Vikram Solar Ltd announced that its 9 GW n-type TOPCon solar cell manufacturing facility at SIPCOT Industrial Park, Gangaikondan, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, is on schedule to produce its first cells in December 2026. The full 9 GW will be commissioned in phases thereafter.

At full capacity, it will supply high-efficiency TOPCon cells for the majority of Vikram Solar’s module production. The company said the facility will enable modules made in India from cell to frame for the country’s utility-scale, rooftop, PM Surya Ghar and PM-KUSUM programs where domestic content requirements apply, as well as for global customers diversifying their supply chains. The company intends to seek ALMM List-II enlistment for cells produced at Gangaikondan in due course.

The cell plant is the second of three phases in Vikram Solar’s integration roadmap at Gangaikondan. The first, the 6 GW module plant, was inaugurated in August 2026; and the third is a 9 GW ingot and wafer facility, which is board-approved and targeted for FY29. Within the cell phase, the capacity is planned to expand to 12 GW.

On completion, Gangaikondan will be one of the few sites in India where ingots, wafers, cells and modules are made together. The campus will provide more than 2000 direct and indirect employment. The facility is being developed through the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, VSL Green Power, on its nearly 200-acre integrated campus, where co-location shortens supply cycles, tightens quality control and lowers logistics cost.

“Cells are where the value, the technology and the risk in a module sit, and in December we start making them here.

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