Rooftop Solar

Indian Residential Rooftops: A Vast Trove of Solar Energy Potential Report by IEEFA and JMK Research Executive Summary India had announced an ambitious goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. As a step towards this goal, the Indian government updated the country’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) – a climate action plan – in August 2022. As per the NDC, India targets to achieve 50% of the cumulative power capacity from…

Roof Top Solar Lagging: Why India Will Miss Its 2022 Solar Target Utility-Scale Solar Has Done the Heavy Lifting So Far Report by IEEFA and JMK Research April 2022 India is projected to fall well short of its target for 2022 of having 100 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar capacity, largely due to slow uptake of roof top solar, according to a new report by JMK Research and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). As of December 2021, India’s…

Financing Trends in the Rooftop Solar Consumer and Industrial Segment (C&I) in India Scaling up Rooftop Solar Finance in Untapped Markets Report by IEEFA and JMK Research September 2021 Accessible financing is a prerequisite to drive growth in the rooftop commercial and industrial (C&I) solar market in India. Presently, this segment accounts for almost 75% of the total rooftop solar installations in India with annual additional installations of 1.3 gigawatts (GW) to 1.8GW in the last few years (Figure 1.1).…

Emerging Technology Trends in the C&I Rooftop Solar Market in India Report by IEEFA and JMK Research July 2021 India’s experience with the rise in rooftop solar or onsite solar has been led by the Commercial and Industrial (C&I) segment. This segment comprises about three-quarters of the Indian rooftop solar market. Although the COVID pandemic created major disruptions and slowed the installation rate in 2020, the C&I segment is expected to bounce back and increase the pace of deployment of…