Insolation Green Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insolation Energy, has broken ground on its 4.5 GW solar cell and 18,000 metric ton (MT) aluminum frame manufacturing facility in the Power and Renewable Energy Equipment Zone at Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh.

The project, spread across 45 acres, represents an investment of about ₹16 billion (~$182.69 million). It will be the company’s fourth manufacturing facility and the first to be established outside Rajasthan.

According to Manish Gupta, Chairman and Whole-Time Director at Insolation Energy, the new facility will significantly enhance the company’s capacity to meet rising demand across India.

The company has also started commercial production at its solar module manufacturing plant in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The facility has an annual capacity of 3 GW of n-type and ToPCon solar modules and 12,000 MT of aluminum frames. Insolation Energy’s total operational solar module manufacturing capacity has reached 4 GW.

Cumulatively, the company aims to expand its manufacturing capacity to 8 GW of solar modules, 3 GW of solar cells, and 54,000 MT of aluminum frame manufacturing capacity by financial year 2027.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has included solar cells in the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) List-II. It will be effective from June 1, 2026. The first ALMM List-II, with nine domestic manufacturers with a cumulative annual production capacity of 13,067 MW, was published earlier this month.

Government projects mandated to use solar modules from the ALMM List-I for solar modules have been exempted from complying with ALMM List-II, if the bid submission deadline is on or before the cut-off date, which will be effective from September 1, 2025.

India added 25.3 GW of solar module capacity and 11.6 GW of solar cell capacity in calendar year 2024, according to Mercom’s State of Solar PV Manufacturing in India 2025 report.