Vikram Solar inaugurates 1.3-GW module manufacturing facility

Vikram Solar’s cumulative PV module manufacturing capacity now reaches 2.5 GW, currently the largest in India.

Vikram Solar announced the opening of a new 1.3-GW per annum solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing facility at Indospace Industrial Park, Oragadam, near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. With this unit, Vikram Solar’s cumulative PV module manufacturing capacity reaches 2.5 GW, which is currently the largest in India. 

Speaking on the occasion, Gyanesh Chaudhary, Managing Director, Vikram Solar, said, “We believe that the exponential demand surge for solar energy coupled with a clarion call globally to diversify trade markets and supply chain presents a huge opportunity for indigenous solar manufacturing. Vikram Solar is committed to enable India’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision and accelerate the clean energy transition. We believe, our new facility further strengthens not just Vikram Solar but the nation’s solar manufacturing prowess and ecosystem. Apart from bridging the demand-supply gap for modules, our state-of-the-art facility will propel technological innovation, job creation and aid India’s renewable energy targets.”

The new manufacturing facility was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin. The state-of-the-art machinery deployed at the factory and the convergence of digitisation with manufacturing will recast the global manufacturing landscape and give Vikram Solar the competitive-edge. The company has implemented digital production display board, the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled inspection for zero defect amongst various such emerging technologies. The digitisation initiatives have further enabled seamless process like lean manufacturing, reducing and controlling wastages.

Vikram Solar’s manufacturing footprint consists of 1.2 GW facility in Falta, West Bengal and the new facility of 1.3 GW in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The company has shipped over 3.5 GW PV modules globally.