Waaree Solar Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of India solar manufacturer Waaree Energies, has commenced commercial production on two new solar module manufacturing lines at its Brookshire facility in Texas, US, adding 1.6GW of annual manufacturing capacity.
The two new 800MW lines take the annual nameplate capacity of Waaree Solar Americas’ Brookshire facility to 3.2GW.
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Sunil Rathi, director, Waaree Group said: “Shifting trade policy has strengthened the case for local manufacturing, and that is exactly where we have invested. With Brookshire now at 3.2GW and Arizona expanding, we are serving American customers from American factories, and our US order book continues to grow every quarter.”
The expansion forms part of Waaree Energies’ broader US manufacturing expansion. The company is also upgrading its Arizona module manufacturing facility from 1GW to 1.6GW. With these additions, Waaree’s US solar module manufacturing annual nameplate capacity is expected to reach 4.8GW in FY27.
The Brookshire expansion follows an approval by the Waaree Energies board in April 2025. The additional capacity is expected to strengthen the company’s domestic manufacturing footprint in the US and its ability to supply solar modules to American developers, utilities and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies.
Waaree’s module order book stood at more than 25GW, according to the company’s announcement. Its US domestic business accounted for 43.8% of the INR592 billion (US$6.25 billion) order book, compared with approximately 36% at the end of the previous quarter.
Revenue from Waaree’s US manufacturing operations increased to INR13 billion in Q2 FY27 from INR7.32 billion in the corresponding quarter a year earlier.
At the consolidated level, Waaree Energies reported revenue from operations of INR 75.18 billion in Q2 FY27, marking a 23.9% year-on-year increase.
Alongside its US expansion, the company is increasing its manufacturing capacity in India. Its solar cell manufacturing capacity is planned to rise from 5.4GW to 15.4GW in FY27, while a 10GW ingot and wafer manufacturing facility is targeted for FY28.
Waaree Energies announced plans in late 2023 to invest up to US$1 billion in US manufacturing, targeting annual module capacity of up to 5GW by 2027.
In June 2025, its US subsidiary signed a US$176 million, 586MW module supply agreement with Pine Gate Renewables, covering four projects with deliveries scheduled for FY2026-27. It subsequently secured a 599MW supply agreement with an undisclosed US-based IPP, with deliveries scheduled for 2026.
In July 2026, Waaree signed a 236.22MW module supply contract for a utility-scale project in Flemingsburg, Kentucky.
On June 23, 2026, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a determination in EAPA Consolidated Investigation No. 8163, finding that Waaree had evaded US trade rules by failing to declare certain imported solar products subject to applicable duties. CBP outlined measures covering the suspension of relevant entries, duty adjustments and importer bond reviews.
Waaree said the findings were limited to historical import entries and did not constitute a final ruling. CEO Jignesh Rathod told PV Tech at the time that CBP had confirmed Waaree did not export US-bound modules manufactured using Chinese-origin solar cells, had drawn no adverse inference against the company and had declined to extend an evasion finding to all its imports.
Established in 1990 and headquartered in Mumbai, Waaree Energies has 25.8GW of annual nameplate solar module manufacturing capacity and 5.4GW of annual nameplate solar cell manufacturing capacity, with operations across more than 25 countries.
