India’s utility solar capacity grew by a whopping 72% in 2017-18 over the previous year. It installed 9.1GW of utility solar against 5.5GW in 2016-17. Total solar installation was 10.4GW, the rest comprising rooftop solar plants and off-grid solutions, taking the country’s cumulative solar capacity to 24.4GW. Solar capacity addition in 2017-18 was higher than that of all other energy sources, conventional and renewable, combined. In comparison coal and wind only added 4.6GW and 1.7GW respectively. Among the states, Karnataka added the most capacity at 4.1GW, which was 46% of total capacity installed in 2017-18.

(Economic Times)