ACME Solar Appoints Ayalur Kumar As Chief Procurement Officer & Supply Chain

Gurugram-based ACME Solar Holdings Ltd (ACME Solar) has appointed Ayalur S. Kumar as its new Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer. In a press release announcing the appointment, ACME Solar said the move would strengthen its leadership team as the company accelerates its growth plans to achieve 10 GW of operational contracted capacity by 2030 in the renewable energy business.

Kumar brings 30 years of experience in procurement, supply chain strategies, operations, and logistics across renewable energy, electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, biorefinery, and power sectors, including more than 15 years in senior leadership roles. 

He has deep expertise in building and scaling procurement organizations, leading cross-cultural teams, driving supplier relationship management and sustainability assessments, and optimizing globally aligned yet locally anchored supply chains, with a track record of high-tech component sourcing, project insurance optimization, and technology transfer. 

His prior roles with Fortum, Skoda Power, ABB, and Alstom, along with a strong academic foundation that includes a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in International Business from IIFT, New Delhi.

Acme Solar Builds Renewable Energy Portfolio

Earlier this week, ACME Solar Holdings Limited (ACME Solar), through its subsidiary - ACME Eco Clean Energy Pvt Ltd, commissioned an additional 8 MW of its 100 MW wind power project in Surendaranagar, Gujarat. This announcement follows the earlier phased commissioning of 44 MW. The commissioning was witnessed by GEDA and PGVCL officials, and the same has been signed in the commissioning MOM. 

The formal certificate is expected to be issued shortly. This commissioning takes the wind project’s operational capacity to 52 MW out of the 100 MW being commissioned in phases. This milestone enhances ACME Solar’s total operational capacity to 2,942 MW.

This wind power project has been financed through Power Finance Corporation (PFC) & constructed through in-house EPC, deploying SANY’s 4 MW turbines. The power generated from the project will be sold through the 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed between ACME Eco Clean and Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited.