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MNRE – Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) of Solar Photovoltaic Modules

Nodal agency: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Policy brief

MNRE has issued a list of modules approved for use in all projects under open access, net metering regime or those awarded under government schemes.

Key highlights

Applicability	Projects awarded under all central government, state government or PSU tenders with bid submission date on or after 10 April 2021
	Projects that applied for in-principle approval or NOC for open access or net metering facility on or after 1 October 2022
Approved capacity	19.2 GW across 78 manufacturers including Waaree (2.7 GW), Vikram (2.3 GW), Adani (2 GW) and Renewsys (1.3 GW)
	Certification valid for two years

Status

Active

Stage

Final

Policy documents

Clarification 1

Developers may procure modules approved as on the date of invoice.

Clarification 2

Order dated 11 May 2021 is applicable to projects awarded under tenders with bid submission date on or after 10 April 2021.

Modules by Central Electronics, Patanjali Renewable and Jakson Engineers have been approved.

Modules by Himalayan Solar, Sun N Sand Exim, Insolation Energy, Pennar Industries, GreenBrilliance, Sanelite Solar, Gautam Solar and Solarium Green approved.

29 September 2021

Modules by Novasys Greenergy, Pahal Solar, Pixon Green Energy, Alpex Solar and Vikram Solar have been approved.

10 November 2021

Modules by Contendre Greenenergy and Ritika Systems have been approved.

30 December 2021

ALMM list is applicable to projects that apply for open access or net metering facility on or after 1 April 2022.

13 January 2022

Modules by ECE, Rayzon Green, Lubi, Kosol and Citizen have been approved.

Applicability for open access projects and net metering systems extended from 1 April 2022 to 1 October 2022.

Modules by Premier, Wolt, Redren, Nyalkaran, JJ PV, Sri Savtr, Novus Green, Sirius Solar, Integrated Batteries, Bluebird and Shanti Solar have been approved.

Neety Euro, Shivam Photovoltaics, Sahaj Solar and Raajratna Ventures have been approved as new manufacturers. Additional capacity has been approved for Waaree, Mundra, Jakson and Saatvik.

Emmvee, Sunbond, SASA, Cosmic, Jyotitech, ITI, Sunfield and Suryakamal have been approved as new manufacturers. Additional capacity has been approved for Goldi, Sova and Australian Premium.

27 September 2022

Clarification 3

Behind-the-meter systems are not required to use ALMM-compliant modules.

BHEL, Creedence, Aatmanirbhar, Sunify, Ganesh Electronics, HR Solar, Agarwal, Unique Sun, Ankur Traders, Urjastrot, Plaza, Abhishek, Innovative, and Ameya have been approved as new manufacturers. Additional capacity has been approved for Rayzon and Gautam. Total new capacity approved is 1.53 GW.

25 January 2023

Fujiyama and Genus have been approved as new manufacturers. Additional capacity has been approved for Vikram. Total new approved capacity is 702 MW.

27 February 2023

Projects with commissioning deadline before 31 March 2024 will be exempted from ALMM.

In case manufacturing is outsourced from one ALMM approved entity to another, site verification will be exempted.

Approved capacity reduced by 4.96 GW across 11 manufacturers including Waaree, Mundra and Goldi on 9 March 2023 due to expiry of their two year approval term. 3.8 GW capacity from 10 manufacturers including Vikram, Emmvee, and Renewsys has been granted provisional validity until 9 May 2023.

Approved capacity increased by 2.5 GW. SAEL, Rhine and Spark have been approved as new manufacturers. Additional capacity was approved for Adani, Waaree, Rayzon, Unique Sun, Sunify, Citizen, Kosol, Pahal and Lubi Electronics.

Related documents

Compulsory Registration Order