Solar Street Lighting Market Report 2026

Solar Street Lighting Market Overview

• Solar Street Lighting market size has reached to $12 billion in 2025 • Expected to grow to $25.51 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.2% • Growth Driver: Solar Street Lighting Market Surges On The Rising Demand For Clean Energy Solutions • Market Trend: Eco-Friendly Urban Lighting Solutions • Asia-Pacific was the largest region in 2025.

What Is Covered Under Solar Street Lighting Market?

Solar street lighting is illuminating streets with photovoltaic panels generally mounted on the lighting structure or integrated with the pole itself, where photovoltaic panels charge rechargeable batteries to power fluorescent or LED lamp during the night. The main types of solar street lighting are portable, standalone, and centralized. Portable refers to the process in which an object can be easily moved from one place to another based on need. The components involved are a controller, lamp, solar panel, sensors, battery, and others with light emitting diode, compact fluorescent lamps, which are used for the parking lot, highway and roadway, airport runways, and manufacturing site applications.

What Is The Solar Street Lighting Market Growth Forecast?

The solar street lighting market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $25.51 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing deployment of smart solar lighting networks, rising demand for renewable-powered street illumination, growth in energy-efficient public infrastructure, expansion of highway and roadway installations, development of advanced solar controllers and sensors. Major trends in the forecast period include adoption of sustainable solar lighting infrastructure, integration of IoT-connected solar street light systems, deployment of autonomous smart lighting platforms, advancement of cloud-based lighting monitoring solutions, development of intelligent renewable lighting technologies.

Global Solar Street Lighting Market Segmentation

1) By Type: Portable, Standalone, Centralized 2) By Component Type: Controller, Lamp, Solar Panel, Sensors, Battery, Other Components 3) By Luminaries: Light Emitting Diode, Compact Fluorescent Lamps 4) By Application: Parking Lot, Highway And Roadway, Airport Runway, Manufacturing Site Subsegments: 1) By Portable: Mobile Solar Lights, Solar-Powered Lanterns 2) By Standalone: Integrated Solar Street Lights, Pole-Mounted Solar Lights 3) By Centralized: Grid-Tied Solar Street Lights, Smart Solar Street Lighting Systems

What Is The Driver Of The Solar Street Lighting Market?

The increasing demand for clean energy is expected to propel the growth of the solar street lighting market going forward. Clean energy is energy produced by production processes that do not emit any pollutants, particularly greenhouse gases such as CO2 that contribute to global warming, to improve environmental protection. Clean energy such as solar energy is commonly used as renewable energy in public lighting, where solar streetlights contain photovoltaic solar panels integrated into their design, which effectively capture sunlight throughout the day and store the energy in a battery system. This battery discharges its energy to the light source at night. For instance, in February 2024, the World Economic Forum, a Switzerland-based international non-governmental organization (NGO), reported that clean energy boomed in 2023, with 50% more renewables capacity added to energy systems around the world compared to the previous year. Therefore, the increasing demand for clean energy is driving the growth of the solar street lighting industry.

Key Players In The Global Solar Street Lighting Market

Major companies operating in the solar street lighting market are Acuity Brands Inc., Bajaj Electricals Limited, Cooper Lighting LLC, Dragons Breath Solar, Jiangsu Sokoyo Solar Lighting Co. Ltd., Signify Holding B.V., Solektra Solar Energy, Sunna Design SA, Urja Global Ltd., Omega Solar LLC, VerySol GmbH, Solar Street Lights, Greenshine New Energy Co. Ltd., ABB Limited, Nomo Group CO. Ltd., Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd., Anhui Longvolt Energy Co. Ltd., Covimed Solar, Jinhua SunMaster Solar Lighting Co. Ltd., Shenzhen Spark Co. Ltd.

Global Solar Street Lighting Market Trends and Insights

Major companies operating in the solar street lighting market are innovating new products, such as the eco-friendly urban lighting solutions, to sustain their position in the market. Eco-friendly urban lighting solutions in solar street lighting leverage renewable energy sources to provide sustainable and energy-efficient illumination, reducing environmental impact and promoting eco-conscious urban development. For instance, in March 2023, AGC Inc., a Japan-based glass manufacturing company, launched the ST57 Solar LED Street Light. The ST57 Solar LED Street Light is a solar street light designed for eco-friendly lighting solutions. ST57 Solar LED Street Light is made from solar energy and is installed in roads, parks, parking lots, and other public places. The ST57 Solar LED Street Light has a separate solar panel and fixture head. It has smart control with a built-in microwave, timer, and passive infrared (PIR) sensor. It is available in six sizes, such as 10W (watts), 20W (watts), 30W (watts), 40W (watts), 50W (watts), and 60W (watts).

What Are Latest Mergers And Acquisitions In The Solar Street Lighting Market?

In April 2023, Sunna Design, a France-based provider of solar street lights, partnered with Schréder. With this partnership, Sunna Design aims to deliver environmentally-friendly solar lighting and accelerate the adoption of renewable energy and create safe nighttime environments for communities worldwide. Schréder is a Belgium-based company that provides lighting solutions including solar street lights.

Regional Outlook

Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the solar street lighting market in 2025. The regions covered in this market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in this market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

What Defines the Solar Street Lighting Market?

The solar street lighting market consists of sales of off-grid split solar street lights, and grid-tired solar street lights. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

How is Market Value Defined and Measured?

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified). The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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