SAEL to set up Rs 8,200 crore Integrated Solar facility in UP
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, July 2025: SAEL Industries Limited, through its subsidiary SAEL Solar P6 Private Limited, will invest approx. ₹8,200 crores to set up an integrated solar manufacturing facility under the jurisdiction of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA).
Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh gave the Letter of Comfort to Sukhbir Singh, Co-Founder and Director of SAEL Industries Ltd. The project is slated to commence construction this year.
The upcoming facility in Greater Noida will house a 5 GW solar cell manufacturing unit and a 5 GW solar module manufacturing line. Post operationalization of this project, SAEL’s total solar manufacturing capacity will rise to 8.5 GW.
Speaking about the approval, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath said, “Uttar Pradesh is charting a bold and aggressive path towards renewable energy, setting an ambitious target of generating green energy. Projects like the one undertaken by SAEL’s ₹8,000 crore are vital to achieving this. This is the future, and Uttar Pradesh is ready to lead."
Commenting on this project, Sukhbir Singh Awla, Co-Founder & Director, SAEL Industries Limited, said, “We thank the Government of Uttar Pradesh for entrusting and facilitating SAEL Industries Ltd. to establish a solar manufacturing facility. This facility will be a major leap for scaling our manufacturing capabilities and reinforcing our contribution to the future of solar manufacturing in India. Setting up this integrated facility in Uttar Pradesh allows us to bring technology and manufacturing close to home while contributing actively to India’s clean energy transition. It aligns with the state’s solar policy and national missions like Viksit Bharat @2047 and Atmanirbhar Bharat and enables us to contribute towards strengthening the domestic supply chain, reducing reliance on solar equipment imports.”
The plant will produce TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact) solar cells, recognized globally for their efficiency standards in solar cell technology. These cells will be assembled into solar panels at the in-house Module Manufacturing Line. The project also underscores SAEL’s focus on its backward integration strategy to support its expanding solar IPP business and the domestic solar value chain.
SAEL has a total of 6.7+ GW of Solar IPP assets which include operational and under-construction projects across India and already has a 3.5 GW TOPCon module assembly capacity with 3.2 GW in Rajasthan and 300 MW in Punjab.
The project aligns with the Government of India’s Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) policy.