India installed 240 MW of grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity during March 2013, according to the nation's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
This is almost as much as Germany, which installed 290 MW of PV during March 2013. The nation also installed 16.9 MW of off-grid PV during the month, which brings India to 1.69 GW of cumulative on-grid and 125 MW of off-grid PV.
Indian PV capacity nearly doubles in 2012-2013
India's 2012-2013 year ended on March 31st, 2013. During the year Indian PV capacities nearly doubled, with 754 MW of new capacity installed. PV now represents 6% of all grid-tied renewable energy capacity in the nation.
600,000 square meters of solar water heating installed
Additionally, India installed 600,000 square meters of solar water heating collectors, to bring the nation to a cumulative total of 6.98 million square meters of collector area.