{
  "id": 8864395,
  "title": "₹3,300-Crore Andhra Project Goes Live, Premier Energies Expands Solar Capacity To 10.6 GW",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/3-300-crore-andhra-project-goes-live-premier-energies-expands-solar",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-21T06:28:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/3300-crore-andhra-project-goes-live-premier-energies-expands-solar-capacity-to-106-gw"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Premier Energies has significantly bolstered its solar cell manufacturing capacity with the commissioning of a 7 GW N-type TOPCon G12R facility in Andhra Pradesh. The 101-acre plant, costing ₹3,293 crore, is touted as India's largest solar cell production facility. With this addition, the company's total solar cell manufacturing capability rises to 10.6 GW, enabling the production of approximately 88,000 cells per hour.\n\nThe advanced N-type Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact, or TOPCon, cells produced by the plant offer higher efficiency and improved power output compared to conventional technologies. Premier Energies Managing Director Chiranjeev Saluja highlighted that the expanded capacity provides the company with the scale needed to meet rising demand while ensuring improved supply reliability and operating efficiency.\n\nThe project is poised to serve India's utility-scale, commercial, and residential solar markets as the nation ramps up renewable energy installations. Premier Energies is also delving deeper into the solar manufacturing value chain by planning projects with annual capacities of 10 GW each for solar ingots and wafers. Ingots and wafers serve as critical upstream components in solar manufacturing, with wafers fabricated from ingots and utilized to produce solar cells. These cells are then assembled into modules to create finished solar panels.\n\nThe expansion aims to reduce dependence on external suppliers, offering Premier Energies greater control over costs, production schedules, and component quality. As India pursues stronger domestic solar manufacturing to mitigate import dependency and advance its clean-energy objectives, government incentives and rising demand for locally produced equipment are driving companies to invest in large-scale production facilities.",
  "summary": "New Delhi: Premier Energies has expanded its solar cell manufacturing capacity to 10.6 gigawatts following the commissioning of a major facility in Andhra Pradesh , strengthening its position in India’s growing renewable energy sector. The company has commissioned a 7 GW N-type TOPCon G12R solar cell manufacturing facility at Naidupeta in Andhra Pradesh. Spread across 101 acres, the manufacturing…",
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}