According to Mercom India’s Q1 2024 Solar Open Access Market Report, India added 1.8 GW of solar open access capacity in Q1 2024, with Rajasthan leading with almost 28% of the quarter’s installations. Rajasthan’s capacity additions were up 154.1% quarter-over-quarter, making it one of the top five states for solar open access. The state’s cumulative installed solar open access capacity rose 65.9% between Q4 2023 and Q1 2024. In Q1 2024, about 13.7% of the large-scale solar installations in the state were in the open access model. Open access solar installations in Rajasthan accounted for 8.8% of India’s cumulative capacity.