India-based conglomerate Lanco Infratech is planning to build a 100MW solar cell production facility at new dedicated Solar SEZ in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, India.
Lanco Infratech said it signed an MOU with the Chhattisgarh government to build the solar cell plant that would occupy around 150 acres within the SEZ, which would become a ‘plug and play’ zone with approvals for land, water and power sources intended to attract domestic as well as overseas PV manufacturers.
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The initiative by the Chhattisgarh government was said to support the national solar mission and in-line with the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative of the current Indian government.
The MOU on solar cell manufacturing was said to come after previous MOU’s by Lanco Infratech to build and operate an integrated PV manufacturing complex that includes polysilicon and ingot/wafer production as well as a 150MW module assembly plant.
L Madhusudhan Rao, Executive Chairman, Lanco Infratech said, “We welcome government’s initiative of accelerating the development and green energy mission by inviting participation from foreign players who will not only bring in technological know-how but will also create employment opportunities. Solar power in India has a promising future. We feel that the location of the plant is ideal as it is centrally located for entire Indian market. We are elated to be part of the MOU as this will be a showcase project being the first poly silicon and Ingots & Wafers manufacturing facility coming up in India which will be bringing the state of Chhattisgarh on global Silicon map.
The bigger plan is to occupy a 250 acre site within the SEZ to achieve cell production of 2,200MW per annum.
