The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has expanded the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) by adding 17,268 MW of solar module capacity. The cumulative module manufacturing capacity under ALMM now stands at 162,109 MW.

KRG Power Solar and Sun 2 Earth Solar were the new entrants to the ALMM, accounting for 1,094 MW and 30 MW, respectively.

Mundra Solar PV (Adani Solar), Emmvee Energy (Emmvee Photovoltaics Power), Grew Energy (Grew Solar), Pahal Solar, Premier Energies Global Environment (Premier Energies), ReNew Photovoltaics (ReNew), RenewSys India, SAEL Solar P6 (SAEL), SUNBOND Energy (Unit 2), Sunify Solar, Surya International Enterprise, and Unique Sun Power increased their enlisted capacities by 244 MW, 2,079 MW, 3,015 MW, 2,076 MW, 1,507 MW, 624 MW, 2,268 MW, 1,535 MW, 844 MW,  1,406 MW, 320 MW, and 226 MW, respectively.

Recently, MNRE issued the fourth revised Approved List of Models and Manufacturers List-II for solar cells, raising the total enlisted capacity to 26 GW.

Last year, the Ministry clarified that renewable energy projects supplying power exclusively to green hydrogen and green ammonia developers who have been awarded capacity under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition Program’s Mode-2A and Mode-2B will be eligible for a relaxation from the requirement to use solar cells from ALMM List-II.

To ensure backward integration in the solar value chain, the government proposed mandating the use of India-made wafers under the ALMM starting June 1, 2028. All projects falling under ALMM’s purview must mandatorily source their modules from ALMM List-I. Such modules must also use solar cells from the ALMM List-II. The cells, in turn, must use wafers from ALMM List-III.

For enlistment in ALMM List-III, the wafer manufacturer must possess an ingot manufacturing capacity equivalent to the wafer manufacturing capacity that it intends to get enlisted in ALMM.

The industry also welcomed the government’s push for domestic manufacturing, but the transition is expected to be uneven, with developers warning of cost increases and possible delays, and manufacturers racing to add capacity in time.

According to Mercom India’s research report, “State of Solar PV Manufacturing in India 1H 2025,” India added 44.2 GW of solar module capacity and 7.5 GW of solar cell capacity in the first half of 2025.