{"id":22294,"date":"2018-06-18T07:47:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T21:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=22294"},"modified":"2018-06-18T07:47:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T21:17:53","slug":"zhejiang-bld-solar-mb0629","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/zhejiang-bld-solar-mb0629\/","title":{"rendered":"Zhejiang BLD Solar Panels De-Listed By CEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bld-solar-panels.png\" alt=\"BLD solar panels\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bld-solar-panels.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bld-solar-panels-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Clean Energy Council has announced that Zhejiang BLD solar panels have been removed from its Approved Products List.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The de-listing was required as the CEC has been advised that the company has ceased trading,&#8221; states the CEC. &#8220;According to the CEC terms and conditions, the manufacturer should be available for warranty claims.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At the time of publishing, the BLD Solar website was still live and there was no mention on it of the company having ceased trading.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the company does have a change of heart and recommences operations, it would have a task ahead of it in getting its panels re-listed. The CEC says major non-conformances in its testing program that weren&#8217;t addressed by the manufacturer means a range of corrective actions would be required before this could occur.<\/p>\n<p>For installers and customers with BLD solar panels who are chasing warranty claims, the CEC advises local company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installer-review\/alliance-solar\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Alliance Solar<\/a> was listed as the importer of Zhejiang BLD panels. At the time of publishing, BLD was still noted as one of the CEC-approved module brands it deals with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> BLD modules shouldn&#8217;t be confused with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/byd-solar-review.html\">BYD solar panels<\/a>, &#8211; it&#8217;s a different company and many BYD panels are included on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solaraccreditation.com.au\/products\/modules\/building-approved-modules.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Approved Products List<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Solar panels must be included on the list at the time of installation in order to be eligible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">Australia&#8217;s major solar subsidy<\/a>, as must inverters. For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">potential solar buyers<\/a>, it&#8217;s a good idea to check the list against any quotes they receive and then again just prior to installation.<\/p>\n<p>Other de-listings by the CEC in the past couple of months include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-delisting-cec-mb0604\/\"> TN Solar panels, Samil Power inverters<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/onesolar-inverter-safety-mb0619\/\">OneSolar inverters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Panel Parallel Import Warning<\/h2>\n<p>In other news from the CEC, the Council has warned\u00a0 solar companies of a panel oversupply situation in China that may lead to more modules, including well-known brands, being introduced into the Australian market via parallel imports. This is where products are purchased from a party who doesn&#8217;t have permission from the manufacturer to sell its products here.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;..if it is sold to you as a parallel import, the local manufacturer is not required to help you if the product develops a fault. The manufacturer\u2019s warranty may not apply to products sold as parallel imports,&#8221; states the CEC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The CEC advises installers to check with the manufacturer to ensure a seller is authorised.<\/p>\n<p>The Council requires solar panel manufacturers to nominate authorised module importers who are responsible for meeting manufacturer warranty obligations in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-brands-trust.html\">What Solar Panel And Inverter Brands Can You Trust?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clean Energy Council has announced that Zhejiang BLD solar panels have been removed from its Approved Products List.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":22295,"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-22294","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>Zhejiang BLD Solar Panels De-Listed By CEC - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Clean Energy Council has announced that Zhejiang BLD solar panels have been removed from its PV Module Approved Products 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\/zhejiang-bld-solar-mb0629\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zhejiang BLD Solar Panels De-Listed By CEC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Clean Energy Council has announced that Zhejiang BLD solar panels have been removed from its PV Module Approved Products List.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/zhejiang-bld-solar-mb0629\/\" \/>\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=\"2018-06-17T21:17:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bld-solar-panels.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\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\\\/zhejiang-bld-solar-mb0629\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/zhejiang-bld-solar-mb0629\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Zhejiang BLD Solar Panels De-Listed By CEC\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-17T21:17:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/zhejiang-bld-solar-mb0629\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":439,\"commentCount\":6,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/zhejiang-bld-solar-mb0629\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/bld-solar-panels.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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