Upcoming Solar Projects in India: Pipeline & EPC Leads

Projects India currently tracks 1,158 upcoming solar projects in India that are not completed or cancelled, with a combined recorded cost of about Rs 8.28 lakh crore. Of these, 260 are marked verified. Twenty-one projects were added to our database in the last 90 days alone — compared with five in the 90 days before that — signalling a clear acceleration in deal flow that EPC contractors and equipment suppliers need to monitor closely.

Upcoming solar projects in India: at a glance

Largest upcoming solar projects by investment

The table below lists the highest-value projects in our database. It covers utility-scale generation, wind-solar hybrids and solar manufacturing — all of which create distinct procurement opportunities for contractors and suppliers.

Several patterns stand out. First, Karnataka alone hosts four of the twelve largest projects — spanning generation at Pavagada and Belagavi alongside manufacturing at Devanahalli — confirming its position as a primary destination for solar capital. Second, two major Dholera SIR projects in Gujarat are still in the Planning stage, which means procurement cycles have not yet opened; suppliers who begin engagement now are likely to be better placed when tenders are floated. Third, both manufacturing and generation projects feature in this list, so demand runs across the full supply chain: from silicon inputs and module lines to civil works, SCADA systems and grid interconnection.

Where upcoming solar projects are concentrated, state by state

The state-wise distribution of solar projects in our database reveals where EPC and supply-chain activity is densest, as the chart below shows.

Karnataka leads with 174 projects, driven by Pavagada Solar Park expansion work, multiple private IPPs and the manufacturing cluster near Bengaluru. Maharashtra follows at 147 projects, with activity spread across grid-scale parks, rooftop C&I installations and the Nagpur manufacturing belt. Telangana (128 projects) and Andhra Pradesh (82) together account for a substantial portion of the southern pipeline — Kurnool district in particular hosts several high-value projects from Hero Future Energies and Ecoren Energy.

Gujarat (76 projects) is notable for the sheer scale of individual projects: the Reliance Giga Complex at Jamnagar and multiple Dholera SIR investments push its total recorded cost well above many higher-count states. Rajasthan (73 projects) remains a core utility-scale market, with KPI Green Energy among the developers active there. Tamil Nadu (62 projects) and West Bengal (55 projects) round out the broader southern and eastern corridors, while Uttar Pradesh (55) and Madhya Pradesh (48) are growing destinations for both state-utility and private-developer projects. For solar projects in Madhya Pradesh specifically, our database records dedicated coverage that suppliers can explore by state.

What the project stage breakdown means for EPC contractors

Understanding which stage a project is at directly determines the type of engagement a contractor or supplier should pursue. The breakdown across all projects in our solar scope, as the chart below shows, reveals where the bulk of the pipeline sits today.

The dominant stage is Under Approvals at 642 projects — more than half of the tracked universe. These projects have developers committed to them but are awaiting environmental, land or grid clearances. Suppliers who make contact at this stage have time to shape specifications, get on approved vendor lists and understand capacity requirements before formal tenders are issued. The 218 projects already at Construction Started are the most immediate opportunity: civil contractors, module erectors, cable and balance-of-plant suppliers, and O&M service providers are all needed right now. The 195 projects in Planning are earlier-stage but worth monitoring because — as the jump from 5 new additions to 21 new additions in the latest 90-day window shows — projects in this sector can move to active procurement faster than in many other industries. The Approvals Received category (20 projects) sits between planning and construction; these are among the likeliest to issue tenders in the near term. Tracking live government tenders alongside project records gives the clearest picture of timing.

Most active promoters in India's solar pipeline

Knowing which organisations are driving the most projects helps suppliers and contractors prioritise their business-development efforts. The chart below shows the leading promoters by project count in our database.

NTPC Limited is the single most active promoter with 42 projects and a combined recorded cost of about Rs 22,030 crore. Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) appears across 37 projects (about Rs 29,190 crore), functioning as both developer and procurement vehicle for central-government auctions — meaning that SECI tenders frequently determine the pipeline for private IPPs as well. Renew Solar Energy Limited has 24 projects and Acme Fazilka Power Private Limited has 20, reflecting the depth of activity from large private renewable developers. State-level agencies also carry significant weight: West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (33 projects), Punjab Energy Development Agency (22 projects) and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (12 projects, about Rs 22,200 crore) represent procurement pipelines routed through state utilities rather than central bodies — each with its own tendering calendar and vendor-registration process. The full solar projects database lets users filter by promoter, stage and state simultaneously.

Projects added to our database in the last 90 days

Twenty-one solar projects entered our records in the most recent 90-day window, a fourfold increase on the prior period. The eight projects below include cost and stage details from our records and give a cross-section of where new deal flow is emerging.

• Floating Solar Power Project, Kadana Dam, Gujarat — KPI Green Energy Limited, Rs 489 crore, Construction Started (Mahisagar, Gujarat)
• Solar Power Project, Kadana Dam, Mahisagar, Gujarat — Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited, Construction Started
• Solar Power Project, Bikaner, Rajasthan — KPI Green Energy, Rs 116 crore, Construction Started
• Solar Ingot and Wafer Manufacturing Project, Andhra Pradesh — Agastya Energy Industries Pvt Ltd, Rs 7,800 crore, Under Approvals (Kurnool)
• Solar Power Project, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra — GAIL (India) Limited, Rs 3,800 crore, Under Approvals
• Solar Power Project, Boudh, Odisha — Envirocare Infrasolution Private Limited, Rs 351 crore, Under Approvals
• Solar Power Project, Maharashtra — CleanMax, Construction Started
• Solar Power Project, Kolhapur, Maharashtra — Shree Tatyasaheb Kore Warana SSK Limited, Rs 69 crore, Approvals Received

Two observations are worth noting. KPI Green Energy is moving on two fronts simultaneously — a floating solar installation at Kadana Dam and a ground-mount project in Bikaner — reflecting a multi-geography expansion strategy. GAIL's Rs 3,800 crore project in Maharashtra signals that gas utilities are increasingly active in solar procurement, a segment that was previously dominated by specialist renewable developers and state utilities.

What this means for suppliers and contractors

The stage a project is at determines exactly what it is buying, and therefore which companies should be in conversation with the developer.

• Planning and Early/Announced stages: Developers need feasibility consultants, land acquisition advisers, grid-connectivity advisers, environmental assessment firms and legal counsel. Equipment suppliers benefit from making early contact to influence module and inverter specifications before tenders are drafted.
• Under Approvals and Approvals Received: This is the right moment for EPC contractors to register on developer vendor lists, for module and inverter manufacturers to submit technical datasheets, and for civil contractors to quote on enabling works. With 642 projects sitting in the Under Approvals stage, this is the largest single pool of near-term opportunity in the Indian solar pipeline.
• Construction Started: With 218 projects active, immediate demand runs across: solar modules and mounting structures, DC and AC cables, inverters and transformers, SCADA and monitoring systems, civil and structural subcontractors, and O&M service providers. Projects completing in December 2026 — including the Reliance Giga Complex, the Emmvee manufacturing plant and the Greenko project at Belagavi — have particularly compressed timelines.
• Manufacturing projects specifically: The Nagpur and Kurnool manufacturing investments (totalling over Rs 18,000 crore between them) create demand for cleanroom construction, industrial HVAC, process equipment, and specialised electrical installations that differ from generation-side procurement.

Contractors and suppliers looking to map their existing client relationships against the broader pipeline can use the VendorConnect contractor and supplier directory to find peers and potential partners active in the same states.

How to track these projects

The 1,158 upcoming solar projects in India that Projects India monitors represent a fraction of the 84,456 projects tracked nationally across all sectors. Solar-specific records — covering utility IPPs, C&I rooftop schemes, floating solar installations and manufacturing plants — can be filtered by state, stage, promoter type and project cost on the solar projects page. For teams that need to monitor tender issuance as it happens, the AI tender intelligence module maps live tenders back to underlying project records so that context is never missing. Organisations new to project-intelligence sourcing can request a free sample project report to evaluate the depth of data before committing to a subscription.