Premier Energies has commissioned a 7 GW solar cell facility in Andhra Pradesh, taking its total manufacturing capacity to 10.6 GW.

With this addition, the company’s total solar cell manufacturing capacity has jumped to 10.6 GW, up from 3.6 GW earlier. The new facility has already begun trial runs, though it is yet to reach full scale commercial output.

Spread across 101 acres, the plant was built at a cost of Rs 3,293 crore and is capable of producing around 88,000 solar cells every hour. The company said the project was completed on time and within budget.

To keep production efficient and consistent, Premier Energies has built in automated systems for material handling, packing and packaging, along with digital tools and artificial intelligence for tasks like predictive performance analysis and process control.

The plant also comes equipped with a Zero Liquid Discharge system, which is designed to maximise water recycling and reuse.

On the technology side, the facility uses TOPCon cells, a high efficiency design that is becoming increasingly common across India’s solar manufacturing landscape.

According to a CEEW study from May 2026, TOPCon already accounted for 8.5 GW of India’s total 29.66 GW cell manufacturing capacity at the time, with nearly 22 GW more expected by March 2027.

Premier Energies said the Naidupeta plant has also been designed to support future upgrades to next generation TOPCon+ technology, and once fully ramped up, the company is targeting an average cell efficiency of around 25.8%.

This expansion fits into a larger growth plan. In July, the company had secured orders worth Rs 3,011 crore for supplying solar cells and modules, with deliveries spread across FY27 and FY28.

Premier Energies has also announced plans to invest Rs 12,500 crore over the next three years to expand capacity further, move into ingot and wafer production, and enter newer segments such as inverters, transformers and battery energy storage systems.

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