The capacity of Indian solar projects tendered in November was the lowest in three months , decreasing by almost half from October to 1.4 MW . Solar project bidding activity fell even more notably , dropping from 759 MW auctioned in October to just 60 MW . The decline in both areas notably came after safeguard duty on imported solar cells and modules from China and India was imposed on 30 November . The ministry of new and renewable energy is anticipating around 30 GW of capacity to be tendered for the 2018 - 19 financial year , with 27.3 GW going so far .
The capacity of Indian solar projects tendered in November was the lowest in three months, decreasing by almost half from October to 1.4 GW. Solar project auction activity fell even more notably, dropping from 759 MW auctioned in October to just 60 MW. The decline in both areas notably came after safeguard duty on imported solar cells and modules from China and Malaysia was imposed on 30 July. The ministry of new and renewable energy is anticipating around 30 GW of capacity to be tendered for the 2018-19 financial year, with 27.3 GW going so far.