{"id":11499,"date":"2017-05-16T15:35:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T05:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=11499"},"modified":"2017-08-29T07:28:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T20:58:11","slug":"solar-panel-delisting-cec-mb0039","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-delisting-cec-mb0039\/","title":{"rendered":"CEC Announces Solar Module De-Listing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11501\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11501\" class=\"wp-image-11501 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/solar-panel-delisting.jpg\" alt=\"Solar panel de-listing - CEC\" width=\"636\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/solar-panel-delisting.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/solar-panel-delisting-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PV modules struck from the CEC Approved Products List<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Clean Energy Council (CEC), the peak body for the clean energy industry in Australia, has for the first time openly communicated the de-listing of solar panels from its Approved Product List.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->As part of eligibility to receive Small Scale Technology Certificates (STC&#8217;s), the basis for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar subsidies in Australia<\/a>, solar panels must be on the CEC Approved Product List.<\/p>\n<p>The CEC says TPL Energy solar panels have been removed from the list as the company&#8217;s importer did not agree to meet manufacturer warranty obligations or maintain records of serial numbers. TPL Energy has a right to appeal this decision with the CEC&#8217;s Product Listing Review Panel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n<strong>UPDATE AUGUST 29, 2017<\/strong> &#8211; TPL Energy modules have been re-included on the Approved Products list. It appears they were relisted on the 16th.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s certainly not the first time a solar panel model or brand has been de-listed by the CEC. While five products were struck off last year, the product names were not published as they were listed prior to new Terms and Conditions (T&amp;Cs) for PV modules introduced in March 2016 that enable such announcements to be made.<\/p>\n<p>Modules listed under the newer terms and conditions have also been held to a higher level of assessment states the CEC, and subjected to a tighter level of control over quality and compliance.<\/p>\n<p>In a continuing effort to see only quality products remain included on its lists, the CEC has also published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solaraccreditation.com.au\/dam\/solar-accred\/solar-products\/pv-module-terms-and-conditions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another revision<\/a> (PDF) of its Terms and Conditions for listing solar inverters and PV modules, which come into effect from 10 August 2017.<\/p>\n<p>These will replace the T&amp;C&#8217;s for inverters and power conversion equipment (PCE) introduced in 2015 and build on the 2016 module T&amp;C&#8217;s; with the latter including changes relating to certification, importer obligations, warranty and product expiry requirements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\">Solar Quotes<\/a> founder Finn Peacock said the ongoing changes mean a greatly improved CEC process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As time goes on it should lead to a list of approved modules and inverters that is shorter and higher quality,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The CEC&#8217;s listing of approved modules (based on March 2016 T&amp;C&#8217;s) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solaraccreditation.com.au\/products\/modules\/building-approved-modules.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be viewed here<\/a>; and solar inverters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solaraccreditation.com.au\/products\/inverters\/approved-inverters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Considering buying a solar power system? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">Solar 101 Beginner&#8217;s Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clean Energy Council (CEC), the peak body for the clean energy industry in Australia, has for the first time openly communicated the de-listing of solar panels from its Approved Product List.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":11501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CEC Announces Solar Module De-Listing - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has for the first time openly communicated the de-listing of solar panels from its Approved Product List.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-delisting-cec-mb0039\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CEC Announces Solar Module De-Listing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has for the first time openly communicated the de-listing of solar panels from its Approved Product List.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-delisting-cec-mb0039\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-16T05:05:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-08-28T20:58:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/solar-panel-delisting.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"636\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"373\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-panel-delisting-cec-mb0039\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-panel-delisting-cec-mb0039\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"CEC Announces Solar Module De-Listing\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-16T05:05:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-08-28T20:58:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-panel-delisting-cec-mb0039\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":401,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-panel-delisting-cec-mb0039\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/solar-panel-delisting.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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