Bengaluru: India’s solar energy success story is showing signs of slowing down, with capacity addition this fiscal falling short of target at a three-year low.
Developers added 6,500 mw of solar capacity in the financial year 2018-19, as against a target of 10,000 mw for the year. Capacity addition in 2017-18 was higher at 10,400 mw, while in the previous year, it was 9,100 mw, according to a senior official at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
