MTR Archived Reports

The first report, launched on 6 October 2022, focuses on the "State of the Sector" and provides insights into key trends in the off-grid solar sector between 2020-22, including business models, technologies, competitive landscape and funding.

The second report "Outlook," launched at the Global Off-Grid Forum & Expo in Kigali, Rwanda on 18 October 2022, profiles the potential of the industry to help meet development goals and explores trends and drivers that must be enhanced and addressed to drive electricity access.

The 2020 Off-Grid Solar Market Trends is an in-depth analysis on current market dynamics, projections for the coming five years, and a blueprint for how actors in this market can compete in a swiftly evolving industry ecosystem. This year’s edition finds that the industry has made tremendous strides in the past decade in helping developing countries reach their energy access goals, accelerating the global Sustainable Development goal (SDG) 7.

The 2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report is the fourth report in a biennial series established over the past 8 years as the report of record for the off-grid solar industry. The 2018 publication takes stock of the industry across six axes: market fundamentals, sales, the competitive landscape, finance, the enabling environment, and impact. It provides in-depth analysis on current market dynamics, projections for the coming five years, and a blueprint for how actors in this market can compete in a swiftly evolving industry ecosystem.

This report is an update to the original ‘Solar Lighting for the Base of the Pyramid: Overview of an Emerging Market’ report published in 2010, which provided a snapshot of the off-grid lighting market, industry-level data and analysis on key trends. The report updates the market trends and developments since 2010.