[zuron7]

From the graph in the article it is pretty evident that the margins are very low compared to other countries. This is a case of the government doing something that makes sense for the growth of the country rather than letting privately run companies make large profits.

[mmsimanga]

We are also benefiting here in Africa. I have begun to see Indian solar panels being sold here and they tend to be the cheapest at my preferred online retailer.

[gingabriska]

Which indian company is that?

[mmsimanga]

The solar panels are called Renewsys[0].

[0]https://www.sustainable.co.za/solar-power/solar-panels.html?...

[iagovar]

Have you seen Atersa panels over there? It's a Spanish brand, someone told me that they were selling a lot of them in África, but didn't mention exactly where.

[mmsimanga]

No I have not seen any Atersa panels in my neck of the woods. I do know there is Spanish involvement in a few solar farms being implemented in SA. I build the initial web site for this particular one[0].

There many solar panel retailers my goto one is this one[1]

[0]https://www.solarcapital.co.za/our-projects/de-aar-project-1... [1]https://www.sustainable.co.za/solar-power/solar-panels.html

[iagovar]

Hmm, you're right, the indian ones seem to be the cheapest, even more than Jinko. IDK about Enersol, it looks like a spanish-made name but I can't find any info about it.

I asked you this because the spanish solar industry suffered a lot because of the Chinese competition. AFAIK Atersa was the only brand that remained producing in Spain, everyone else moved production to china.

[roenxi]

You can't deduce that from the data in the article, so if you have another source do share. Most of India's capacity was built in the last 2 years [0] and almost all in the last 3. They might simply still be in some sort of build-and-spend phase and yet to sit back and start realising profits.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_India

[mk_chan]

They are. Most of the large solar plants are being used for selling power as a service (via open-access) to other businesses. Source: I was working in analytics for a solar power firm in the past