Marcom says 298 MW of solar open access was added in Q4 2021
India installed 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of open access solar capacity in calendar year 2021, a 222% growth from the 383 MW installed in 2020, according to Mercom India Research’s report.
The cumulative installed solar capacity in the open access market was over 5 GW as of December 2021, said the report, widely published by Indian media on 18 Mar 2021.
It said 298 MW of solar open access was added in Q4 2021, a 75% increase year-over-year.
Karnataka continues to be the top state for open access solar as of Dec 2021, accounting for 38% of the country’s cumulative installations.
Trading renewable energy through the newly introduced green day-ahead market saw a 4.8% increase in volume between November and December 2021, according to the report. fiinews.com
