Vikram Solar Commissions Greenfield Solar Manufacturing Plant at Gangaikondan, Tamil Nadu
Vikram Solar commissioned its manufacturing facility at Gangaikondan, Tamil Nadu, marking a milestone in its expansion strategy with production of the first solar module from the new plant. The greenfield facility has been developed as a smart factory equipped with automation and digital manufacturing technologies, and is expected to create employment for more than 1,500 skilled professionals.
The Gangaikondan facility integrates intelligent manufacturing systems including real-time production monitoring, end-to-end module traceability, automated defect inspection, and automated grading, sorting and packaging of solar modules.
The first products manufactured at the facility are Vikram Solar's Hypersol N-Type TOPCon G12R solar modules, designed for utility-scale and commercial solar projects, with power output ranging from 615 Wp to 640 Wp and module efficiencies of up to 23.69%.
The new campus is intended to anchor Vikram Solar's long-term plan to build a fully integrated solar manufacturing ecosystem at the site, eventually including solar cells, wafers and ingots alongside modules. This vertical integration strategy is aimed at improving supply chain resilience and increasing domestic value addition.
Vikram Solar has outlined a capacity roadmap to reach 9 GW of solar cell manufacturing capacity by FY2026-27 and 12 GW of wafer and ingot manufacturing capacity by FY2029-30, as part of its contribution to India's domestic solar manufacturing ambitions.