Winners of the 1st Outstanding Diverse Green Energy Award (Taiwan Excellent PV Award) Announced! Showcasing the World-Class Quality of Taiwan’s Solar Photovoltaics

Amid the global momentum toward net-zero emissions and clean energy transition, solar photovoltaics (PV) have become a solid cornerstone of Taiwan’s thriving green economy. To encourage domestic enterprises to continuously innovate, manufacture high-value-added products, and elevate the quality reputation and global competitiveness of locally developed solar technology, the Energy Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs established the industry’s highest honor—the Taiwan Excellent PV Award—in 2013. This prestigious accolade represents the gold standard of Taiwan’s solar sector: a definitive guarantee of exceptional quality, high efficiency, and long-term reliability.

To further propel domestic renewable energy development this year (2026), the Ministry of Economic Affairs established the Outstanding Diverse Green Energy Award. Within this framework, the Taiwan Excellent PV Award serves to incentivize green investments across all sectors, expand domestic renewable energy capacity, and drive sustainable industrial growth. Following a thorough evaluation process, the Taiwan Excellent PV Award has been integrated into the Outstanding Diverse Green Energy Award ceremony to create a unified platform that showcases and elevates the global market competitiveness of Taiwan’s PV products.

Leading the Future: Extraordinary Achievements Born from Rigorous Standards

The official results for the first-ever (2026) Outstanding Diverse Green Energy Award—specifically the Taiwan Excellent PV Award under the Outstanding Supply Chain Category—have been officially announced. Having passed multiple tiers of demanding assessments, the winning products prove their complete dominance in quality and reliability. Evaluation criteria for this year’s awards not only aligned with the latest and highest IEC standards, but also introduced intensified, highly challenging testing conditions specifically tailored to Taiwan’s harsh climate of high temperatures, high humidity, and frequent typhoons.

Innovations in Standard Setting: Across-the-Board Improvements in Terms of Environment Resilience and Cybersecurity

A major highlight of this year’s award criteria focuses on the comprehensive upgrades of product weatherability and cybersecurity protection standards:

• Modules and Cells: Confronting Extreme Environments Through Intensified Testing
  • Intensified UV-Induced Degradation (UVID) Testing: PV modules must maintain a power degradation rate of no more than 5% after enduring a cumulative UV radiation exposure of 120 kWh/m².
  • Enhanced Static Mechanical Load Testing: Load requirements were raised to ±5,400 Pa to simulate severe wind pressures from extreme weather events such as typhoons, thus ensuring long-term structural integrity and stability.
  • Elevated Cell Criteria: The PV cell category accepted entries exclusively from N-type cells—the leading mainstream technology in the international market—and raised the conversion efficiency threshold to ≥ 24.8%.

• Inverters: Strengthening Smart Cybersecurity Defenses for the Digital Energy Era
  • In addition to environmental durability metrics like humidity-freeze cycling tests, data and networking security requirements were introduced for the first time. Winning inverters must demonstrate robust capabilities to defend against hackings and protect user data, thereby safeguarding the security and stability of the island’s power grid.

Crowned with Glory: Winners of the Taiwan Excellent PV Award Revealed

Under such demanding test conditions, warm congratulations go to the following companies and their products for successfully passing evaluation to earn this year’s Taiwan Excellent PV Award:

The presentation ceremony for the 1st Outstanding Diverse Green Energy Award – Outstanding Supply Chain Category – Taiwan Excellent PV Award. (Source: Energy Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs)

Taiwan Excellent PV Award: The Cornerstone of Confidence for High-Quality Selection

The significance of the Taiwan Excellent PV Award extends far beyond honoring outstanding companies: it provides system integrators and end-users with a trustworthy, high-performance, and high-reliability hallmark of quality. At the same time, it catalyzes technological upgrades and innovative R&D across the entire solar PV value chain.

The presentation ceremony honoring this year’s Taiwan Excellent PV Award recipients will take place on October 16, 2026, during Energy Taiwan & Net-Zero Taiwan 2026. This prestigious recognition serves as both a grand tribute to their dedication and inspiring proof of Taiwan’s solar PV industry continually striving toward the highest caliber. The Taiwan Excellent PV Award continues to lead Taiwan’s green energy sector forward with uncompromising quality. For upcoming event details and the complete winner list, please visit the official Taiwan Excellent PV Award website (https://ea03.moeaea.gov.tw/s0307/).

Winners of the 1st Outstanding Diverse Green Energy Award – Outstanding Supply Chain Category – Taiwan Excellent PV Award. (Source: Energy Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs)

（Header Image Credit: Energy Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs; Caption: 14th Taiwan Excellent PV Award Ceremony; Source: Energy Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs）