BT Buzz: Solar needs an aggressive push to reach the 2022 target
India may fall short of 100 GW solar power target by 2022 unless aggressive and focussed capacity additions happen in the next couple of years
- Jun 21, 2019,
- Updated Jun 21, 2019 5:00 PM IST
India's plans of reaching 100 Gigawatt (GW) of solar installations by 2022 may fall short of the target by almost 30 per cent, unless further aggressive incentives are offered and focus is given more on rooftop installations, experts say.
A recent Mercom India Research report estimated India's cumulative installed solar capacity reached 30 GW at the end of the first quarter of 2019. However, rooftop installations still only make up 12 per cent of total solar installations and the country has achieved only 9 per cent of its targeted rooftop capacity addition of 40 GW by 2022.
India's plans of reaching 100 Gigawatt (GW) of solar installations by 2022 may fall short of the target by almost 30 per cent, unless further aggressive incentives are offered and focus is given more on rooftop installations, experts say.
A recent Mercom India Research report estimated India's cumulative installed solar capacity reached 30 GW at the end of the first quarter of 2019. However, rooftop installations still only make up 12 per cent of total solar installations and the country has achieved only 9 per cent of its targeted rooftop capacity addition of 40 GW by 2022.