Spread across 6 lakh sq. ft., the newly built greenfield module manufacturing facility is expected to generate employment for more than 1,500 skilled professionals, the company said in a statement.
Last year, the company commissioned its 5 GW Vallam manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu. It also has a 1.3 GW plant in Oragadam.
The Gangaikondan plant is a cornerstone of Vikram Solar’s long-term vision to build a fully integrated solar manufacturing ecosystem in India. Over the coming years, the campus will progressively house module, cell, wafer, and ingot manufacturing, bringing the entire solar value chain under one roof, the company said.
The investment supports regional industrial development while expanding India’s clean energy manufacturing base. It is a highly automated plant built to the latest standards in module manufacturing. As a next-generation smart factory, the plant combines advanced automation with digital manufacturing technologies to improve efficiency, quality, and reliability, it added.
From real-time production tracking to automated quality checks at every stage, the facility is built to minimise manual intervention and maximise precision, helping ensure that each module performs reliably for decades, the company said.
Key capabilities include real-time monitoring of the entire production process, complete traceability of every module manufactured, automated inspection systems that catch defects with greater accuracy, and automated handling at critical stages. The plant also uses smart systems to automatically grade, sort, and package modules based on their performance, ensuring customers receive consistently high-quality products, it added.
The first products manufactured at the plant are Vikram Solar’s Hypersol N-Type TOPCon G12R modules. They deliver 615-640 Wp of rated power with module efficiencies of up to 23.69 per cent, the company said.
The integrated model will strengthen supply chain resilience, enhance quality control across every stage of production, reduce logistics and ancillary costs, and increase domestic value addition.
As part of this roadmap, Vikram Solar plans to establish 9 GW of solar cell manufacturing capacity by FY27, expand it by another 3 GW by FY28, and add 12 GW of wafer and ingot manufacturing capacity by FY29-30.
“The rollout of the first module from our Gangaikondan plant marks an important milestone in Vikram Solar’s growth journey. Having crossed 10 GW in cumulative global module deployments earlier this year, we are building capacity against demonstrated demand,” Gyanesh Chaudhary, Chairman & Managing Director, Vikram Solar, said.
“As we progressively add cell, wafer, and ingot production at this site, we are building an integrated manufacturing platform aligned with India’s domestic content framework strengthening supply chain resilience, enhancing domestic value creation, and supporting India’s clean energy ambitions. This is more than a new plant. It is an investment in the future of Indian solar manufacturing,” he added.
