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Off-grid solar electricity is projected to be the least-cose solution to provide access to nearly 400 million people by 2030. This companion site to the 2024 Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report allows you to explore the opportunities and challenges in realizing that potential.
The Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report Franchise
The 2024 Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report (MTR) is the latest in a biennial series launched by the World Bank Group’s Lighting Africa Program in 2009, now co-produced by ESMAP and GOGLA with rotating partners. This report has become the go-to resource for investors, industry leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders in the global off-grid solar sector. Check out past editions in the Archives.
Explore the Data with this New MTR Interactive Microsite
Explore the MTR as never before: Our new AI-supported microsite enhances the findings of the written report with interactive content.
HOW TO USE THE MICROSITE:
- Explore the headline data: Dive deeper into crucial areas like the global electrification gap, affordability analysis, and specific fragile, conflict, and violent countries, and more.
- Engage with Dynamic Content: Experiment with the models from the MTR. Adjust assumptions and inputs to see how they affect outcomes.
- Ask the MTR Assistant: Chat with our AI chatbot for real-time answers and insights. The MTR Assistant pulls information from the 2024 MTR, as well as from other essential resources, including previous MTRs, GOGLA Sales and Impact data, ESMAP Reports, and other relevant knowledge products.
Our Collaborative Partners
Every 2 years GOGLA and the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) collaborate with rotating partners to produce the Market Trends Report. This edition was produced with Dalberg Advisors and with support from IFC.
The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) is a partnership between the World Bank and over 20 partners to help low- and middle-income countries reduce poverty and boost growth through sustainable energy solutions. ESMAP’s analytical and advisory services are fully integrated within the World Bank’s country financing and policy dialog in the energy sector. Through the WB, ESMAP works to accelerate the energy transition required to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7), which ensures access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. It helps shape WB strategies and programs to achieve the WB Climate Change Action Plan targets. Learn more at: https://www.esmap.org.
ESMAP Support to Off-Grid Solar
ESMAP has been a leader of off-grid solar electrification efforts for more than 15 years, previously through the now-closed Lighting Africa and Lighting Global Programs, which positively impacted over 320 million people. Today, as part of its Energy Access Program, ESMAP continues to catalyze off-grid solar activities with the new business plan (FY25-FY30) focusing on enabling access to three primary groups of beneficiaries - households, businesses, and public institutions.
GOGLA is the global association for the off-grid solar energy industry, representing over 200 members working to transform lives through clean, affordable, and high-quality solar products and services. More than 560 million climate-vulnerable people already benefit from off-grid solar to power their homes, farms, enterprises and public infrastructure. With the right support, our industry is poised to scale rapidly, aiming to improve the lives of 1 billion people by 2030. GOGLA drives this progress by serving as a central hub for the sector, offering vital market data, advocating for supportive policies and increased investment, and providing value-added services to our members. Learn more at www.gogla.org.
IFC—a member of the World Bank Group—is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2021, IFC committed a record USD 43.7 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity as economies grapple with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.
Dalberg is a strategic advisory firm combining the best of private sector strategy skills and rigorous analytical capabilities with deep knowledge and networks across emerging and frontier markets. It has a dedicated energy practice to help clients—from governments to multinationals and financial institutions—increase the supply of economically viable, environmentally sustainable, socially equitable energy. Its expertise spans designing evidence-based strategies for entering emerging markets, developing business models for doing business with low-income consumers, policy analysis, and innovative financing to find energy delivery models. To find out more, visit www.dalberg.com.