Tata Power Solar wins ACME’s 20 MW JNNSM Project in Rajasthan

Tata Power Solar (TPS) has announced that it has won one of the largest DCR orders of JNNSM phase-2 batch-1. The company will supply the entire module requirement for the 20 MW (AC) project to be built by ACME Solar, a leading solar power developer in India. The 1,00,000 modules, constituting 60,00,000 cells, needed for the project will be manufactured at TPS’ state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Bangalore.

Rahul Budhwar, Vice-President – Manufacturing and Business Development, Tata Power Solar, said, “ACME and EDF awarded the business to us after a rigorous selection process. This is a testimony to our superior and world-class manufacturing capabilities we have built over the last 25 years. We are looking forward to a strategic relationship with ACME and EDF and, in the process, contributing to the success of JNNSM by providing world-class modules at competitive prices.”

Under the DCR policy of MNRE for the phase-2 of JNNSM, a total of 375 MW of solar power plants have to be built using domestically produced cells and modules. The initiative is aimed at promoting manufacturing in the country.