1923

ACCREDITATIONWHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO IN 2018-19

PEOPLE TRAINING AND CPD6410 people accredited at 30 June 2019 6410

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NEW CEC INITIATIVES SUPPORTING INDUSTRY QUALITY

Held 17 Installer Nights with 1124 installers attending.

Held 7 webinars, with 1923 attending live and over 4000 views of the recordings.

7 webinars4000views

112417 Installer Nights

• Launched Battery Assurance Program and the approved battery list for lithium batteries

• Published two versions (12 and 13) of the Install and Supervise Guidelines, in response to AS/NZS 5033 Amendment 2

• Tightened the requirements for PV modules entering the Australian market with the adoption of the most recent IEC standards, one of the first jurisdictions in the world to do so.

• Changed the requirements of battery storage accreditation

• Changed the provisional accreditation process for new installers

TYPES OF ACCREDITATION

4609 hold GC only

49 hold SPS only

801hold GC & SPS

225 hold GC, SPS & Storage

726hold GC & Storage

+285added

-107removed.

+2438added

-2177removed

INVERTERS PANELS

APPROVED PRODUCTS

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25 products from 4 manufacturers delisted as part of testing program.

60 products from 3 manufacturers were de-listed aspart of testing program. 1567 panels were removed in conjunction with the adoption of the 2016 IEC standards.

+82added

BATTERIES

Started in October 2018

COMPLIANCE 5938

demerit points allocated

81suspendedinstallers

415,706

11cancelledinstallers

216Proof or

rectifications assessed

98Proof of

competency's assessed

CPD COURSES ADDED+77

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CPD POINTS AWARDED

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ACCREDITATIONWHAT YOU’VE BEEN UP TO IN 2018-19

248,723SOLAR PV SYSTEMS INSTALLED AROUND AUSTRALIA

NATIONAL AVERAGE SYSTEM SIZE 7.34 kW

NEW INDUSTRY INITIATIVES• Clean Energy Regulator’s Solar Panel Validation Initiative

launched in September 2018

• Best Practice Guide: Battery Storage Equipment – Electrical Safety Requirements and the Battery Storage Equipment – Risk Matrix developed by a group of industry stakeholders launched in July 2018

• Australia reached two million rooftop solar installations nationally, which represents approximately one in five Australian households

• The Queensland, Victorian and South Australian state governments announced new grants, interest fee loans and subsidies aimed at encouraging household uptake of solar and batteries

ROOFTOP SOLAR POWERING PINTSIn November 2018 4 Pines Brewing raised $78,000 in 17 minutes for a 100 kW system for their plant in Brookvale NSW.

In June 2019 XXXX announced the installation of a 690 kW system on its Milton brewery in Queensland.

Cheers to a pretty big year!

JUNE 2018 AS/NZS 5033 Amendment 2

published

JANUARY 2019 AS/NZS 3000:2018 became mandatory

JUNE 2019 AS/NZS 5033 Amendment 2

became mandatory

STANDARDS AND REGULATION CHANGES

WA

33,917

NT

2,885

SA

23,125

QLD

60,552

NSW

64,012ACT

2,885

VIC

58,518TAS

2,471

Source: Clean Energy Regulator, 2019