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India’s Rooftop Solar Capacity Surges to 1.9 GW in 9M 2024

India installed 1.9 GW of rooftop solar capacity in the first nine months (9M) of 2024, exceeding both the annual and 9M additions of all previous years. The period saw...

December 5, 2024

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Solar Open Access Installations Surge in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) growth rate of 4,042% in solar open access installations in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, according...

September 19, 2024

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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France Adds Record 1 GW Solar Capacity in Q1 2024

France added a record 1 GW of solar photovoltaic capacity in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, up 66% from the same period last year and reaching a total of 21.1 GW,...

June 24, 2024

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Arshreet Singh

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Solar
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Plagued by Project Delays, India’s Solar Capacity Additions Plummet by 44% in 2023

Solar installations in India dropped 44.1% in the calendar year (CY) 2023, with a capacity of 7.5 GW added against 13.4 GW in 2022, according to Mercom India’s Q4...

February 22, 2024

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Markets & Policy

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar
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Germany’s 2023 Solar Capacity Soars to Record 14.2 GW, 91% Increase YoY

Germany installed 3.5 GW of solar power capacity in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023, a 105.8% year-over-year (YoY) growth from 1.7 GW. On a quarter-over-quarter basis,...

January 24, 2024

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Germany Installs 3.4 GW Solar Capacity in Q3, a 79% YoY Growth

Germany installed 3.4 GW of solar power capacity in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023, a 79% year-over-year (YoY) growth from 1.9 GW. On a quarter-over-quarter basis, the...

October 25, 2023

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Satish Shetty

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Maharashtra Announces Incentives for Textile Units Setting up Solar Projects

The Government of Maharashtra has announced incentives in the form of capital subsidies for solar project installations by textile units in the state. The incentives are...

September 5, 2023

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Satish Shetty

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C&I

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Daily News Wrap-Up: RUVNL’s 1.2 GW Solar With Storage Auction

Solarcraft Power (BluPine Energy) and ACME Solar have emerged winners in Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam’s auction to set up 1,200 MW of solar power projects anywhere in...

August 10, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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In the Best Quarter Ever, US Solar Installations Grow 47% YoY to 6.1 GW

Solar installations in the United States grew 47% year-over-year (YoY) to 6.1 GW during the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, recording the best initial quarter for the...

June 8, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Germany Installs 2.6 GW of Solar Capacity in Q1 2023, Up 30% YoY

Germany installed 2.6 GW of solar capacity in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, a growth of 30% year-over-year from 2 GW installed in the same period last year, according...

April 24, 2023

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Arjun Joshi

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Reliance, ReNew, Tata Bid Among Bidders for Module PLI

Solar module manufacturers, including Reliance Industries, ReNew Power, and Tata Power, are among the bidders for the second phase (Tranche II) of the Production-Linked...

March 3, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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419 MW of Open Access Solar Projects Installed in Q1 2021

India’s open access solar installations totaled 419 MW in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, while the cumulative solar installations in the open access market have reached...

June 17, 2021

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Srinwanti Das

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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New Inverter Technologies Reducing the LCOE of Large-Scale Solar Projects

The second wave of the pandemic has been negatively impacting the cost of large-scale solar project development and management. There is also a surge in component prices,...

June 4, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Germany Installed 619 MW of New Solar Capacity in April 2021

According to the latest numbers announced by the German Federal Network Agency Agency Bundesnetzagentur, the country’s solar PV installations in April 2021 totaled...

June 3, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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India’s Solar Installations Up 88% YoY in Q1 2021 With 2.05 GW

India added 2,056 MW of solar in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, a 37% increase quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), compared to 1,505 MW installed in the fourth quarter of 2020....

May 26, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Mercom Research Focus

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