Indian solar cell and module manufacturer Premier Energies Limited (PEL) reported strong financial results for Q1 FY2026 (period ending June 30, 2025), with a 12.3% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) and 9.9% year-on-year (YoY) growth in revenues of INR 18.7 billion ($225.8 million).
The management called it the company’s ‘best-ever’ performance in terms of revenue and profit. Its EBITDA of INR 5.97 billion ($68.7 million) rose 61% YoY, with the profit after tax totaling INR 3.07 billion ($35 million). However, PEL’s EBITDA margin dropped QoQ mainly due to inventory writedowns resulting from the fall in cell and wafer prices in China, with the company’s significant inventory position amplifying the impact.
Overall, the company registered growth despite planned annual maintenance on its cell lines during the reporting quarter.
PEL operated its solar module production lines at 77% capacity utilization, while cell lines ran at 94%. During the quarter, the company commissioned a 1.2 GW TOPCon solar cell manufacturing line at Fab City, in Hyderabad, Telangana, touting a cell efficiency of over 25%, and also brought a 1.4 GW module line online.
By June 2026, PEL targets to expand its cell and module production capacity to 8.4 GW and 11.1 GW, respectively. The company believes it is on track – both in terms of timelines and budget – to build an inverter-to-module manufacturing ecosystem, 12 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS), and 3 GW of inverter capacity by the end of FY28.
PEL had also been planning a 1.2 GW solar cell manufacturing plant in the US, but put it on hold with the change of guard in the country. The plan remains on the back burner for the time being, ‘pending greater clarity’ on the US policy and tariffs (see North America Solar PV News Snippets: EDPR Commissions 400 MW Solar Projects For Microsoft & More).
Providing an update of its solar manufacturing projects, PEL said that it targets a completion timeline of June 2026 for the 2 GW wafer manufacturing plant in Naidupeta, Andhra Pradesh, which it is developing under a joint venture agreement with Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products.