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.
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.
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.
India installed 10 GW of solar in 2021
India recorded the highest ever annual solar installation in 2021 despite a rise in component costs.
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.
628 MW of open-access solar installed in 1H 2021
India’s open-access solar installations in the first half of 2021 were 1,230% up from 47 MW installed in 1H 2020. Uttar Pradesh led the installations, followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
India added 3.2 GW of solar capacity in 2020
With large projects contributing 78% of the new capacity, the nation installed less than half the 7.3 GW added in 2019 and recorded its poorest figures in five years, according to a Mercom India report.
India added 438 MW of solar capacity in Q3 2020
The 438 MW of new solar capacity added during the three months ending September includes 283 MW from large-scale installations and 155 MW rooftop.
Value of PV imports tanked 83% in second quarter
Mercom India Research has said the quarterly value of solar cell and module imports was down 83% in the second quarter of the year, compared to the same period of 2019, to sit 54% lower than the value recorded in the January-to-March window.
India’s growth slows as developers add 1.7 GW in Q1
Solar installations fell 49% year-on-year in the first three months of 2019, with rooftop PV additions plunging as installers struggled to secure approval for projects immediately before the general election, according to new statistics from Mercom India Research.
