August 10, 2011. India will call for bids for its second national auction of permits for solar plants, while warning the first group of winners that there will be no leniency for delayed projects. The country may issue licenses in the next auction for as much as 350 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity. India plans to build 20,000 megawatts of solar plants by 2022, making it one of Asia's top three producers along with China and Japan. At the first auction in December, it awarded permits to build 37 projects with total capacity of 620 megawatts.