The Central Electronics (CEL), a Ministry of Science and Technology undertaking, has floated a tender to set up a 200 MW solar module manufacturing line in Sahibabad, Uttar Pradesh.

The last date to submit bids is May 14, 2025. Bids will be opened on the same day.

Bidders must submit an earnest money deposit of ₹1.2 million (~$14,054).

The project will be set up on a revenue-sharing model under the Make in India initiative.

The company’s solar photovoltaics division achieved sales amounting to ₹351.7 million (~$4.11 million) and production worth ₹354.3 million (~$4.14 million) in FY 2024 as against sales of ₹472.7 million (~$5.53 million) and production worth ₹381.1 million (~$4.46 million) respectively, in the previous year.

Nearly 10.22% of the company’s revenue is derived from the photovoltaics segment.

In February 2025, CEL invited expressions of interest to run an existing 40 MW automated solar module manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh. The scope of work covered manufacturing, operation, maintenance, marketing, and the sale of solar modules.

The automated solar PV manufacturing facility has a storage facility for approximately 12 MW solar modules.

The company has also installed multiple solar power projects, having a total capacity of around 1.5 MWp.

The company generated 41.59 % of its power requirement in FY 2024 from solar power.

The company also converted its administrative complex into a net zero energy complex. The company’s administrative complex has a 1.5 MW solar power project on campus, making up 43% of its total energy consumption.

According to Mercom’s State of Solar PV Manufacturing in India 2025   report, India added 25.3 GW of solar module capacity and 11.6 GW of solar cell capacity in the calendar year 2024. The manufacturing capacity additions in 2024 were primarily driven by demand from the solar project pipeline and the reimposition of the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) order from April 2024.

In April 2025, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy updated the ALMM by adding 14,670 MW of solar module manufacturing capacity. After the latest additions, the cumulative module manufacturing capacity reached 88,905 MW.

In January 2025, ITI Limited, a public sector undertaking of the Department of Telecommunication, issued a tender to set up a 500 MW fully automatic solar photovoltaic module manufacturing line on a turnkey basis at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

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