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India adds 6.6 GW of rooftop solar in H1 2026

31 Aug 2026

India installed 6.6 GW of rooftop solar capacity in the first half (1H) of calendar year (CY) 2026, up 136% compared to the 2.8 GW installed in H1 2025, according to Mercom India’s newly released Q2 and 1H 2026 India Rooftop Solar Market Report.

The figure includes 3.8 GW of rooftop solar capacity added in the second quarter (Q2), up 41% from the 2.7 GW installed in Q1 2026. Q2 installations also increased 136% year on year (YoY) from 1.6 GW in Q2 2025.

Rooftop solar accounted for 33% of India’s total solar installations during the quarter.

https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2026/ ... n-h1-2026/



Credit: SolarSquare

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[Yuli Ban]

Wowwww that halo around the tower is so cool

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Seriously I'm not doing this to glaze China, they're just doing this and we have to post it

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Is it "breaking", though? ... Seems to be an old story from last year.

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also a lot of the "china good" vids tend to omit important context

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[Yuli Ban]

Is it "breaking", though? ... Seems to be an old story from last year.

I mean, you know why that's BETTER news, right?

Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time

Solar and wind are increasingly outpacing nuclear power globally, with solar generation surpassing nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to WNISR 2026. The report highlights nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrasting them with rapid renewables and battery expansion.

Solar reached 2,783 TWh in 2025, compared with nuclear’s 2,703 TWh.

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All we need now is to lick some form of ultra efficient power transmission or room temperature superconductors, and that's it, all bets are off, there's no limit to how much solar we can deploy once there's no loss to transmission.