Renewables Now reports that Avaada Electro, the solar manufacturing arm of Avaada Group, has powered up the first phase of its Maharashtra cell plant. The facility is planned for 6 GW of N-type TOPCon capacity, with the initial 3 GW now energised. For India's solar sector, domestic cell manufacturing is becoming a strategic piece of supply security, project economics and industrial policy.
Source: Renewables Now. Solar News summarizes; the complete story is on the publisher's site.

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