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Weekly Power Sector Round up: 25th September 2021

521MW of rooftop solar capacity added in India in Q2 2021, highest in a quarter

India added 521MW of rooftop solar capacity in the second quarter of 2021, a 53% quarter-on-quarter increase, compared to 341MW installed in Q1 2021. This, according to a report by Mercom India Research.

Rooftop capacity addition was also up 517% year-on-year, with only 85MW added in Q2 2020. However, the COVID shutdowns were a driver for the low capacity added last year.


The pandemic, plus rise in energy costs boost solar power in Maharashtra

Post pandemic tightening of budgets has led to a boom in rooftop and remote solar systems. Large industrial units looking to optimise costs have increasingly turned to solar to lower energy costs.

However, smaller MSME’s still need to be incentivised to drive adoption of rooftop solar further.