Indosol Solar, a subsidiary of Andhra Pradesh-based Shirdi Sai Electricals (SSEL) Group, has set a target of one GW ingot-to-module manufacturing capacity by the end of this calendar year, and plans to scale it up to five GW by October 2026.

The company is establishing a vertically integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing facility, stretching from quartz to module, at Ramayapatnam under the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme. 

Chairman and Managing Director of SSEL Group, Visweswara Reddy said,"By December, we will be producing one GW from ingot to module, which is our pilot plant where-in we are planning to train and skill people and get expertise in operations."

Further expansion will add 1,200 tonne per day (TPD) of glass manufacturing capacity. By February-March 2027, Indosol Solar expects to reach a manufacturing capacity of about 10 GW covering the full downstream chain from ingot to wafer to cell to module. The upstream manufacturing operations are set to begin by the end of 2027.

"During the previous government, we got approvals, but we only got around 29 acres of land. After this (the new) government came (N Chandrababu Naidu), they have given us about 114 acres of land which is suitable and sufficient for setting up 1 GW manufacturing facility," Reddy further said.