India added 25.3 GW of solar module and 11.6 GW cell capacity in 2024, says Mercom
Domestic manufacturers added 25.3 GW of solar module manufacturing capacity in 2024, taking the nation’s panel capacity to 90.9 GW as of Dec. 31, 2024.
C&I offsite solar installations soar to 4.8 GW in 9M 2024
Open access (offsite) solar installations in the first nine months (9M) of calendar year 2024 were almost 69% up compared to 2.8 GW installed in 9M 2023.
India installed 16 GW of solar in first nine months of 2024, says Mercom
The solar addition in the Jan.-Sep. period of 2024 topped all previous nine-month and annual installations.
India’s installed battery storage capacity reached 219.1 MWh as of March end: Mercom
The recently released Mercom report expects India to add 1.6 GWh of standalone battery energy storage systems and 9.7 GW of renewable projects plus energy storage by 2027.
India added 20.8 GW of solar module, 3.2 GW of cell manufacturing capacity in 2023, says Mercom
India’s cumulative solar module manufacturing capacity reached 64.5 GW and solar cell capacity 5.8 GW as of December 31, 2023.
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.
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.
