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Waaree Clean Energy Solutions enters specialty gases business, plans Gujarat plant for supply to semiconductor and solar cell manufacturers Waaree Clean Energy Solutions is developing a specialty gases plant in Gujarat to supply ultra-high-purity gases and chemicals to India’s growing solar cell and semiconductor manufacturing industries.
Uma Gupta
Sep 25, 2026
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Manufacturing
Navitas Solar plans INR 10,000 crore investment across renewable energy value chain Navitas Solar has announced five-year investment plan to expand across solar cells, ingots, wafers, battery energy storage and solar power generation.
Uma Gupta
Sep 24, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Odisha approves Aare Solar’s 10 GWh LFP BESS assembly plant, L&T green energy equipment unit Odisha has approved major power and renewable energy projects, including 1.35 GW of pumped storage capacity, a 10 GWh BESS assembly plant and a green energy equipment manufacturing unit.
Uma Gupta
Sep 24, 2026
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Technology & Products
Blue wafers are fundamentally undermining U.S. solar manufacturing The core debate shaping U.S. solar manufacturing isn’t just factory capacity, but whether facilities perform the critical P/N junction process on raw “gray” wafers or merely finish partially completed “blue” wafers imported from abroad.
Sekhar Tatineni
Sep 24, 2026
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Manufacturing
Websol allotted land for 4 GW solar cell and module facility in West Bengal Websol Energy System Ltd has been allotted a 54.20-acre land parcel at Falta Industrial Park in West Bengal by the state government for its planned greenfield solar manufacturing facility.
Uma Gupta
Sep 24, 2026
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Manufacturing
U.S. solar module production reaches historic 100 GW landmark The United States crossed 100 GW of cumulative solar PV module production during Q2 2026, according to a new bottom-up factory-level analysis by Terawatt PV Research going back to the early 1970’s. Almost two-fifths of all module production can be attributed to First Solar – a reflection of the company’s unique role in U.S. manufacturing dating back more than 20 years.
Finlay Colville
Sep 23, 2026
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Markets & Policy
The “solar shelf-life” problem: How today’s best modules could become obsolete before their 25-year warranty ends Rapid efficiency gains, falling costs and policy push in India are shortening the economic life of solar modules, raising new questions for developers and investors.
Dushyant Kumar, PV Quality Manager, AXITEC Energy India Pvt Ltd
Sep 23, 2026
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Manufacturing
Solex Energy plans 5.2 GW solar cell, 5 GWh BESS capacity by FY29 The Indian solar module manufacturer and EPC company plans to establish 2.2 GW of solar cell manufacturing capacity by FY28 and scale it to 5.2 GW by early FY29. It also plans to establish its first 5 GWh phase of battery energy storage system capacity by FY29.
Uma Gupta
Sep 22, 2026
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Manufacturing
Premier Energies commissions India’s largest solar cell facility The 7 GW n-type TOPCon G12R plant takes Premier Energies’ total cell manufacturing capacity to 10.6 GW, making it India’s largest solar cell manufacturer by capacity.
Uma Gupta
Sep 21, 2026