A report by clean energy research firm Mercom says India's demand for string inverters has grown by 300 percent since the rooftop solar scheme was introduced.
In the January-March period of calendar year 2022, the rooftop solar installation capacity in the country was at 456 MW, the research firm said on Friday.
”India added 1.9 GW of solar capacity in the first quarter of calendar year 2023, a 48 per cent decrease year-over-year (YoY) compared to the 3.6 GW added in Q1 2022,” the report titled ’Q1 2023 India Solar Market Update’ said.
The country had installed 383 megawatt (MW) of open access solar capacity in 2020, the research firm said.
A study by Mercom said that project developers are citing issues including, lack of access roads, clean green lands, and clear demarcation of land areas in these solar parks.