Some countries with large renewables markets have sought to create domestic supply chains and jobs by implementing local-content requirements. We focus on three key renewables markets with local-content requirements – Brazil, India and South Africa – and analyze whether these rules have helped create local manufacturing capacity or benefited local companies. We find that companies in all three countries have tended to take on roles that are more easily borrowed from other industries, such as project development or ancillary services. It is more difficult to set up manufacturing capacity and such growth as there has been is in less sophisticated components. We also find that local content rules have contributed to increasing project costs.

一些拥有大量可再生能源市场的国家已试图通过实施当地内容要求来建立国内供应链和就业机会。我们专注于满足本地需求的三个关键可再生能源市场-巴西，印度和南非-并分析这些规则是否有助于建立本地制造能力或使本地公司受益。我们发现，这三个国家/地区的公司都倾向于扮演更容易从其他行业借来的角色，例如项目开发或辅助服务。建立生产能力更加困难，并且由于不那么复杂的组件而出现了这种增长。我们还发现，本地内容规则已导致项目成本增加。