Product listing review panel

An independent panel responsible for hearing appeals on Clean Energy Council's Products program

The role of the Product listing review panel

The Clean Energy Council maintains lists of approved PV modules, inverters and batteries that meet Australian and international standards for use in the design and installation of solar and battery storage systems.

The Clean Energy Council may reject an application to list a product, and may de-list a product, where the terms and conditions of listing have not been satisfied or have been breached.

The Product Listing Review Panel is an independent panel that is responsible for hearing appeals against decisions made by the Clean Energy Council to refuse to list or to de-list a product. It also provides insights on industry trends and advice on implementation of standards changes. The panel comprises industry and consumer experts and meets regularly to ensure the product listing scheme is operating effectively and is meeting the identified objectives.

Product Listing Review Panel members

The Product listing review panel comprises industry and consumer experts

Josh Heazlewood

Associate Director, Clean Energy Finance Corporation

Josh currently co-leads and manages the $1 billion Household Energy Upgrade Fund (HEUF) at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which supports Australian households in decarbonising by lowering the cost of debt for green technologies. In this role, Josh has developed a strong understanding of consumer renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, associated safety issues, and the risk environment, including preventative and detective controls to mitigate sector risks. Josh has over 15 years’ experience in finance and banking, including executive management roles developing digital and scalable consumer financial products at Australia’s largest retail bank. Through the HEUF, Josh has gained extensive insight into PV modules, inverters, and batteries, informed by industry consultation and program design. This position also provides Josh with direct exposure to consumer feedback and complaints related to financed energy products.

Blair Pester

Managing Director, WINAICO Australia Pty Ltd

Blair began his career as an electronic design engineer, working with companies including Siemens. He then served as Distribution Manager for Suntech for three years and has been Managing Director of WINAICO Australia Pty Ltd since founding the company in 2012. Though his experience over the past 16 years has been primarily in PV panels, Blair’s technical background has enabled him to maintain expertise across inverters and batteries. As Managing Director, he is also keenly aware of the industry requirements of the Australian market.

Prof. Penelope Crossley

Chair, Product Listing Review Panel

Professor Penelope Crossley, University of Sydney Professor of Energy Law, ARC Senior Research Fellow, and Sydney Law School’s Director of Alumni Engagement, is an award-winning energy law academic and an international expert in the complex legal issues associated with the energy transition, including renewable energy and energy storage law, and electricity market governance. Professor Crossley holds important clean energy industry leadership roles: serving as an Expert Consultant to the United Nations on Financing the Energy Transition (since 2024), the Chair of the Product Listing Review Panel (since 2016), and the Chair of the New Energy Technology Consumer Code Monitoring and Compliance Panel (since 2023). Other concurrent roles are as an Independent Board Director with the Energy Users Association of Australia (since 2017) and a Principal at Crossley Lawyers and Consultants (since 2017).

Hugo Silva

Business Development Manager, PV LAB Australia

Hugo holds a BSc in Physics and Chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Porto and a postgraduate qualification in Renewable Energies from TÜV Akademie. With nearly 15 years of experience in the renewable energy sector including over a decade focused on QA/QC and Testing, of photovoltaic modules and solar equipment. Hugo has developed strong expertise across technical advisory and engineering services for solar PV projects, supporting project stakeholders throughout design, due diligence, procurement, quality control, construction, and operational phases. Hugo has also participated in R&D projects and is a co-author of scientific publications, primarily focused on PV performance and degradation. After working across multiple international markets, he has been dedicated exclusively to the Australian solar PV sector for the past six years and currently leads business development and growth at PV LAB Australia.

James Sturch

Principal Engineer - DER Technical Integration, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)

James is a renewable energy professional with over 25 years’ experience. A UNSW graduate in Applied Photovoltaics with an honours degree in industrial design, he currently serves on five Standards Australia committees and has chaired the Clean Energy Council’s Distributed Energy Directorate since 2019. James has also chaired the Energy Storage and National Construction Code working group, represents the Clean Energy Council on DER cybersecurity, and is a member of several key industry reference and technical groups, including the Distributed Energy Leadership Forum, the Victorian Emergency Backstop Implementation Reference Group, and the DER API Technical Working Group. He also holds an electrical contractor’s licence and accreditation for Grid-Connect PV, Grid-Connect Battery, and Off-Grid systems from Solar Accreditation Australia.

Decisions of the panel

Tempo (Aust) Pty Ltd lodged an appeal seeking more time to request an extension to the expiry dates for their current listed PV modules. From 3 May 2024 to 15 July 2024, the Clean Energy Council accepted requests from manufacturers to extend the expiry dates of listed PV modules to allow them more time to apply for re-listing under a new 2021 standard. Tempo did not lodge an extension request in time due to unforeseen circumstances. The Products Review Panel decided to grant Tempo further time to apply for an extension. Based on the technical assessment of documentation supplied for technical assessment, the Clean Energy Council’s Product Listing Team have determined that it demonstrates equivalent testing and compliance with IEC 61215:2021. On this basis, the extension request of the relevant PV Modules was approved with the listing expiry date of 31 March 2025.

All modules produced by Jiangsu Aiduo Photovoltaic Technology are immediately delisted. This matter involved extremely serious and clear breaches of the Australian Standards and the CEC’s Terms and Conditions for Listing. The CEC followed the correct procedure for testing and de-listing.

The Sunleaf 3000TL inverter from Shenzhen JingFuYuan Tech. Co., Ltd is de-listed. This matter involved serious and clear breaches of the International and Australian Standards and CEC's Terms and Conditions for Listing. The CEC followed the correct procedure for testing and de-listing.

Yingli, and any other similarly affected market participant, may apply to move onto the new Terms and Conditions prior to 1 February 2018. If their application is successful, the modules that were subject of this appeal may continue to be listed until 30 November 2018 under their existing IEC 2011 and 2013 certification. No further extensions of time will be granted. The modules in question will be now be delisted on 1 December 2018.