This statistic projects the added cumulative utility-scale solar capacities in India from 2016 to 2020. It has been estimated that the country will have added a cumulated 7,070 gigawatts of utility-scale solar energy capacity by 2017.
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Projection of cumulative utility-scale solar capacity additions in India from 2016 to 2020
(in megawatts)
Characteristic
Capacity additions in megawatts
2020
6,000
2019
6,300
2018
8,200
2017
7,070
2016
4,762
02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000
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Bridge to India. (April 22, 2016). Projection of cumulative utility-scale solar capacity additions in India from 2016 to 2020 (in megawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/541567/cumulative-utility-scale-solar-capacity-additions-in-india-forecast/
Bridge to India. "Projection of cumulative utility-scale solar capacity additions in India from 2016 to 2020 (in megawatts)." Chart. April 22, 2016. Statista. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/541567/cumulative-utility-scale-solar-capacity-additions-in-india-forecast/
Bridge to India. (2016). Projection of cumulative utility-scale solar capacity additions in India from 2016 to 2020 (in megawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/541567/cumulative-utility-scale-solar-capacity-additions-in-india-forecast/
Bridge to India. "Projection of Cumulative Utility-scale Solar Capacity Additions in India from 2016 to 2020 (in Megawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Apr 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/541567/cumulative-utility-scale-solar-capacity-additions-in-india-forecast/
Bridge to India, Projection of cumulative utility-scale solar capacity additions in India from 2016 to 2020 (in megawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/541567/cumulative-utility-scale-solar-capacity-additions-in-india-forecast/ (last visited June 20, 2025)
Projection of cumulative utility-scale solar capacity additions in India from 2016 to 2020 (in megawatts) [Graph], Bridge to India, April 22, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/541567/cumulative-utility-scale-solar-capacity-additions-in-india-forecast/
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