New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- During the July-September period, installation of open access solar capacity in India increased by 91 per cent to 596 megawatt (MW), however there is a huge untapped market of MSMEs and due to lack of awareness, said a report by Mercom Research India.





India added 312 MW of solar open access capacity in the same period a year ago, the research firm said in a report on Thursday.

Solar power through open access is an arrangement where a power producer establishes a solar power plant to supply green energy to consumers.

As compared to January-September of 2021, India added about 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of open access solar in first nine months of 2022, an increase of 96 per cent from the 956 megawatts (MW).

According ...