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First Solar’s Indian Subsidiary Enters MNRE ALMM List

With its manufacturing unit at Pillaipakkam, Tamil Nadu, FS India Solar Ventures has entered the list with a total 3212 MW capacity, offering Cadmium Telluride thin film modules.

April 30, 2024. By Anurima Mondal

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has updated the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM). The updated list, released on its website, includes the name of FS India Solar Ventures Pvt. Ltd., subsidiary of First Solar, an American panel manufacturer. With its manufacturing unit at Pillaipakkam, Tamil Nadu, the firm has entered the list with a total 3212 MW capacity, offering Cadmium Telluride thin film modules.

According to the updated list released on its website, various companies, namely Saatvik Green Energy Pvt. Ltd. and Emmvee Photovoltaic Power Pvt. Ltd. got their models of bifacial TOPCon modules enlisted. Meanwhile, Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd. and SASA Energy LLP have been granted provisional ALMM for their latest Mono-PERC modules.

The ministry, vide its O.M. No. 283/22/2023-GRID SOLAR/Pt, dated May 10, 2023 had issued major reforms in the Approved List of Models and Manufactures for solar photovoltaic modules which inter-alia include enlistment of only such models of solar PV module manufacturers, under ALMM, which comply with the BIS Standards.

In Category I, which has applications in utility/grid scale power plants; the minimum module efficiency required to be eligible for enlistment under ALMM should be 20 percent. Meanwhile in Category II and Category III, the Minimum Module Efficiency should be 19.5 percent and 19 percent respectively.

The ministry regularly updates its ALMM list on the website to provide information about the latest models produced by domestic firms.
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