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Premier Energies said on Monday that it has commissioned its 7 gigawatt (GW) N-type TOPCon G12R solar cell manufacturing facility at Naidupeta in Andhra Pradesh. 
The manufacturing facility has started trial runs, taking the company’s total solar cell capacity to 10.6 GW, making Premier Energies India’s largest solar cell manufacturer the company has claimed.
Spread across 101 acres and developed at a capital expenditure of ₹3,293 crore, the facility is India’s largest solar cell manufacturing plant, it added.
Chiranjeev Saluja, Managing Director of Premier Energies, said: “Commissioning India’s largest solar cell manufacturing facility on time and within budget is an important execution milestone for Premier Energies. We remain positive on the outlook for orders, pricing and demand for high-efficiency solar products.”
The timing of this 7 GW capacity addition is therefore significant: as the line stabilises and ramps up, it gives us the scale to serve that demand with greater supply reliability and operating efficiency. Together with Premier’s planned backward integration-into ingots and wafers, this strengthens the strategy of building a fully integrated and globally competitive solar manufacturing platform while supporting India’s clean energy transition, he added.
Built for high throughput and digitally enabled manufacturing, the facility can produce around 88,000 solar cells per hour.  Advanced digital systems and artificial intelligence support predictive performance analysis, tighter process control and precision manufacturing, while fully automated transport, packing and packaging systems improve throughput, consistency and operating efficiency. 
The commissioning materially expands Premier Energies’ manufacturing scale as India’s largest solar cell manufacturer and strengthens its ability to serve growing demand for high-efficiency solar products across domestic and international markets.
The 7 GW plant is designed to be future-ready, with potential upgrades to next-generation TOPCon+ technologies, including poly-finger metallisation and advanced edge-isolation processes. Following stabilisation and ramp-up, the facility is targeting average solar cell efficiency of approximately 25.8 per cent.
A Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) system has been designed to maximise water recycling and reuse, reinforcing Premier Energies’ focus on responsible resource management and sustainable manufacturing.
Published on September 21, 2026
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