Rooftop solar capacity installations fall 29% to 320 MW in Jul-Sep: Mercom report

Rooftop solar capacity installations in India fell 29 per cent to 320 megawatt (MW) in July-September 2022, according to Mercom Research India.

The country added 448 MW rooftop solar capacity in the same quarter a year ago, the research firm said in a report on Thursday.

During January-September, the installations at 1,165 MW were also down 11 per cent compared to 1,310 MW in the corresponding nine-month period of the last year, the report titled ‘Mercom India Rooftop Solar Market Report Q3 2022’ said.

In the third quarter of 2022, 46 per cent of rooftop solar capacity was installed in the industrial sector, followed by 32 per cent in residential, commercial 21 per cent and the remaining in the government sector.