India reaches 100 GW of solar module manufacturing capacity

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1. To put this in perspective, the United States has about 50 GW of module manufacturing capacity, China has around 850GW.

   [According to this link, India’s cell manufacturing capacity is about equivalent to module capacity.](https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/05/08/indian-solar-manufacturing-to-hit-160-gw-of-modules-120-gw-of-cells-by-2030/) Cell manufacturing is ultra high tech. The silicon is 99.99999 free of impurities and they crank out several hectares of it per day. Module manufacturing involves robots precisely handling hair thin wafters of silicon, but it is conceptually simple- they attach the silicon to wires and glass. The fact that India is manufacturing cells as well as modules is significant.

   America is really failing here. This is not the kind of low skill labor that we benefit from sending overseas. No shade on India or China, they earned their place in this market. But America has the educated workforce and financial capital to lead this market, but we don’t prioritize it.

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