Adani Group's solar unit in legal tussle with First Solar
Adani Group's Mundra Solar PV Ltd (MSPVL) has landed in legal trouble in the US after First Solar, an American company, accused it of copying patented technology used in making TOPCon solar cells.
The lawsuit, filed this year in Delaware, seeks damages from MSPVL for allegedly infringing on two patents.
Outcome could seriously impact Adani's global solar ambitions
MSPVL says it hasn't copied anything and points out its process skips a key step that First Solar's patents cover.
After getting a warning letter from First Solar on 1 April, MSPVL asked the court to officially say there was no infringement.
But on August 1, First Solar hit back with its own countersuit for damages.
With Mundra Solar handling half of Adani's solar capacity and most of its revenue coming from US exports, the outcome could seriously impact Adani's global solar ambitions—especially as patent fights like this heat up across the industry.