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Solar Corporate Funding Rises 45% to $25 Billion in 9M 2026

Global solar corporate funding, including venture capital (VC), public market, and debt financing, increased 45% year-over-year (YoY) to $25.1 billion in the first nine...

November 6, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Finance and M&A

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Solar
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China’s Proposed Tech Export Curbs Test India’s Solar Manufacturing Push

China’s proposed curbs on solar technology exports have once again exposed the vulnerabilities in India’s plans to ramp up domestic solar manufacturing. On...

November 6, 2026

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Nimisha Dwivedi

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Manufacturing

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar
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Battery Storage, Hybrid Projects Dominate Renewable Auctions in Q3 2026

Government agencies issued tenders for 21 GW of renewable energy capacity and auctioned 12 GW across energy storage, hybrid, large-scale solar, wind, manufacturing,...

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Higher Surcharge Could Erode Savings for Telangana’s Open Access Consumers

The Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) has increased the additional surcharge on eligible open access consumers from ₹0.13 (~$0.00137)/kWh to ₹0.82 (~$0....

November 5, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Mercom Research Focus

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Open Access

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Other
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India’s Solar Power Generation Rises 48.6% YoY to 56.9 BU in Q3 2026

India generated approximately 56.9 billion units (BU) of solar power in the third quarter (Q3) of calendar year (CY) 2026, up 48.6% year-over-year (YoY) from 38.3 BU in...

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Solar Tendering Surges 61% QoQ in Q3 2026, Auctions Decline 10%

Government agencies stepped up solar tendering activity in the third quarter (Q3) of 2026, reversing the previous quarter’s slowdown. Auction activity, however,...

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India’s Renewable Energy Growth Faces a Deepening Land Acquisition Crisis

India’s renewable energy developers face mounting difficulties securing project-ready land, with acquisition and conversion timelines stretching up to 24 months in...

November 3, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar
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India’s Q3 Renewable Policy Shifts: What the Industry Needs to Know

India’s renewable energy policies increasingly focused on improving project execution, grid stability, transmission connectivity, and reliable power delivery...

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Solar’s Share in India’s Renewable Capacity Rises to 58% at the end of Q3 2026

Solar continued to dominate India’s renewable energy capacity additions in the third quarter (Q3) of 2026. India’s installed solar capacity reached 174.8 GW,...

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DCR Module Premium Raises Rooftop Solar Affordability Concerns

The widening price gap between domestic content requirement (DCR) and non-DCR solar modules is raising rooftop solar installation costs, lengthening consumer payback...

October 26, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Mercom Research Focus

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Rooftop

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Solar
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Longer Contracts, Higher Expectations Reshape India’s Solar O&M Market

India’s solar operations and maintenance (O&M) segment is moving beyond routine equipment servicing as developers and asset owners place greater emphasis on...

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Old Industrial Building Structures Limit Rooftop Solar Sizing in Tamil Nadu

Commercial and industrial (C&I) rooftop solar developers in Tamil Nadu face structural and electrical infrastructure constraints that limit the capacity they can...

October 23, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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C&I

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar
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India’s Downstream Battery Storage Manufacturing Capacity Reaches 86 GWh

India’s operational battery energy storage manufacturing capacity is heavily concentrated in downstream manufacturing, which accounts for 92% of the total, while...

October 22, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Energy Storage

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Haryana Government’s Pushback Puts Parallel Power Distribution in Spotlight

The Haryana government’s opposition to the state electricity regulator’s recent decision to grant a parallel distribution license to a private entity has stoked the...

October 21, 2026

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Grid

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Market & Policy

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Mercom Research Focus
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India’s Renewable Energy Expansion Hits a Transmission Roadblock

India’s transmission infrastructure comprised approximately 509,603 circuit kilometers (ckm) of transmission lines and 1,478 gigavolt-amperes (GVA) of transformation...

October 21, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Grid

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Market & Policy

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