Bloomberg q4 2016 company ranking tier 1 pv module makers release 2017 04 10 company news bloomberg new energy finance has developed a tiering system for pv module makers based on bankability to create a transparent differentiation between the hundreds of manufacturers of solar modules on the market.
Bloomberg tier 1 solar panels list 2016.
Tier 1 in a nutshell.
Tier 1 is simply an investigation by bloomberg new energy finance that entails the solar panel manufacturer needing to show that 6 different finance houses have backed projects of over 1 5mwp of solar a fairly large solar farm within the last 2 years.
Comprised of existing sources already made publicly available on the internet this latest tier 1 solar panels list 2020 is available in an easily indexable fashion for your convenience.
You can read the full methodology on bloomberg new energy finance s website here.
Therefore the tier 1 list of solar panel manufacturers changes quarterly.
It started as a rating system to measure the credit worthiness of solar panel brands for the banking and other financial institutions.
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.
The group first developed the tiered system for pv modules to create a transparent differentiation among the many solar manufacturers so financial institutions could easily determine which brands were bankable bnef tracks past solar.
Only tier 1 solar panel manufacturers exist.