GAOQIAO is a Chinese solar street light manufacturer with 17+ years of experience designing and exporting solar-powered LED street lighting for municipal roads, rural highways, parking lots, industrial sites and residential communities. Our solar street light line covers both all-in-one and split-type designs, with power output from 30 watts to 150 watts, lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery storage, and high-efficiency mono-crystalline solar panels. Every product is certified to CE, RoHS and IP65 standards and ships with a 3-year warranty on the LED module and a 5-year warranty on the housing.
| Configuration | Best for | Key advantage |
|---|---|---|
| All-in-one | Residential streets, parking lots, pathways, small roads | Compact installation, no trenching, fast deployment |
| Split-type | Highways, main roads, large parking areas, longer autonomy needs | Larger solar panel and battery capacity, higher output, longer backup days |
The all-in-one solar street light integrates the solar panel, lithium battery, MPPT charge controller, LED light and PIR motion sensor into a single housing mounted on the pole top. This design eliminates the need for external cabling, trenching or grid connection, making it the fastest-to-install option for new construction or retrofit projects where running cable is impractical.
Standard specifications:
For higher output and longer autonomy, the split-type configuration separates the solar panel, battery and LED light into discrete components. The solar panel mounts on a dedicated bracket (often tilted to the local optimal angle), the battery and controller sit in a ground-mounted or pole-mounted enclosure, and the LED light is on a separate arm. Split-type allows larger solar panel wattage and battery capacity than all-in-one, supporting higher LED output (up to 150W) and 3-5 days of autonomy.
Standard specifications:
For urban and suburban street lighting, all-in-one 50W-80W units mounted at 6-8m provide ample illumination for 2-lane to 4-lane roads. The PIR motion sensor dims the light when no traffic is detected, extending battery autonomy. For larger arterials, split-type 100W-150W at 8-12m is the standard configuration.
Off-grid rural roads benefit most from solar street lighting where grid extension is prohibitively expensive. All-in-one 30W-50W units at 5-6m provide reliable dusk-to-dawn illumination with 2-3 days of cloud autonomy. The 17-year export track record includes deployments in sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and South America where grid access is limited.
All-in-one units at 6-8m spacing provide uniform coverage for parking lots. PIR motion sensors raise the output when a vehicle or pedestrian is detected, increasing safety while saving energy.
Split-type 100W-150W units at 8-10m provide high-output illumination for industrial sites, ports, mining operations and security perimeters. Optional remote monitoring reports fault conditions in real time.
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An all-in-one solar street light integrates the solar panel, battery, charge controller and LED light into a single unit mounted on the pole top. A split-type solar street light separates these components: the solar panel is on a dedicated bracket (often tilted separately for optimal angle), the battery and controller are in a ground-mounted or pole-mounted box, and the LED light is on a separate arm. All-in-one is faster to install; split-type allows larger solar panels and batteries for higher output and longer autonomy.
GAOQIAO solar street lights are sized for 10-12 hours of full-output illumination per night with 2-3 days of autonomy (battery capacity to cover consecutive cloudy days). For 24-hour operation, the system is upsized to roughly double the standard configuration. The actual runtime depends on the local solar irradiance and the chosen battery capacity.
GAOQIAO solar street lights use lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries as standard. LiFePO4 offers 5-8 years of service life, deep discharge tolerance and excellent high-temperature stability compared to lead-acid alternatives. Battery packs are field-replaceable for long-term maintenance.
Solar street lights require minimal maintenance: clean the solar panel surface every 6-12 months (dust and bird droppings reduce charging efficiency), inspect the battery every 2-3 years, and check the LED module every 5 years. The PIR sensor and charge controller are typically maintenance-free. GAOQIAO ships a maintenance manual with every order.
For most municipal and rural road projects, payback falls between 3 and 5 years when replacing grid-powered HPS or halogen fixtures. In remote off-grid sites where trenching or grid extension would cost more than USD 8,000 per pole, solar street lights typically reach payback within 18 to 30 months because the avoided civil works dominate the savings calculation.
Yes. Our standard solar street light configuration is sized for 3 to 5 autonomous days (autonomy days) based on the local PSH (peak sun hours) data we collect from your project coordinates. For tropical or monsoon regions with extended cloud cover, we upgrade the battery capacity and add a larger PV panel to maintain 5 to 7 autonomy days without reducing nightly illumination hours.
Yes. For solar street light projects above 50 units, GAOQIAO provides free Dialux or AGi32 photometric simulations using the actual installation height, pole spacing, road width and target lux level of your site. We deliver IES files for every LED configuration so your local lighting designer can verify uniformity, U-value, glare class and TI percentage before shipment.
About GAOQIAO — Nanjing Gaoqiao Traffic Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese LED traffic light and solar street light manufacturer with 17+ years of export experience. For the matching street light pole or to see how solar street lights integrate with our solar warning light line, browse the rest of our catalog. For international solar product standards guidance, see IEA PVPS.
This section summarizes the most common commercial and technical questions that importers, contractors and government procurement officers ask before issuing a purchase order for solar street light systems from GAOQIAO.
GAOQIAO products are designed to meet the most widely adopted international road, traffic and electrical safety standards. Our factory is audited annually by TÜV, SGS and BV.
For tender submissions, GAOQIAO provides pre-filled compliance matrices, type-test reports, photometric files, and CAD drawings within 3 working days of request.
GAOQIAO solar street light systems have been deployed in 60+ countries. The following are the most common deployment scenarios our project team encounters.
For each scenario, GAOQIAO can share anonymized case studies with photos, drawings, and measured performance data on request.
With proper preventive maintenance, the operational lifetime of a GAOQIAO solar street light typically exceeds 10 years. The following schedule reflects the experience of our field service team across more than 60 countries.
GAOQIAO offers annual maintenance contracts and on-site technician training for distributor networks. Spare-part kits for the first 3 years of operation are bundled with every shipment at no additional cost.
Last updated: 2026-06-29 — This page is reviewed weekly by the GAOQIAO team.
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