{"id":22646,"date":"2018-07-03T06:40:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T20:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=22646"},"modified":"2018-07-03T06:40:37","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T20:10:37","slug":"cec-solar-panel-expiry-mb0650","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/cec-solar-panel-expiry-mb0650\/","title":{"rendered":"CEC Flags Solar Panel &#8220;Expiry Date&#8221; Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_22647\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22647\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cec-panel-expiry.jpg\" alt=\"CEC solar panel expiry reminder\" width=\"700\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cec-panel-expiry.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cec-panel-expiry-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solar panel image <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/panel-solar-power-energy-2562239\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stocksnap<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>While there&#8217;s no best-before or use-by dates for solar panels, there is an expiry date on PV modules that impacts on eligibility for Australia&#8217;s solar rebate.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In order for a solar power system to be eligible for Australia&#8217;s major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar subsidy<\/a>, which is based on Small-scale Technology Certificates (STCs), the solar panels and inverter used need to be on the Clean Energy Council&#8217;s Approved Products Lists at the time of installation.<\/p>\n<p>Maintaining a listing changes for manufacturers and importers as the bar is lifted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-quality\/\">solar panel quality<\/a> and new standards, terms and conditions are implemented. For example, all solar panels will need to comply with\u00a0 IEC 61215:2016 by December 1 this year and modules that don&#8217;t will be de-listed.\u00a0Regardless of any other changes, CEC listing of equipment must be renewed every three years.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are more than 2,750 models on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solaraccreditation.com.au\/products\/modules\/building-approved-modules.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved solar panel list<\/a>. According to to the Clean Energy Council, more than half the currently listed modules are scheduled to expire on December 1.\u00a0 The CEC says manufacturers and importers shouldn&#8217;t leave the approval process until the last minute as processing is expected to take longer than the usual 4 weeks from date of application given the number of modules involved. Additionally, all new applications will be required to re-list per the CEC&#8217;s current terms and conditions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It is critical that the modules are on the list at the date of installation or no STCs will be payable,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au\/news\/2018\/July\/manufacturers-installers-urged-check-pv-module-expiration-deadline-approaches.html\"> says the CEC<\/a>. &#8220;Do not get caught out.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The CEC is urging installers to check expiries on inventory they have. If panels are among those facing the December deadline and there&#8217;s the potential for some of that stock still being on hand in December, they should then push their suppliers regarding the re-listing situation.<\/p>\n<p>The potential major cull in December won&#8217;t be the first. In November last year we mentioned there were 6,790 models listed at that point in time; so in just over 7 months around 4,000 models have been removed from the approved products list.<\/p>\n<p>Some manufacturers and importers won&#8217;t bother with re-listing in cases where modules are no longer being produced, but the exercise should also result in a list with better proportion of high quality products.<\/p>\n<p>Like trying to shop for biscuits at a major supermarket these days, sometimes too much choice isn&#8217;t a good thing .<\/p>\n<p>For those with systems already installed, a panel or inverter model no longer being listed doesn&#8217;t present any problems; assuming it hasn&#8217;t been de-listed due to safety issues. Plenty will disappear as models are no longer produced or exported to Australia. The CEC has been publicly announcing safety related de-listings in recent times and we usually cover those announcements here on SolarQuotes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While there&#8217;s no best-before or use-by dates for solar panels, there is an expiry date on PV modules that impacts on eligibility for Australia&#8217;s solar rebate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":22647,"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-22646","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 v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CEC Flags Solar Panel &quot;Expiry Date&quot; 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