Navitas Solar plans to establish a pilot wafer and ingot manufacturing line by 2027
Navitas Solar to invest around INR 1,500 crore ($181.1 million) in a 3.6 GW solar cell manufacturing facility and a pilot wafer-and-ingot production line in Gujarat. The company has planned to complete this project in different phases. The first phase will commence in 2027. Further capacity additions are planned thereafter, subject to market conditions and project readiness.
Civil construction activities spanning over 92,200 square metres are currently in progress for the project. Navitas Solar stated that it has already secured a technology partnership for the proposed manufacturing line and appointed experienced senior leaders to drive the new business vertical. The company is also enhancing its capabilities across project execution, manufacturing, technology, and quality management to support the expansion.
According to the company, the upcoming cell manufacturing facility is being developed as a highly automated and future-ready production platform designed to support next-generation solar cell technologies. The manufacturing line will feature flexible and upgradeable infrastructure, enabling it to adapt to emerging cell architectures as technologies mature and market demand evolves.
As part of its long-term backward integration strategy, Navitas Solar plans to establish a pilot wafer and ingot manufacturing line by 2027. The initiative aims to strengthen the company’s in-house expertise, deepen its technological capabilities, and support future localisation efforts across the solar value chain.
The proposed 3.6 GW solar cell manufacturing facility is aligned with the Government of India’s Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) List-II framework for solar PV cells, which is expected to drive significant demand for domestically produced solar cells.
Navitas Solar expects the project to create nearly 1,000 direct employment opportunities across manufacturing, engineering, operations, project execution, quality assurance, and research and development functions. In addition, the facility is likely to generate substantial indirect employment in logistics, ancillary industries, and support services.
The company currently operates 3 GW of annual solar module manufacturing capacity and offers a broad portfolio of Mono PERC and high-efficiency TOPCon modules ranging from 40 W to 720 W. Through its subsidiary, Navitas Alpha Renewables, Navitas Solar has also established upstream integration capabilities with the production of solar encapsulants.
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