Waaree Energies has officially inaugurated its 5.4 GW solar cell factory in Gujarat
The gigafactory is located in Navsari, Chikhli, spread across 150 acres
The plant started commercial operations within 2 months of trial production
Waaree Energies of India has inaugurated its solar cell gigafactory in Chikhli, Gujarat. With 5.4 GW annual production capacity, it is the country’s largest PV cell manufacturing plant to date.
The Navsari-located Waaree gigafactory is spread across 150 acres with a built-up area of 101 acres. Trial production on site started in January this year. It originally announced its plans for this factory in October 2022 (see India Solar PV News Snippets: Trial Production For Waaree’s 5.4 GW Cell Fab & More).
“Today, with the launch of our 5.4 GW solar cell gigafactory in Chikhli, Waaree is laying the foundational cornerstone of India's energy independence and technological renaissance,” said Waaree Energies’ Chairman and Managing Director Hitesh Doshi. “This is our national manifesto, etched in solar cells: a blueprint that will rewrite our economic trajectory, disrupt global technological paradigms, and elevate India from a passive consumer to the vanguard of the global clean energy revolution.”
Apart from the 5.4 GW cell capacity, Waaree says its total solar PV module manufacturing capacity stands at 15 GW, including Indosolar’s 1.3 GW and 1.6 GW in Texas, US.
Waaree’s 5.4 GW gigafactory was inaugurated on March 29, 2025, in the presence of Pralhad Joshi, the minister in charge of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). According to Joshi, India now has 80 GW of solar modules, 25 GW of cells, and 2 GW of wafer production capacity. He expects the annual domestic production of these components to reach 150 GW, 100 GW and 40 GW, respectively, by 2030.
According to a recent SBI Caps report, India’s nameplate solar cell production manufacturing capacity is expected to reach 50 GW by FY2027 and the country will continue to depend on imports (see SBI Caps Forecasts Up To 90 GW New Solar Additions For India By FY2027).
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