The recently released Global Status Report on Renewables 2007
says that grid-connected SPV (solar photovoltaics) has been the fastest growing energy technology in the world with 50% annual growth in the cumulative installed capacity in 2006 as well as in 2007. Of the total reported 25 lakh homes worldwide that use solar home systems today about 3.6 lakh are in India, second only to China which has 4 lakh solar home system users. In fact, India