Solar

Indian government OKs massive national solar plan

In a direct challenge to China’s rising dominance within the solar industry, India’s cabinet has agreed to fund the first stage of its long-awaited National Solar Mission. The programme will set Indian power companies and project developers racing to install 20 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2022.

The deserts of Rajasthan will play host to state-of-the-art solar-energy parks.
The deserts of Rajasthan will play host to state-of-the-art solar-energy parks.
Published 20 November 2009, 11:22Updated 26 September 2016, 14:57