Gujarat-based solar module manufacturer PIXON is expanding the capacity of its 1 GW solar module manufacturing facility at Rajkot by 800 MW.

The facility manufactures Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) and Heterojunction (HJT) solar modules. The expanded capacity will be commissioned by November 2025.

The facility features fully automated, AI-optimized production lines with a capacity to expand up to 3 GW for solar modules and 3 GW for encapsulant film manufacturing. Both the module and encapsulant film manufacturing lines are located in the same facility.

PIXON’s modules provide power outputs up to 600 Wp and efficiency rates of up to 21.2%.

According to Mercom’s State of Solar PV Manufacturing in India 2025 report, India added 25.3 GW of solar module capacity in 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.

According to the report, monocrystalline modules, with or without Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) technology, accounted for almost 59% of the country’s module production capacity, followed by TOPCon modules, polycrystalline modules, and thin-film modules.

However, the report also noted that based on the current pipeline, monocrystalline modules are anticipated to account for over 58% of the annual module production capacity and 64% of the cell production capacity by 2027, followed by TOPCon, HJT, and other technologies.

In September, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) updated the ALMM for solar modules, adding 9,326 MW of capacity. The cumulative capacity of modules under ALMM now stands at 109,545 MW.

Recently, the MNRE proposed creating an ALMM List-III for wafers, on the lines of solar modules and cells. The amendment proposes that all projects falling under ALMM’s purview must source their modules from ALMM List-I. Such modules must also use solar cells from the ALMM List-II for solar cells. The cells, in turn, must use wafers from ALMM List-III.