India to invest $22bn in bid to become world solar leader

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New strategy outlines mandatory use of solar technologies for government and commercial buildings

The Indian government is working on ambitious plans designed to make the country a world leader in solar energy, boasting 200GW of installed solar capacity by 2050. A draft of the National Solar Mission...

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