Avada Group desires to construct ingot-to-PV module, battery manufacturing unit in India – pv journal International

From pv journal India

Indian renewable vitality firm Avaada Group has laid the inspiration stone for its new manufacturing facility, Avaada Electro, at Addl. Butibori Industrial Park in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

The new facility, a part of Avaada’s INR 13,650 crore ($1.4 billion) funding, will home a vertically built-in photo voltaic manufacturing unit with manufacturing starting from ingot-wafer to PV cells and modules. It may also produce next-generation batteries and electrolyzers.

Avaada additionally plans to enhance home provide chains by establishing ancillary models to make sure well timed supply of PV modules. These models will give attention to manufacturing glass, aluminum frames, junction packing containers, and different parts.

In the primary section, Avaada will set up the wafer-to-module undertaking with a deliberate capability of 5 GW for photo voltaic cells and three GW for modules. These cells will help the corporate’s current Dadri module plant, utilizing TOPCon cell know-how to make sure the manufacturing of high-efficiency cells and modules.

“The undertaking is anticipated to create greater than 5,000 new jobs in numerous roles. In addition, Avaada is dedicated to partnering with native ITIs (Industrial Training Institutes) to help expertise growth, particularly for operators and technicians, making certain a robust expertise pipeline. Avaada additionally collaborates with NSDC and NCVET to give attention to skilling, growth, and reskilling of the workforce. In explicit, the manufacturing unit goals to have 60% of its workforce made up of ladies, a daring step in direction of constructing a various and inclusive work surroundings,” mentioned Avaada.