Tata Power Solar doubles manufacturing capacity in Bengaluru

The company also believes that by 2020 the consumption of solar power will go to 100 GW

Tata Power Solar on Tuesday announced that it had doubled its capacity for module manufacturing in Bengaluru. The company launched a fully automated manufacturing unit with capacity for module manufacturing increasing from 200 MW to 400 MW and 65 per cent increase in capacity of cell manufacturing from 180 MW to 300 MW.

Ashish Khanna, executive director and CEO of Tata Power Solar, said that for the automation alone the company has spent more than Rs 100 crore. This is the second expansion by the company in less than three years.

"We plan to have complete capacity usage of the new expansion.