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Entering into the solar game as recently as 2011 , India is predicted to make massive strides in production by 2020 , with the World Bank providing $ 1 billion in lending in this year alone . And according to PowerWeb , its solar boom has only just begun , with the Modi government aiming to have an installed capacity of 100GW by 2022 . As a developing country , solar also plays an extended role in heating and purifying water in many Indian regions and exemplifies the potential to leapfrog generation methods used by more developed countries .

With long established technology and manufacturing sectors , Japan was a natural early adopter of solar generation and continues to innovate in the sector , aiming for solar to meet 10 percent of the country ’ s energy demands by 2050 . Japan is notable

A series of large solar panels forms a symmetrical line at a power plant in the San Luis Valley of central Colorado

24 May 2017