India, Oct. 23 -- Vikram Solar announced that its 9-GW N-type TOPCon solar cell manufacturing facility at SIPCOT Industrial Park, Gangaikondan, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, is on schedule to produce its first cells in December 2026. The full 9 GW will be commissioned in phases thereafter.The cell plant is the second of three phases in Vikram Solar's integration roadmap at Gangaikondan. The first, the 6 GW module plant, was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in August 2026; and the third being a 9 GW ingot and wafer facility, that is board-approved and targeted for FY29. Within the cell phase, capacity is planned to expand to 12 GW.On completion, Gangaikondan will be one of the few sites in India where ingots, wafer...