why does india have potentioal capacity for solar energy?
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Because India is a tropical country...
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Solar power in India is a fast developing industry. The country's solar installed capacity reached 31.124 GW as of 30 September 2019.[1] India has the lowest capital cost per MW globally to install the solar power plants.[2][3]
The Indian government had an initial target of 20 GW capacity for 2022, which was achieved four years ahead of schedule.[4][5][6] In 2015 the target was raised to 100 GW of solar capacity (including 40 GW from rooftop solar) by 2022, targeting an investment of US$100 billion.[7][8][9][10][11] India has established nearly 42 solar parks to make land available to the promoters of solar plants.[12]
India expanded its solar-generation capacity 8 times from 2,650 MW on 26 May 2014 to over 20 GW as on 31 January 2018.[4][5] The country added 3 GW of solar capacity in 2015–2016, 5 GW in 2016–2017 and over 10 GW in 2017–2018, with the average current price of solar electricity dropping to 18% below the average price of its coal-fired counterpart.[13][14][15]
Rooftop solar power accounts for 2.1 GW, of which 70% is industrial or commercial.[16] In addition to its large-scale grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) initiative, India is developing off-grid solar power for local energy needs.[17] Solar products have increasingly helped to meet rural needs; by the end of 2015 just under one million solar lanterns were sold in the country, reducing the need for kerosene.[18] That year, 118,700 solar home lighting systems were installed and 46,655 solar street lighting installations were provided under a national program;[18] just over 1.4 million solar cookers were distributed in India.[18]
The International Solar Alliance (ISA), proposed by India as a founder member, is headquartered in India.
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