There are things you need to do to ensure your products are eligible for small-scale technology certificates (STCs) if you're a manufacturer or importer of:
- solar PV modules
- inverters
- solar water heaters
- air source heat pumps.
Get your solar PV modules and inverters approved
Your solar panel components must be on the Clean Energy Council's (CEC) approved lists.
Provide solar PV data to the serial number ledger
Once your products are listed on the CEC's approved list, you have additional obligations under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme.
You must provide serial numbers to the:
- solar panel serial number ledger
- inverter serial number ledger.
We use data in the ledger to assess the eligibility of STC claims. We cross-reference the serial numbers in claims with the serial numbers in the ledger.
Find out more about providing serial number data to the ledger.
List products on the solar water heater register
The register of solar water heaters lists all eligible solar water heaters and air source heat pumps.
Find out how you can apply to include or modify models in the register.
Calculate STC eligibility for solar water heaters
To help scheme participants in calculating STC eligibility for hot water systems, use:
- our Renewable Energy (Method for Solar Water Heaters) Determination 2016
- the TRNSYS modelling software
- our technical details sheet and template deck files.
We don't accept calculations based on other methodologies.
Technical details sheet
You must provide the technical details of each model selected for audit in the specified format. To do this, fill out the technical details sheet.
Template deck files
Use our template deck files to help with the product modelling process. Deck files are available for small and large systems.
Each zip file contains TRNSYS deck template files.
For small solar water heaters (less than 700 litre capacity) and ASHP decks:
- integral external heat pump deck
- pumped circulation electric boost deck
- pumped circulation instant gas boost deck
- separate heat pump deck
- thermosyphon electric deck
- thermosyphon gas deck
- all include files
- all weather files.
For large (greater than 700 litre capacity) decks:
- pumped electric deck
- pumped electric load-side heat exchanger deck
- pumped gas recirculation finishing tank deck
- pumped gas storage finishing tank deck
- pumped instant gas boost deck
- pumped instant gas load-side heat exchanger deck
- thermosyphon electric deck
- thermosyphon instant gas deck
- all schematic diagrams
- all include files
- all weather files.