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India added 3.6 GW of solar in first half of 2023

The new solar addition in the first six months of 2023 was 53% less year-on-year, mainly because of extensions for several large-scale projects.

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India installed 485 MW of rooftop solar capacity in Q1 2023

India reached a cumulative installed rooftop solar capacity of 9.3 GW as of March 31, 2023, with the addition of 485 MW in Q1 2023.

India added 1.9 GW of solar capacity in Q1 2023, says Mercom

The solar capacity addition in the Jan.-March period was 30% less than 2.7 GW installed in the previous quarter. 

India installed 2.5 GW of open-access solar in 2022

India reached 7.7 GW of cumulative installed open-access solar capacity as of Dec. 31, 2022, with a record annual addition of 2.5 GW during the Jan.-Dec. period in 2022. 

India installed 1.6 GW of rooftop solar in 2022

The nation reached almost 8.8 GW of cumulative installed rooftop solar capacity as of Dec. 31, 2022. Gujarat tops in deployment with a 24% share of cumulative solar rooftop installations.

India installed 456 MW of rooftop solar in Q1

India’s rooftop solar installations increased by 34% year on year in the January-March period, despite a 17% increase in system costs.

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India added 3 GW of solar in the first quarter

The solar capacity addition was led by Rajasthan, which accounted for 52% of 2022’s first quarter PV installations. 

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India installed a record 1.7GW of rooftop solar in 2021

The nation’s cumulative rooftop solar installations surpassed 7GW on December 31, 2021. Gujarat leads with the most installed rooftop solar capacity to date among all States and union territories.

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India installed 10 GW of solar in 2021

India recorded the highest ever annual solar installation in 2021 despite a rise in component costs.

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India added 935MW of private-contract backed solar in first nine months of 2021

That meant the nation reached a cumulative 4.8GW of “open-access” solar generation capacity by the end of September. At that point, there were also more than 1.1GW of open access projects in the development pipeline, according to analyst Mercom India Solar.

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