Malaysia Solar Rooftop Market

The Malaysia solar rooftop market is witnessing significant growth, driven by supportive government policies, economic incentives, and growing environmental awareness. Malaysia’s Net Energy Metering (NEM) scheme allows consumers to offset their electricity bills by exporting surplus solar energy to the grid. This initiative, along with tax exemptions and green technology financing schemes, has fueled market expansion.

The commercial and industrial sectors are the largest adopters of rooftop solar in Malaysia, with factories, warehouses, and corporate offices seeking to reduce energy costs and carbon footprints. Residential uptake is also rising, as affordable financing options and government-backed initiatives make solar more accessible to homeowners.

Major companies such as Solarvest, Cypark Resources, and Plus Solar are shaping the industry’s growth. Technological innovations, such as lightweight solar panels and energy storage solutions, are making rooftop installations more feasible. The integration of battery storage systems is further enabling energy independence and grid stability.

Challenges in Malaysia’s solar rooftop market include regulatory hurdles, grid connectivity, and high upfront costs. However, as policy frameworks improve and financial support increases, these challenges are gradually being addressed. The outlook for Malaysia’s solar rooftop market remains positive, with further growth anticipated in line with the country’s renewable energy ambitions.

The global market is anticipated to be driven by growing concern over reducing carbon emissions.

The worldwide solar rooftop market is quite active and is anticipated to grow rapidly over the coming years. A solar rooftop photo voltaic (PV) system uses solar panels positioned on a building's roof to transform the sun's light energy into electrical energy. Solar rooftop systems have two options: they can be off-grid with battery storage or connected to the grid. They have system ratings ranging from 10 kW to more than 100 MW for industrial, commercial, and residential applications, respectively.

Rooftop solar photovoltaic systems are installed on top of all commercial, industrial, residential, and governmental buildings and are frequently used to generate power from solar energy. Solar rooftop power generation systems can be either off-grid or grid-connected. In solar rooftop systems that are connected to the utility grid, solar PV rooftops are used to generate power. Off-grid systems, on the other hand, produce electricity that is used by the linked load and any excess is stored in batteries for use as and when necessary. The demand for solar rooftop systems has been slowly increasing over the last several years, and in the future, it is anticipated to expand significantly. Due to growing demand from its end-use applications, solar rooftop systems have been dominating the renewable energy market.

Regional Analysis

Over 30% of global revenues were attributable to the Asia Pacific area in 2019, and this dominance is anticipated to last throughout the projected period. The country that contributed the most to the market's revenue generation was China. One of the key drivers of the market growth in China is the favourable government policies that offer financial incentives and subsidies to solar PV projects, combined with the existence of large market players.

In 2019, the European regional market's revenue share was approximately 26.52%. In terms of revenue market share, the United Kingdom led all of Europe. The expanding rooftop solar PV capacity is being boosted by the trend of producing more electricity using renewable sources. Moreover, the expansion of the regional industry is being driven by strict regulatory reforms pertaining to the deployment of sustainable energy.

North America held a sizeable portion of the market, with the United States being the main source of revenue for the expansion of the region. In the coming years, product penetration is expected to increase across the nation due to the rising demand for clean fuel power generation and the soaring capacity of residential solar.

Market Segmentation

The market for solar rooftop is further segmented depending upon the capacity, connectivity and end user.

By capacity, it is divided into the capacities of  10 kilowatt, 11-100 kilowatt and more than 100 kilowatt.

By connectivity the market is further segmented into on grid and off grid types.

By end user, the market is segmented into residential, commercial and industrial sector.

Key Players

The companies that are highly contributing towards the market are

• SMA Solar Technology AG (Germany)
• Trina Solar (China)
• Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (China)
• Canadian Solar Inc. (Canada)
• Jinko Solar (China)
• SolarWorld AG (Germany)
• SunPower Corporation (U.S.)
• Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited. (China)
• Tata Power Solar Systems Limited (India)
• Delta Energy Systems (Germany)
• JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)
• ABB Ltd. (Switzerland).

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