Kiwa PI Berlin
Kiwa PI Berlin is a leading technical advisor for solar PV equipment and systems. We provide risk management and quality assurance for the buyers of key components including modules, inverters, and batteries. For PV plants, we advise developers, investors and owners during the development, construction and operation phases to ensure the long-term reliability and profitability of their projects. Our reputed expertise results from the combination of experience in the areas of factory production, laboratory testing, and PV plant inspections. Our trusted experts are present in Europe, North America and across Asia, and we have an IEC 17025 accredited module test laboratory in Germany and China. Kiwa PI Berlin is part of the Kiwa Group, an international testing, inspection and certification company.
Tongwei
TW (Tongwei) Solar (Module) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Tongwei company, the first PV manufacturer to be listed as a global Fortune Top 500 company. It is a high-tech organisation committed to the in-depth R&D and intelligent manufacturing of high-efficiency PV modules. Based on its vertically integrated industrial layout, it has established a technology R&D operation with totally independent intellectual property rights, an industry-leading production and manufacturing system in terms of intelligence and digitization, a global marketing and business service system and four major production bases in the Chinese cities of Hefei, Jintang, Yancheng and Nantong. The company has more than 11,000 employees and had a production capacity of 80GW at the end of 2023.
AIKO
AIKO is a global leader in clean energy technology, its business mainly focusing on the manufacture of photovoltaic products and all-in-one solutions for numerous scenarios, including solar cells, ABC (All Back Contact) modules, inverters, battery storage and energy management systems. With its mission to “empower the global energy transition towards a carbon-free society”, the company is committed to pursuing ultimate technological innovation and accelerating the process to reach carbon neutrality.
Intertek CEA
Intertek CEA helps buyers and long-term owners of solar and energy storage equipment buy the right products and ensure they are properly manufactured and installed. The rapid growth of the clean energy industry is exhilarating but the explosion of new technologies, new companies, new factories, new markets, and new business models can be hard to stay on top of and brings new risks.
From our US headquarters and our Asian base in Shanghai, CEA provides our clients with investment confidence as we allow them to get a “peek behind the curtain” to understand what is really happening upstream in supply chains and production facilities and downstream in project design and execution.
CEA’s global team has helped our diverse customer base of project developers, EPCs, IPP’s, and financial institutions understand industry trends and market dynamics, select the best suppliers, negotiate the best contracts, carefully audit production processes, test equipment in the field, and perform technical and acquisition due diligence.
Our experience executing over 250 GW of solar and 40 GWh of storage projects in over 80 countries, including work in over 350 production facilities, is invaluable to our clients as they navigate the ever-changing and hyper-competitive landscape of clean energy. CEA is a subsidiary of Intertek Group plc, a FTSE listed company based in London, with 1,000 test labs and 44,000 professionals working in 100+ countries (www.intertek.com).
Trinasolar
Founded in 1997, Trinasolar is a global energy solutions provider of PV products, energy storage and digital energy services. As of the end of 2025, the company had shipped more than 320 GW of modules globally and empowers its North American partners to achieve their domestic content goals with high-performance, domestically assembled solar solutions.
Trina consistently receives technical and brand recognition from independent institutes and third parties worldwide, underlining the PV market’s confidence in its product value, technological innovation and financial performance. The company achieved a 100% score in the BNEF Bankability Survey for 8 years in a row, secured the #1 spot in Wood Mackenzie’s 2025 Global Solar Module Manufacturer Ranking and earned “Overall Highest Achiever” by RETC for 5 consecutive years. It has also attained the highest ranking, AAA, 5 times in a row in the PVTech Bankability Ratings report and has maintained “Top Performer” status from Kiwa PVEL for 11 consecutive years.
Trinasolar’s global business footprint currently delivers clean energy to more than 180 countries and regions around the world.