Clean Max in focus as businesses battle high electricity costs

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From the investor's mind

China's solar cell exports to India experienced a massive 98 percent decline in just one year, plummeting from 2.68 gigawatts in August 2025 to just 0.07 gigawatts in August 2026. Aditya Kondawar highlights this extraordinary development in India's energy landscape, pointing to the country's ALMM List-II policy as the major reason behind the drastic drop in imports. This sharp contraction reflects a significant shift in India's sourcing patterns for solar components, underscoring how domestic policy moves are rapidly restructuring global trade dynamics and reducing reliance on Chinese imports.

Word in the street

Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions Limited

Investors are actively discussing Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions Limited, a company with a market cap of about 15,122 crore whose stock has risen 49.41 percent over the past year. Much of the market conversation focuses on the high electricity costs faced by commercial and industrial businesses. These businesses consume about half of all the electricity generated in the country, yet they pay the highest price for power, shelling out 7.50 rupees to 9.00 rupees or more per kilowatt-hour. This expensive pricing is maintained so that distribution companies, known as DISCOMs, can sell power more cheaply to farms.

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