The exponential growth of the telecommunications network due to smartphone penetration has resulted in the sector becoming a key user of power. Distributed energy generation (DEG) is a vital tool that service providers can now use to lower their energy costs and to move toward green telecom. For instance, in 2016, in line with the company's long-term commitment toward green network initiatives, Indian

telecom service provider Bharti Airtel announced the migration of 40,000 of its telecom towers across India toward green technology. This is the first among a series of announcements about the company's planned deployments in India.Besides this, Airtel also plans to adopt solar and new battery technologies in a big way and double its green telecom towers by 2020.

PART 01: Executive summary ............................................ 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report ............................................. 7

Market overview 7

Top-vendor offerings 9

PART 03: Market research methodology ......................... 11

Research methodology 11

Economic indicators 11

PART 04: Introduction ....................................................... 12

Key market highlights 12

Global solar PV market: An overview 13

Global battery market: An overview 14

PART 05: Market landscape .............................................. 16

Market overview 16

Market size and forecast by revenue 17

Five forces analysis 22

PART 06: Market segmentation by battery technology . 23

Global solar batteries market by battery technology

2015-2016 23

Lithium-ion batteries 25

Lead-acid batteries 27

Sodium-based batteries 29

PART 07: Geographical segmentation ............................. 31

Global solar battery market by geography 31

Solar batteries market in Americas 33

Solar battery market in EMEA 35

Solar battery market in APAC 37

PART 08: Key leading countries ....................................... 41

PART 09: Market drivers ................................................... 43

Growing rural electrification 43

Increasing solar energy consumption and installation 44

Change in global energy mix 45

Growth in demand from telecom sector 48

PART 10: Impact of drivers ............................................... 50

PART 11: Market challenges ............................................. 51

Intermittent nature of solar power 51

Reduction in subsidies 53

Concerns over recycling of batteries 54

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 57

PART 13: Market trends .................................................... 58

Reduction in solar PV cost 58

Increasing deployment of microgrids 60

Increasing renewable energy investments 61

PART 14: Vendor landscape ............................................. 64

Competitive landscape 64

Other prominent vendors 65

PART 15: Key vendor analysis ......................................... 66

East Penn Manufacturing 66

Exide Technologies 68

GS Yuasa 71

LG Chem 74

Samsung SDI 77

PART 16: Appendix ........................................................... 80

List of abbreviations 80

PART 17: Explore Technavio ............................................ 82