Seals

Recognized as the leading certification body within the global solar and energy storage industries, we are delighted to finally launch our renowned Top Brand PV Seal powered by Joint Forces for Solar & EUPD Research. The award honors best-in-class players along the entire value chain for their outstanding contribution towards the development of the solar PV sector on both a country and regional level. By taking quantitative as well as qualitative factors into consideration, including market shares and industry recommendation levels derived from interviews conducted by EUPD Research & Joint Forces for Solar, award winners are identified in a thorough approach.

Existing awards in the solar PV sector have so far focused only on technical aspects of the various module manufacturers. There are currently no seals which represent the success of a brand in markets in terms of market share, market reach, interviews with various stakeholders in the region, attitudes of customers towards the brands.

PROJECT DEVELOPERS & EPCs

Project developers and EPCs are the critical link between manufacturers and end customers, combining expertise in site selection and management, procurement, engineering and construction, as well as profound knowledge of the latest technologies and local requirements. They combine the best location with the most suitable technology to produce the most efficient solar energy solution for their clients.

Each year, the most significant contributions and outstanding achievements in each country will be recognized following a scoring model developed by EUPD Research.

The seal is awarded in the following categories:

Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Floating

MANUFACTURERS

Manufacturers along the solar supply chain develop innovative and ever more efficient components and equipment for solar solutions at all scales. The combination of suitable and flexible design to meet various needs and applications with high-level expertise in technology, engineering as well as manufacturing spearhead the global clean energy transition and affordable energy for everyone, everywhere. These efforts and contributions are recognized with the Top Brand PV Seal for manufacturers on a regional and country level.

The seal is awarded for the following technologies and services:

Solar Inverters, Solar Modules, Mounting Systems, Tracker Systems, Balance of System, Distributors

Methodology

Data Analysis

Data derived from quantitative and qualitative questions posed to stakehodlers in the region / country / segment
Market share calculation by EUPD Research
Weighing of the data analyzed…
…according to PV capacities by EPC companies / installers

Weighting

The weighted data is put into a scoring model
Three topic groups are sorted
1. Market share
2. Brand recognition
3. Recommendation
The weighting of factors consists of two stages
1. Weighting of questions within the different groups
2. Final weighting of the different groups

Scoring

Calculation of an index, comparison of the companies folowed by assigning scores to the companies
The top manufacturers qualify for the “Top Brand PV | Category” Seal
The top distributors qualify for the “Top Brand PV | Supplier” Seal
The top developers qualify for the “Top Brand PV | Development” Seal
The top project developers qualify for the “Top Brand PV | EPC” Seal