Multi Infrastructure and Engineering (MIEPL) has won Central Electronics’ (CEL) auction for setting up a 200 MW solar module manufacturing facility in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

CEL floated the tender in April this year.

MEIPL must implement the project on a revenue-sharing model under the Make in India initiative.

The company said the proposed facility is expected to bolster the production of solar modules within the country, reduce import dependency, and contribute to India’s clean energy transition.

MEIPL is an engineering, procurement, and construction company working on railway general electrification, gas pipelines, water pipelines, and electrical substations and lines. It also conducts civil work for projects across India. The company has completed projects in 11 states.

In April this year, MIEPL had also won the Solar Energy Corporation of India’s auction to set up a cumulative 4.125 MW solar power project at IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal.

In February 2025, Central Electronics 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 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 MW.

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

Gujarat was the most preferred location for installing solar manufacturing facilities, with 42% of the country’s module capacities located in the state. The state accounted for over 37% of India’s annual solar cell production capacity.