India's solar tariffs offset subsidies, push up energy prices

Despite strong rollout, higher costs from anti-China duties weigh on uptake

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Workers install solar panels at Adani Green Energy's Khavda Renewable Energy Park in Khavda, India, in April 2024. © Reuters

CHARU BAHRI

RAJASTHAN, India -- Trade tariffs intended to boost India's solar manufacturing sector in the face of Chinese dominance are raising prices for projects and consumers, weighing on the government's efforts to maintain the rapid rollout of solar power and the industry's technological progress.

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