Lucknow-based solar solutions provider True Power has announced it will establish a 1 GW solar module manufacturing plant in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, with an investment of ₹1 billion (~$11.6 million).

The plant is expected to be commissioned within six months.

The fully automated facility will produce tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) modules.

True Power manufactures earthing components and solar mounting structures. The mounting structures utilize galvanized and pre-galvanized iron materials for solar panels. The company also offers a ground-mounted, dual-axis solar pumping structures.

The solar mounting structures are designed for both rooftop and ground-mounted solar power projects.

Manufacturers in India have been ramping up their manufacturing capacities to meet India’s target of 500 GW of renewable energy capacity and reduce dependence on imports.

The country added 25.3 GW of solar module capacity and 11.6 GW of solar cell capacity in calendar year 2024, according to Mercom’s State of Solar PV Manufacturing in India 2025 report.  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.

Among the modules manufactured in the country, monocrystalline modules, with or without passivated emitter and rear cell technology, accounted for almost 59% of the country’s module production capacity, followed by TOPCon modules, polycrystalline modules, and thin-film modules.

In a recent update, the Ministry of Renewable Energy expanded the ALMM list by adding 742 MW of solar module manufacturing capacity. The cumulative solar module manufacturing capacity under ALMM has now reached 91,458 MW after the latest additions. The total number of module manufacturers has now increased to 107.

Despite efforts to expand domestic manufacturing capacity, India continues to largely import solar cells. At Mercom India’s recent RE Buyer-Seller Meet, held in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, solar project developers highlighted the significant gap between module and cell manufacturing capacity.