Tuesday, July 08, 2014: If anti-dumping duty on solar gear is roped in at the rates suggested by the DGAD, module prices will stabilise at a level close to 10-20 per cent higher than that of the current prices offered by Chinese suppliers, said Tata Power Solar CEO, Ajay Goel. Also, considering the fact that module prices constitute nearly half of total project cost, the net impact of ADD on total project cost as well as solar tariff will stand at 5-10 per cent.
Granting that- this remains not as a substantial increase, it is enough to give the manufacturing sector a much needed breather. Developers, however, from their part, feel ADD helps no one for the reason that it will shrink the market.
It is noteworthy that the US solar market didn’t shrink following the imposition of ADD. Instead, it expanded at a substantial rate, bringing the nation to the third position globally in annual solar capacity addition. And hence, anti-dumping duties on solar gear won’t lead to sharp price hike.
