Only Approved Solar Cells
for 1 June 2026
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Mandatory Use of ALMM-Listed Solar PV Cells
to Begin One Month After List Publication
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ALMM Mandate for Solar PV Cells from 1st
June 2026 Remains Unchanged
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Mandatory
use of ALMM-listed solar PV cells will apply from 1 June 2026,
as originally notified.
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However, compliance
will now be required only one month after the ALMM list for cells is published,
giving bidders time to prepare.
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The ALMM
mechanism, already in place for modules since 10 April 2021, ensures
producer reliability, consumer protection, and national energy security.
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India's current
domestic capacity is 91 GW for solar modules and 27 GW for solar cells.
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The amendment
aims to boost domestic manufacturing, ease compliance issues for developers,
and ensure alignment between solar cell and module production growth.
[ABS News Service/29.07.2025]
Ministry
of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) had earlier notified Approved List of Models
& Manufacturers (ALMM) for solar PV modules with effect from 10.04.2021 and
ALMM for solar PV cells with effect from 01.06.2026.
The
ALMM is a mechanism to ensure reliability of producer, for protecting the consumer
interests, while ensuring larger energy security of the country. The mechanism has
also ensured quick promotion of domestic solar manufacturing industry in the country,
which currently stands at 91 GW of solar PV modules and 27 GW of solar PV cells.
An
amendment to the order dated 09.12.2024 on ALMM for solar PV cells is issued on
28.07.2025, to further clarify and ease out the procedures for projects bid out
by Govt. agencies including under Section 63 of the Electricity Act 2003. As a part
of the amended procedure, the ALMM for solar PV cells will be mandatory only one
month after the publication of ALMM list for solar PV cells, which is currently
under process. However, the effective date for mandatory use of solar PV cells under
ALMM list, for projects commissioned from 1st June 2026 onwards, will remain as
notified earlier.
Above
measure is expected to give ample clarity to bidders in submitting their bids in
tenders which are required to have provisions for bidders, to submit their bids,
keeping in view the mandate for using both solar modules and cells from ALMM lists.
This
step will boost the domestic solar manufacturing projects in the country while adequately
addressing the issues faced by the renewable power developers in complying with
the ALMM for solar PV cells. This will expedite solar cell manufacturing and will
help it to keep pace with the growing module manufacturing capacity in the country.