First Solar Manufacturing Facility, Chennai

First Solar Manufacturing Facility is a colossal greenfield facility covering 127 acres of area housing a cutting-edge production area of 50 acres, a dedicated 230kV Electrical Substation, Zero Effluent Discharge System, Recycling Services, and Industrial Gas Production Facility, located near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. With construction activities beginning in November 2021, the manufacturing facility is conceptualised and built with advanced facilities such as sensors across production lines, automation devices and manufacturing execution systems in just 19 months. The commissioned facility can produce Photovoltaic panels of 3.3 GW annual capacity, making it one of India’s largest vertically integrated solar manufacturing facility while employing nearly 1000 people and localizing of various materials, which reflects the focus on sustainability and local development. Despite the massive scale and complexity involved, the successful completion of the project is an exemplification of Tata Projects mission – To make the world more efficient , prosperous, and safer place by providing sustainable Engineering and Construction Projects.