Indian Solar Installations Drop 15.5% YoY In 2018
With 8.3 GW Solar Power Capacity Installed In 2018, Indian PV Installations Declined 15.5% YoY To Report 27.9 GW Cumulative Solar By December 2018: Mercom
Wednesday, 27 Feb 2019
Uncertainty caused through policy issues, such as the safeguard duty, goods and services tax (GST) introduction, and land and transmission issues, led to a 15.5% decline to 8,263 MW in 2018 over the 9,782 MW installed in 2017 in India (see India’s QoQ PV Addition In Q2/2018 Drops 52%).
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