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Will solar power plants perform as expected?

India: The Indian solar market is principally made up of megawatt-scale feed-in tariff (FIT) projects. Project allocation in India is governed by various national and state level policies. Bridge to India’s Tobias F. Engelmeier examines if the plants will perform.

Solar installations prompted by project allocations under the National Solar Mission and the Gujarat solar policy have been the main drivers of the market until now. Due to projects under these policies, India’s installed solar photovoltaic capacity increased from eight MW in January 2010 to 974.56 MW in May 2012. Projects under other state allocations …

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