Notable absentees and manufacturer s with an outstanding quality reputation missing from q1 listed at the bottom of this post.
Bloomberg tier 1 solar panel manufacturers.
Therefore the tier 1 list of solar panel manufacturers changes quarterly.
The official origin of the phrase tier 1 solar panels comes from bloomberg new energy finance.
The different brands in this list are marked by bnef as bankable meaning they have their own products factories and their products were used on megawatt size projects.
The 392 megawatt california ivanpah plant developed by.
It started as a rating system to measure the credit worthiness of solar panel brands for the banking and other financial institutions.
The bloomberg solar insight team s ruling on tiering for each quarter is final and will not be influenced by taking an insight subscription visiting our offices buying us lunch.
It s confusing for many that some of the world s most renowned solar panel manufacturers aren t on the latest tier 1 solar panels list 2020 q1.
Not to be confused this list named the latest tier 1 solar panels list 2019 is available online.
Dispel the myth that the latest tier 1 solar panels list 2018 should be used as a quality guideline.
Tier 1 is a term created by bloomberg with no criteria of quality in the selection process.
Bloomberg does not audit manufacturing facilities or product.
Bloomberg new energy finance bnef tracks the bankability of solar panel manufacturers through their tier 1 panel lists.
Tier 2 and 3 we do not publish a tier 2 or 3 list.
Not to be confused this alternative list named the latest tier 1 solar panels list 2018 is however and available online.
Examples of quality issues or bankruptcy of tier 1 manufacturers.
The infamous bloomberg tier 1 solar panels list 2018 is not published by bloomberg new energy finance online.
Only tier 1 solar panel manufacturers exist.
Solar panels stand at the ivanpah solar electric generating system in the mojave desert near primm nevada u s on monday march 10 2014.
Latest tier 1 solar panels list 2020 as per last years release the bloomberg module tiering list 2019 is not published by bloomberg new energy finance online.
How do i access the tier list.