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Mercom Exclusive: Elimination of Key Subsidies Adds to Challenges Faced by Rooftop Solar in India

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The government of India in 2014 revised the national solar installation target from 22 GW to an aggressive 100 GW by 2022. The target was split between large-scale solar (60 GW) and distributed solar (40 GW). Though large-scale is seeing exponential growth year-over-year, distributed solar largely consisting of rooftop and ground-mounted captive projects of up to 1 MW has lagged with just over 600 MW installed as of December 2016.

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