Why India hasn't met its solar energy goal yet

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Mar 1 2023 • 15 mins

In 2015, the current government set an ambitious target. It said we would have 100 GW of solar capacity by 2022 and 40% of it would come from rooftop solars or RTS. Back then, the country’s solar capacity was just 3.7 GW.

But as of October 2022, this capacity rose to only a little over 60 GW.

The main reason for this is the slow adoption of RTS. High transaction costs and lack of data about the long-term performance of RTS make it difficult to access loans for small-scale solar installations.

Tune in to find out more.

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