India’s solar open access capacity additions dropped 47% year-over-year (YoY) to 1.1 GW in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025 from over 2 GW, according to Mercom India’s Q1 2025 Solar Open Access Market Report. Solar open access capacity additions also dropped 48% quarter-over-quarter from 2.1 GW in Q4 2024. Solar open access projects accounted for 19.8% of the total large-scale solar installations during the quarter. Of the open access projects installed in Q1 2025, 67.4% were standalone solar, 32% wind-solar hybrid energy projects, and 0.6% floating solar.