TP Photo voltaic Ltd, considered one of India’s largest cell and module manufacturing corporations and a subsidiary of Tata Energy Renewable Vitality Ltd (TPREL), has commenced manufacturing of photo voltaic cells at its Tamil Nadu plant. The event is predicted to spice up home manufacturing of cells and modules wanted to transform daylight into electrical energy.
In a press release, TP Photo voltaic Ltd introduced the graduation of business manufacturing from the 2GW photo voltaic cell line at its manufacturing facility in Tirunelveli — the nation’s largest single-location photo voltaic cell and module plant. This follows the profitable manufacturing of photo voltaic modules earlier this 12 months.
“The photo voltaic cell manufacturing, presently at 2GW capability will improve Tata Energy’s potential to satisfy the rising demand for high-quality, and domestically produced photo voltaic elements, particularly for large-scale capacity-addition initiatives,” it mentioned, including the plant is predicted to ramp up manufacturing with the remaining 2GW capability to be added over the following 4-6 weeks, reaching peak manufacturing of 4GW throughout the subsequent few months.
Having a complete cell and module manufacturing capability of 4.3 GW, the module manufacturing line on the Tirunelveli plant was commissioned in October 2023 and has produced 1,250 MW of photo voltaic modules so far. The corporate has dedicated almost Rs 4,300 crore in the direction of the institution of this facility.
“The graduation of cell manufacturing at our Tirunelveli plant is a big step in the direction of indigenisation within the photo voltaic worth chain and attaining self-sufficiency… We consider that this plant will cleared the path in supporting the nation’s imaginative and prescient for a Web-Zero carbon future,” Praveer Sinha, Tata Energy CEO and MD, mentioned.
The photo voltaic cells and modules produced on the Tamil Nadu facility will initially cater to the corporate’s ongoing initiatives, additional strengthening its provide chain.
Along with the Tirunelveli plant, the corporate additionally operates a producing facility in Bengaluru, Karnataka, established in 1992. It has a manufacturing capability of 682MW for photo voltaic modules and 530MW for photo voltaic cells and has provided a complete of three.73GW of photo voltaic modules and a couple of.26GW of photo voltaic cells until date.