The total includes 8.32GW of utility-scale PV projects and 1.58GW of distributed-generation (DG) solar capacity.

The figures mark a significant jump from the same period a year earlier, but suggest that the country may not be on pace to hit the government's full-year installation targets.

The NEA initially expected full-year installations to hit 17.8GW in 2015, but it recently tacked on an additional 5.3GW