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India’s Solar Exports Decline 16% YoY in 2024, Imports Down 10%

Indian solar module and cell exports decreased 16% year-over-year (YoY) to $1.5 billion (~₹129.4 billion) in 2024 from $1.8 billion (~₹152 billion), according to recent...

March 27, 2025

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Prabha P P

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar
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Best-Ever Year for Solar as India Adds 25 GW Capacity in 2024

India added 25.2 GW of solar capacity in the calendar year 2024, a 204% increase compared to the 8.3 GW added in 2023. According to Mercom India’s latest Q4 and...

February 25, 2025

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Arjun Joshi

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar
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India’s Solar Open Access Capacity Jumps 153% in 1H 2024

India added 3.6 GW of solar open access capacity in the first half (1H) of 2024, a 153% increase from the 1.4 GW installed during the same period in 2023, according to...

September 5, 2024

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Mercom Research Focus

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Open Access

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Solar
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India’s Solar Market Sees New Leaders Rise in 2023: Mercom Report

India’s solar market witnessed the emergence of new leaders in the calendar year 2023, according to Mercom’s recently released India Solar Market Leaderboard...

May 6, 2024

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Arshreet Singh

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar
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TOPCon Module Tech Trumps HJT in Cost-Sensitive Indian Solar Market

As solar technology evolves to keep up with the increasing adoption to help lower manufacturing costs and increase the efficiency of solar modules, Indian solar module...

February 7, 2024

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Satish Shetty

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Manufacturing

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Solar

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Technology
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Growing Use of String Inverters in Utility-Scale Projects

Inverters are critical to solar power generating systems, and string inverters are quickly catching up with central inverters in utility-scale projects in India....

March 23, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Tata Power Solar, Fourth Partner, Prozeal Infra – Top Rooftop Solar Installers in 2020

Tata Power Solar, Fourth Partner Energy, and Prozeal Infra emerged as the top solar rooftop installers in India in the calendar year (CY) 2020, according to Mercom’s...

May 3, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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Distribution Companies Must Honor Power Purchase Agreements: Mercom Webinar

Mercom India hosted a webinar to discuss the key takeaways from the Indian Solar market in 2020 and the outlook for 2021. N.L. Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director of...

March 8, 2021

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Harsh Shukla

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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