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18 Sep 2024

India’s Hindalco Plans to Enter Solar Module Manufacturing, Sources Say

18 Sep 2024  by reuters   

Workers clean photovoltaic panels inside a solar power plant in Gujarat, India, July 2, 2015. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
India's Hindalco Industries (HALC.NS), opens new tab plans to start solar modules manufacturing and set up a plant in the western state of Gujarat, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

The company, owned by cement to fashion retail conglomerate Aditya Birla Group, is evaluating a five-year plan in the competitive sector, one of the sources said.

Hindalco has identified land in port town Mundra in Gujarat, the second person said.

India's No.2 aluminium maker, Hindalco Industries, is yet to get board approval and finalise its capital expenditure plans, both sources said.

The people declined to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media.

The solar module manufacturing will be a good fit given Hindalco's dominance in aluminium manufacturing, one of the sources said.

Hindalco did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comments.

If implemented, this would be the company's first foray in manufacturing green energy components. In 2022, the company had signed a collaboration with Greenko Group to produce solar and wind capacity for its smelter.

Some of India's top energy companies are already involved in solar module manufacturing.

Oil-to-chemicals conglomerate Reliance Industries (RELI.NS), opens new tab has plans to start making solar modules later this year at its giga factory in Jamnagar, Gujarat, while Tata Power (TTPW.NS), opens new tab is already producing solar modules and cells at its plants.

If implemented, this would be the company's first foray in manufacturing green energy components. In 2022, the company had signed a collaboration with Greenko Group to produce solar and wind capacity for its smelter.

Some of India's top energy companies are already involved in solar module manufacturing.

Oil-to-chemicals conglomerate Reliance Industries (RELI.NS), opens new tab has plans to start making solar modules later this year at its giga factory in Jamnagar, Gujarat, while Tata Power (TTPW.NS), opens new tab is already producing solar modules and cells at its plants.

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