India's Solar Installations crossed 1,000 MW mark in 2013

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India's solar installations to be around 1,000 MW in 2014​

National Solar Mission in India
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There is likely to be no increased in India's solar installations which are expected to be close to 1,000 MW in 2014, says a report.

Mercom Capital Group, a clean energy communications and consulting firm has forecasted solar installations, for India, at approximately 1,000 MW in 2014.

"Solar installations in India totaled 1,004 MW in 2013 compared to 986 MW in 2012. The firm's survey of the market revealed that growth in installations might be elusive again in 2014 with numbers forecast to be similar to 2012 and 2013," the global firm said in a statement.

"With a few exceptions, there is no Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) PV projects expected to come online until at least mid-2015," the company said in the statement.

India is now in a trade dispute with the US in the World Trade Organization (WTO), it added.

"It is time for developers to go directly to consumers, there is a large power-starved market waiting to be served that looks better and better every day as diesel prices keep climbing," Raj Prabhu, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercom Capital Group said in the statement.

Earlier this month, US trade representative, Mike Froman requested WTO dispute consultations with India concerning domestic content requirements in India's Solar Mission.

US has challenged the domestic content requirement of India's solar mission, which it alleged is discriminatory and against international norms, including WTO laws, and badly affects the American domestic solar panel manufacturing industry.

Source:- 'India's solar installations to be around 1,000 MW in 2014' | Business Standard

 

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Meanwhile in MP >>>

India’s largest solar plant in MP, Modi calls it ‘saffron revolution’​

BJP prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during the launch of a solar power plant at Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.​

India’s largest solar plant in MP, Modi calls it ‘saffron revolution’ - The Hindu

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I thought we are short from what we targetted this year,arent we??

 

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China installed 12,000 MW in 2013. That's 12 times more than what India installed in 2013. Go India! Must catch up with China.

China Installed a Record 12 Gigawatts of Solar in 2013 - Bloomberg

China Installed a Record 12 Gigawatts of Solar in 2013
Developers in China installed a record 12 gigawatts of solar panels in 2013, almost matching the total amount of solar power in operation in the U.S., and may exceed that in 2014, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

The power plants were built mostly in China’s sunny, western provinces of Gansu, Xinjiang and Qinghai and make its state-owned power companies the world’s biggest owners of solar assets, the London-based research company said in a statement yesterday.

China was the biggest solar market last year, surpassing longtime leaderGermany. Chinese installation more than tripled from 3.6 gigawatts in 2012, and the nation expects to add 14 gigawatts of solar capacity this year, according to New Energy Finance.

“The 2013 figures show the astonishing scale of the Chinese market,” Jenny Chase, lead solar analyst at New Energy Finance, said in the statement. “PV is becoming ever cheaper and simpler to install, and China’s government has been as surprised as European governments by how quickly it can be deployed in response to incentives.”

Chinese developers rushed to complete projects before the end of the year, when a 1-yuan (17 U.S. cents) a kilowatt-hour incentive expired. That may have led to as many as 2 gigawatts of late-year additions that aren’t included in the 12-gigawatt total.

China led a 28 percent increase in global solar installations last year of 39 gigawatts, and total installation may increase another 20 percent this year, according to the statement. Before 2013, no nation had ever installed more than 8 gigawatts of solar power in a year.

To contact the reporter on this story: Christopher Martin in New York atcmartin11@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Reed Landberg atlandberg@bloomberg.net