Vikram Solar Signs MoU With Tamil Nadu For BESS Facility

14 Jul 2026 CW Team

The new BESS unit will complement the company's existing Solar PV facilities at Oragadam and Vallam as well as its module plant at Gangaikondan. Two days earlier the company had rolled out its first solar module from the newly commissioned module manufacturing plant at Gangaikondan, marking the formal commissioning of that facility. Over the past two decades the company has expanded its technological capabilities with each new plant and become one of India's established names in solar module manufacturing.

Building on the recent launch of the Vallam plant, the Gangaikondan complex has been reported to bring state-of-the-art automation and smart manufacturing while laying the groundwork for planned vertical integration across cell, wafer and ingot manufacturing. The development is the company's newest manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu and represents a significant step in its expansion journey, reinforcing a commitment to strengthening domestic clean energy manufacturing capacity. The MoU for a BESS manufacturing unit will be the group's second facility at Gangaikondan.

The greenfield module manufacturing facility spreads across 0.6 million (mn) sqft and is expected to generate employment for more than 1,500 skilled professionals, supporting regional industrial development while expanding the domestic clean energy manufacturing base. The highly automated plant combines advanced automation with digital manufacturing technologies to improve efficiency, quality and reliability. The first products from the plant are Vikram Solar's Hypersol N-Type TOPCon G12R modules, which deliver 615-640 Wp with module efficiencies of up to 23.69 per cent.

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Vikram Solar has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government to establish a Battery Energy Storage Systems manufacturing facility, with an investment of Rs 150.37 bn and projected to create 2,670 jobs. The facility will be located at Gangaikondan Sipcot Industrial Park in the southern Tirunelveli district. The MoU was executed at the State Secretariat in the presence of Chief Minister Vijay and Industries Minister S Keerthana at an event organised by the Industry, Investment Promotion and Trade department. The new BESS unit will complement the company's existing Solar PV facilities at Oragadam and Vallam as well as its module plant at Gangaikondan. Two days earlier the company had rolled out its first solar module from the newly commissioned module manufacturing plant at Gangaikondan, marking the formal commissioning of that facility. Over the past two decades the company has expanded its technological capabilities with each new plant and become one of India's established names in solar module manufacturing. Building on the recent launch of the Vallam plant, the Gangaikondan complex has been reported to bring state-of-the-art automation and smart manufacturing while laying the groundwork for planned vertical integration across cell, wafer and ingot manufacturing. The development is the company's newest manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu and represents a significant step in its expansion journey, reinforcing a commitment to strengthening domestic clean energy manufacturing capacity. The MoU for a BESS manufacturing unit will be the group's second facility at Gangaikondan. The greenfield module manufacturing facility spreads across 0.6 million (mn) sqft and is expected to generate employment for more than 1,500 skilled professionals, supporting regional industrial development while expanding the domestic clean energy manufacturing base. The highly automated plant combines advanced automation with digital manufacturing technologies to improve efficiency, quality and reliability. The first products from the plant are Vikram Solar's Hypersol N-Type TOPCon G12R modules, which deliver 615-640 Wp with module efficiencies of up to 23.69 per cent.

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