About the products program
Find out what the products program does and why it's needed
Important notice
For manufacturers, retailers and industry
The federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program and WA Residential Battery Scheme require the use of products from the Clean Energy Council approved products lists.
The purpose of the products program
Helping ensure only safe and quality solar and battery systems are used in Australian homes and businesses.
The Clean Energy Council has been checking the main components of solar systems meet relevant international and Australian standards and additional safety and consumer protection requirements, since 2011.
It’s an important part of a process that ensures Australians receive safe and quality PV modules, inverters and batteries.
How safe solar products reach your home
How the products program works
The Clean Energy Council performs key functions to maintain the integrity of the program
The Clean Energy Council, a non-government not-for-profit organisation, administers the products program. In 2024, this role was formalised when the Clean Energy Regulator appointed the Clean Energy Council as the product-listing body for small-scale renewables. Accordingly, we report to the Clean Energy Regulator on the performance of the program. We also sit on Standards committees and work with manufacturers and industry to continually improve the program.
There are four key functions of the products program:
Manufacturers apply to have their products added to the product list. Our engineers review applications to ensure products meet all relevant standards and requirements including proper testing and certification, as well as additional safety and consumer protection requirements.
A live and dynamic list of products is published on this website and shared securely with key organisations that depend on the lists. We also maintain lists of products that are de-listed or suspended.
We conduct product compliance program to ensure the ongoing compliance of battery, pv modules and inverters on the approved product lists.
If the Clean Energy Council's compliance program identifies non-conformance with the device's certification or a breach of the listing terms and conditions:
- the Clean Energy Council may suspend or remove the listing of the device until compliance can be verified.
- the Clean Energy Council may also suspend or remove all device model numbers listed for that manufacturer or applicant.
- the Clean Energy Regulator, state electrical authorities and the industry may be notified.
- a new application listing will not be processed until any corrective actions are completed to the satisfaction of the Clean Energy Council.
- An appeals process for decisions made by the Clean Energy Council on the listing and de-listing of devices is available through the Product Listing Review Panel by emailing products@cleanenergycouncil.org.au. Appeals must be lodged within five business days of the Clean Energy Council informing the industry of the de-listing.
Standards changes are important to support innovation and quality improvements while keeping products safe. When standards are updated by Standards Australia or the International Electrotechnical Commission we establish a transition plan for the relevant product list, then support that transition with regular communications.
Compliance priorities
Find out what we're focusing on to help improve compliance in the 2025-26 financial year.
PV modules
Batteries
Inverters
Frequently asked questions
ecogeneration has a free Warranties and Insurance E-Guide that provides a summary of the relevant legislation, rules, codes and guidelines in the Australian solar market.
For small-scale technology certificate (STC) creation, products must be on one of the Clean Energy Council’s approved product lists at the time of installation. Please ensure you check regularly as products may be de-listed at any time.
Most network providers also have requirements around current product approval within their connection agreements.
Products may be removed from a list if the certificate on which the listing was based becomes invalid or the products were found not to conform to the certificate.
If a product is to be removed from a list, the Clean Energy Council advises the manufacturer of the impending delisting and tells them to notify their distributors in Australia. In some instances, installers may not receive this notification.
The Clean Energy Council sends out de-listing notifications to installers via a monthly newsletter.
The Clean Energy Council's listing of compliant PV modules shows the certificate holder, model number, power rating and certifier for each approved module. This must correspond directly with the module label
The modules must be advertised and sold under the certificate name and model numbers which are used on the Clean Energy Council list. Brand names may only be used in association with the certificate holder name and must be owned by the certificate holder.
The module label must show the correct Certifier Mark (logo) corresponding to the Clean Energy Council listing. Installers or inspectors may send a photo of the label to products@cleanenergycouncil.org.au to check against the Clean Energy Council’s file copy.
Products only need to be listed with the Clean Energy Council at the time of installation for claiming of STCs and for connection approval within many distribution networks.
Like-for-like replacement for a faulty panel/inverter is regarded as a repair under AS 3000. Therefore, the replacement panel/inverter only needs to conform to the standards that applied at the time of original installation. This applies to product listing as well.
A technical note with detailed requirements for alterations, additions, repairs and upgrades to existing systems is available in the login area.
About our team
The Product team comprises registered engineers and service delivery specialists.
This team is supported by Program Governance leaders and diverse Senior Technical Advisors with engineering and installation backgrounds. When you speak with our team, you're speaking with industry experts.
Product Listing Review Panel
The Product Listing Review Panel is an independent panel with industry and consumer representation. It is responsible for hearing appeals against decisions made by the Clean Energy Council to refuse to list or to de-list a product.
The Panel meets regularly to ensure the product listing scheme is operating effectively and is meeting the identified objectives.
Approved products data licensing
Under specific circumstances, third parties may be granted a data licence to access data on approved products via Application Programming Interface (API).