Malaysia's solar sector is expanding at a remarkable pace. GlobalData projects the country's installed solar capacity will grow from 5.8 GW at end-2024 to 7.3 GW by end-2025, reaching 29.7 GW by 2035. Annual deployment is expected to rise from 1.9 GW in 2026 to between 2.4 GW and 2.7 GW per year through to 2035. Under this trajectory, Malaysia will cross the 10 GW threshold in 2028 and the 20 GW mark in 2032.
Outpacing national policy targets
GlobalData Power Analyst Sudeshna Sarmah noted that Malaysia's energy investment portfolio has tilted decisively toward renewables since 2020, with capital allocations in solar PV rising by approximately $2.1 billion by 2025. Gas is expected to maintain a supporting role in balancing and peaking capacity, with annual investment hovering between $0.2–0.6 billion through 2030.
What still needs to happen
On the residential side, Malaysia recently launched a home solar rebate scheme offering MYR 600 (~$151) per kWac, up to a maximum of MYR 3,000 per household for a 5 kWac system. Saibasan also pointed to floating solar, agrivoltaics and building-integrated systems as frontiers that could significantly expand Malaysia's deployable solar footprint — lessons that are increasingly relevant for any market aiming to scale solar beyond easy rooftops and open fields.
Source: Malaysia forecast to reach 29.7 GW of solar by 2035 - PV Magazine International· Based on source, with AI-assisted rewriting.
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