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Title: ‘2019 was a lost year for India’s solar sector’
Source:The Hindu Business Line
Date:19 February 2020
India installed 7,346 MW of solar power during 2019, a 12 per cent decline year-on-year compared with 8,338 MW installed in 2018. “Large-scale solar projects accounted for 85 per cent of installations with 6,242 MW and saw a 7 per cent Y-o-Y decline; rooftop solar made up the remaining 15 per cent, adding 1,104 MW, a 33 per cent drop Y-o-Y,” according to the Q4 and Annual 2019 India Solar Market Update from Mercom India Research. Karnataka tops solar power in 2019 with 1.8 GW, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. Together, these three States accounted for almost 70 per cent of solar installations in 2019.
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