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ALMM Update: MNRE Adds 23,119 MW of Solar Module Capacity in December 2025

MNRE has added 23,119 MW of solar module capacity in ALMM List-I in December 2025, taking the total capacity to 144,841 MW. Znshine Solarworld, Inox Solar, Macwin Solar Energy, Eastman Green Technologies, Frontier Energy and Green Valley Motors are the new entrants. Waaree Energies, Rayzon Solar, Goldi Solar, INA Solar have increased capacities.

December 22, 2025. By Mrinmoy Dey

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has updated the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) by adding 23,119 MW of solar module capacity in List-I in December 2025. With this, the cumulative module manufacturing capacity reaches 144,841 MW.

Six new manufacturers have entered the ALMM List-I by adding a total capacity of 4,187 MW. While Znshine Solarworld has added 1,552 MW, Inox Solar has added 1,274 MW. Other new entrants include Macwin Solar Energy (405 MW), Eastman Green Technologies (Eastman Auto and Power) (374 MW), Frontier Energy (548 MW) and Green Valley Motors (34 MW).

The existing players have also ramped up capacities by a total of 18,932 MW. Waaree Energies have increased capacity of its Chikhli, Gujarat plant by 6,684 MW reaching 16,444 MW from 9760 MW.

Rayzon Solar has added 5,659 MW from a new plant in Surat. With this, the company’s total listed capacities in ALMM has increased to 9,065 MW.

Goldi Sun (Goldi Solar) has listed 3,384 MW from a new plant in Gujarat. With this, the company total ALMM-listed capacity has increased to about 18 GW.

Insolation Green Energy (INA Solar) has added 1,589 MW from its Dudu plant, increasing the plant’s capacity to 2,791 MW and the company’s total ALMM-listed capacity to 3,602 MW.

Saatvik Solar Industries has increased its capacity by 1,181 MW to reach 3,122 MW. Australian Premium Solar (India) has added 335 MW to reach 622 MW. MKU Holdings has added 64 MW to reach 1,247 MW. SAEL Solar Mfg. has added 36 MW from its Punjab facility, increasing the plant’s capacity to 220 MW.

The list was last updated on November 25, 2025, when MNRE added 5,255 MW of solar module capacity, taking the total capacity listed under ALMM List-I to 121,722 MW.

In the November update, Sirius Solar Energy Systems (67 MW) and Jeem Energy (172 MW) were the new entrants in the ALMM List-I.

Among the existing manufacturers, Avaada Electro added 2,798 MW from its plant located in Nagpur, Maharashtra, increasing the capacity to 6,909 MW. With this, the company’s total enlisted capacity in ALMM List-I increased to 8,220 MW.

FS Green Energies (Future Solar) added 2,105 MW. With this, the company’s total enlisted capacity reached 5,001 MW.

Navitas Solar increased its capacity by 42 MW to reach 1,142 MW, and Sova Solar added 71 MW of capacity, reaching 1,368 MW.

Introduced in 2021, the ALMM serves as a critical quality control measure, ensuring that only approved solar module manufacturers are eligible for government projects, subsidies, and tenders. The list is regularly updated to reflect the status of compliant manufacturers.

Solar Cells will also come under the ambit of ALMM from June 1, 2026, onwards. On July 31, 2025, MNRE released the first edition of its ALMM List-II for solar PV cells, enlisting 13,066 MW of domestic manufacturing capacity across six manufacturers and nine units. Subsequently, the list was revised thrice.

Earlier this month, Waaree Energies entered the list with 3,923 MW of N-type TOPCon cells and 1,328 MW of P-type PERC bifacial cells. With this, the total enlisted capacity reached 23,732 MW.

In September 2025, MNRE issued a draft amendment in the ALMM framework to include solar wafers. As per the draft, ALMM List-III for wafers will come into effect from June 1, 2028, subject to the condition that at least three independent wafer manufacturing units are operational, with a combined annual capacity of 15 GW. Importantly, enlisted wafer manufacturers must also have equivalent ingot manufacturing capacity, ensuring integrated upstream production.