Conergy expands Indian manufacturing footprint

BANGALORE, INDIA: Addressing India’s need to turn to renewable energy sources, Conergy Energy Systems (India) Pvt Ltd, one of India’s most successful solar energy companies, has expanded its manufacturing footprint with a new solar PV and solar thermal facility in Bangalore.

Productivity gains expected with new plant
Conergy (India) expects increased output and improved operational efficiencies by shifting its solar PV and thermal production to the White Field factory from its old site in the NGEF Ancillary Industrial Estate in Mahadevapura, Bangalore. The decision to move was prompted by considerations of larger volume requirements and long term production efficiencies.

Srinivasan, chief operations officer of Conergy Energy Systems (India), said: “By moving to the new site, Conergy has increased its annual production capacity from 10 MW to 25 MW for solar PV modules. At least 50 new jobs have been created and over 2 million euros was invested by Conergy on the new 5,000 sqm plant.”

Conergy’s solar energy solutions for both stand-alone and grid-connect applications offer high outputs at attractive price-performance ratios and consist of products primarily made in India. Most of the volume produced from this plant is designed to cater to the local and export market. This unique product advantage in combination with a strict compliance to global technical quality standards has helped Conergy achieve a strong market position in India.

Conergy (India) will produce its entire stand alone solar PV portfolio from this new factory which consists of 5Wp to 230Wp Multi/Polycrystalline PV modules, solar water heating systems and solar off grid systems. This new facility is ISO 9001-2008 and ISO 14001 certified while the company’s SunTechnics range of SPV modules are IEC and CE-certified. Production from this facility is expected to support Conergy’s continued expansion into India’s high-growth solar energy market.

India a role model for solar energy
“The goal for the new factory is to manufacture solar PV modules and solutions that exactly meet the needs of the Indian solar energy market and adhere to local content requirements,” according to Prakash Shetty, president of Conergy Energy Systems (India).

“Clean energy is now very high up on the agenda of both the private and government sectors in India. After the Fukushima and Gulf of Mexico catastrophes, clean energy has once again become a global priority. With the comprehensive feed in tariff support structures the National Solar Mission and individual states have provided, India can be a role model for solar energy in the region. With Conergy’s new plant, we hope that we can contribute to the strategic transformation of India’s power generation industry, create jobs and facilitate economic development in this very important and very new industry.”