India added 2,105 megawatt (MW) of grid-connected solar power generation capacity in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, as the first wave of COVID-19 subsided and construction pace picked up gradually. This took the total installed capacity to 44,241 MW by 31 March 2021, according to a recent report.<\/p>\n
It added that utility-scale solar installations increased by more than 33 per cent quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) in Q1 2021.<\/p>\n
According to the report by renewable energy consultancy Bridge to India, the new capacity addition was split between utility-scale solar and rooftop solar, at 1,735 MW and 370 MW, respectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe expect construction progress to slow down considerably in Q2 2021 due to lockdown across states following the second wave of COVID-19. We have revised our projection for Q2 2021 from 2,350 MW to 1,350 MW,\u201d added the consultancy.<\/p>\n
Construction activity is expected to pick up pace in Q3 2021, with capacity addition expected at 2,470 MW.<\/p>\n
It added that the total commissioned utility-scale, rooftop solar and off-grid solar capacity stood at 35,939 MW, 7,162 MW and 1,140 MW respectively. The total project pipeline stood at 52,392 MW as on 31 March 2021.<\/p>\n
Tender issuance was up 40 per cent in Q1 2021 in comparison to the previous quarter. 24 utility-scale solar tenders, including three floating solar tenders, with a total of 10,801 MW capacity were issued in the quarter.<\/p>\n
Auction activity shot up to 8,560 MW in Q1 2021, up 163 per cent q-o-q, however, reluctance of discoms to sign power purchase agreements continue to be a major concern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
India added 2,105 megawatt (MW) of grid-connected solar power generation capacity in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, as the first wave of COVID-19 subsided and construction pace picked up gradually. This took the total installed capacity to 44,241 MW by 31 March 2021, according to a recent report. It added that utility-scale solar installations increased by more than 33 per cent quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) in Q1 2021. According to the report by renewable energy consultancy Bridge to India, the new capacity addition was split between utility-scale solar and rooftop solar, at 1,735 MW and 370 MW, respectively. \u201cWe expect construction […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-power"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}