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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 commissioned on or after 1 April 2024 

Approved capacity

22.5 GW across 75 manufacturers including ReNew (2.8 GW), Waaree (2.7 GW), and Adani (2 GW).

Certification valid for four years

Status

Active

Stage

Final

Policy documents

MNRE order

10 March 2021

Clarification 1

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

11 May 2021

Clarification 2

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

29 June 2021

Capacity update 1

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

17 August 2021

Capacity update 2

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

29 September 2021

Capacity update 3

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

10 November 2021

Capacity update 4

Modules by Contendre Greenenergy and Ritika Systems have been approved.

30 December 2021

Amendment 1

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

13 January 2022

Capacity update 5

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

4 March 2022

Amendment 2

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

28 March 2022

Capacity update 6

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

5 April 2022

Capacity update 7

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. 

18 August 2022

Capacity update 8

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.

7 October 2022

Capacity update 9

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

Capacity update 10

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

Amendment 3 - Waiver

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

10 March 2023

Amendment 4

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

23 March 2023

Capacity update 11

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.

25 April 2023

Capacity update 12

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.

31 May 2023

Capacity update 13

Emmvee was granted provisional approval for six new models.  

24 July 2023

Capacity update 14

Blubird was granted provisional approval for three new models.  

26 July 2023

Capacity update 15

Goldi Sun was granted provisional approval for three new models.

3 August 2023

Capacity update 16

Approved capacity reduced by 0.2 GW due to expiry of approval for Central Electronics and Patanjali, and reduction in approved capacity for Jakson.

17 August 2023

Capacity update

Approved capacity reduced by 1.9 GW due to reduction in approved capacity for Vikram Solar and RenewSys. Additional capacity was approved for Emmvee, Sova, Satvik and Navitas.

 

23 August 2023

Capacity update 17

Approved capacity increased by 0.4 GW. Australian Premium Solar, Orb Energy and Solex Energy were introduced as new manufacturers.

1 September 2023

Capacity update 18

Approved capacity increased by 1.3 GW due to additional capacity approved for Insolation Energy, Gautam Solar, Bluebird Solar and Goldi Sun. Tata Power and Goldi Solar have been approved as new manufacturers.

21 September 2023

Capacity update 19

Approved capacity increased by 0.8 GW due to new capacity approved for Waaree and Vikram under co-branding agreement with Tata Power.

27 October 2023

Capacity update 20

Approved capacity increased by 2.9 GW. Surya International, Inter Solar and ReNew were introduced as new manufacturers.

16 November 2023

Related documents

Compulsory Registration Order

2 January 2019