Hundreds of Solar Panel models that were previously approved by Australia Clean Energy Council were removed from his list last night. Here is what happened, why and what it means.
For solar power systems installed in Australia, which are entitled to the national solar discount, some state incentives and the approval of network connections, inverter and solar modules must be on the date of installation on the approved product lists of the CEC – not the date on which a sales contract is signed.
Since August 2023, the Clean Energy Council has given the industry a heads-up for changing standards to approved PV modules. From October 2024, most of them had to be certified to the 2021 edition of the IEC 61215 series1 to stay on the list. Those who are certified have a suffix in the CEC list, which shows: (IEC 61215-2021).
However, some manufacturers were granted extensions for certain solar panel models by March 31, 2025. Yesterday the end of the great ZEC border – no further extensions were granted.
In the late afternoon yesterday afternoon, around 2,800 approved solar panel models from 126 manufacturers were listed. This morning this sum had dropped to ~ 2,100 entries. If the biscuit in Woolies is doing something, it can be a good thing to sometimes have fewer options.
Does this affect owners of delisted solo collectors?
With a word no. Your solar collectors will not suddenly dissolve or a loss of performance, the owners do not have to pay back the discount and the existing guarantee agreements are unchanged. The panels are routinely removed from the CEC list for a variety of reasons, even if they are no longer manufactured or have no longer sold Australia. It is likely that this is the case with many of the models defined in the latest cleanup of the CEC.
But where there are changes in some system quotes. If the installers with inventory were confident that they were installed before the border date, and if they were not able, some follow-up may be available to inform the customer that these panels are no longer available and an alternative offered. Simply make sure that the alternative is at least as good as what you will replace.
The likelihood that solar collectors are no longer approved are slim, as this can be discovered quite easily by various conformity tests – and the company end up in very hot water. However, if you feel particularly vigilant, you can check the modulator label with the CEC -covered panel list shortly in front of the roof on your roof to confirm that you are present. By checking the label, you can also confirm whether you get what you have registered for.
There is an exception in which, depending on the circumstances, previously listed and subsequent solar panels can be used. The CEC says:
“The same replacement for an incorrect panel/inverter is regarded as a repair under A of 3000. Therefore, the replacement field/the inverter only has to correspond to the standards used at the time of the original installation. This also applies to the product list.”
However, there are additional conditions and requirements that are determined by the CEC in connection with repairs and guarantee work.
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- The IEC 61215 contains the design qualification of land collectors based on the landing base, which are suitable for long-term operation in open-air climate zones. But you want to read it completely, you have to spend around $ 500! ↩
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