. In a short span of just under two years more than 20 MW of HIT solar PV modules have been installed across solar projects in the country, informs Rajagopalan.

Jyotitech Solar is having 30 MW per annum capacity with state-of-the-art module manufacturing facility at Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra which will be expanded to 100 MW in the times to come to cater to customers beyond Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra. “We see immense potential for further growth given the ambitious plans of increase in solar PV installations and reduced tariff per kwh. Jyotitech solar foresees a tremendous growth to its manufacturing business due to its quality, competitive pricing, and satisfied customer base,” says Shailesh Patni, Head (Sales & Marketing), Jyotitech Solar LLP.

Sterling and Wilson, one of the dominant global forces in the solar PV space, has bagged turnkey EPC along with O&M contract for the world’s largest single location solar PV plant in Sweihan, Abu Dhabi. The project will deliver a capacity of 1177 MWp, easily surpassing the current largest 850 MWp single location plant in China.
With construction already underway, the prodigious plant, which is spread over a desert area of 7.8 sq. km, is scheduled to be fully integrated with the grid in a record timeline of just 23 months. To top it all, the project was awarded at the lowest ever recorded bid in the history of PV solar.

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