25 exact records form the first cohort: 10 solar panels, 7 batteries and 8 inverters. 1 record is explicitly pre-release. Inclusion does not establish where a product is made, whether it is sold in China or whether it suits a particular purchase.
Publication gateWhy the market toggle is held
Domestic reviewed records0 / 25Exact CN market overlays only
Domestic buyer-ready records0 / 10Availability and local evidence required
Frontier research cohort25Published without domestic-market inference
Market toggleHeldThe dataset has no exact CN market overlays. The frontier cohort can publish as research, but a China buyer toggle cannot.
What this cohort can and cannot say
- Inclusion does not establish product origin, legal domicile, manufacturing location or domestic Chinese availability.
- A global or Australian product record does not become a Chinese market record through brand association.
- Scores remain global benchmark opinions and are not changed by inclusion in this cohort.
- Pre-release evidence remains labelled and cannot be presented as a shipping product.
- No product pairing, system suitability or purchase recommendation is created.
A domestic register needs domestic evidence
CQC photovoltaic product certification scope. CQC identifies certification categories that include crystalline-silicon modules, grid-connected inverters, energy-storage converters, lithium batteries and battery-management systems.
CQC solar certification services. CQC publishes the institutional certification surface used here as a research reference, not as proof that every cohort product is certified.
These institutional sources define useful evidence pathways. They are not used to imply that every product below holds a CQC certificate.
Domestic evidence intake25 exact identities enter a six-gate queue
The frontier cohort now has a structured path into domestic market review. A candidate remains research-only until the exact Chinese identity, current availability, certification, warranty, service route and source provenance are each verified. No product inherits a local claim from its brand or global record.
Exact identities queued25Same bounded frontier cohort
Evidence gates per product6Independent local claim boundaries
Checks reviewed102 / 15041 verified · 61 held · 48 unreviewed
Ready for available overlay0China market toggle remains held
17 products reviewed without overclaiming
Every gate in these published waves has been researched. Verified means the official evidence passes that exact gate. Held means the source review is complete but the evidence cannot support the required exact domestic claim. A held result is a boundary, not a finding that a product is unavailable.
| Product | Gate result | Why promotion is held | Official evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIKO G4 Infinite Ultra 690 W AIKO · Solar panel · Wave 2 | 2 verified 4 held · 6 reviewed | AIKO's official Chinese launch and SNEC pages name G4 Infinite Ultra and a 690 W production ceiling, but the reviewed sources do not publish an exact sellable model code for the catalogue's generic frontier identity. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| LONGi Hi-MO 9 72HYD 660 W LONGi · Solar panel · Wave 1 | 4 verified 2 held · 6 reviewed | Official material references standards and family-level certification activity, but the reviewed sources did not expose a current exact Chinese certificate number and status for LR7-72HYD-660M. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| LONGi Hi-MO X10 Scientist 54-cell 500 W LONGi · Solar panel · Wave 2 | 4 verified 2 held · 6 reviewed | The datasheet states technical standards, but the reviewed official sources did not expose a current exact Chinese certificate number and status for LR7-54HVH-500M. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| Huasun Everest G12R B132DS 620 W Huasun · Solar panel · Wave 2 | 4 verified 2 held · 6 reviewed | Huasun publishes a certification library, but the reviewed official material did not expose a current exact Chinese certificate number and status for HSN-210R-B132DS620. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| Jinko Solar Tiger Neo III 66QL6-BDV 670 W Jinko Solar · Solar panel · Wave 1 | 5 verified 1 held · 6 reviewed | The reviewed CQC dual-glass certificate was expired and did not establish a current exact certificate scope for 66QL6-BDV. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| Trina Solar Vertex S+ G3 78-cell Dual-Glass 515 W Trina Solar · Solar panel · Wave 1 | 1 verified 5 held · 6 reviewed | The reviewed official Chinese module manual covers broad Trina families but does not establish the exact Australian NEG10R.28Z 515 W identity as a Chinese domestic model. | Source 1 |
| Tongwei THC TWMHF-66HD 735 W Tongwei · Solar panel · Wave 2 | 2 verified 4 held · 6 reviewed | Tongwei's official Chinese whitepaper names TWMHF-66HD at 700 W to 725 W, while the exact 700 W to 735 W source is explicitly CEC-AU. The scored 735 W endpoint is therefore not resolved as a Chinese domestic identity. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| Sungrow SH15T / SH20T / SH25T Three-Phase 25 kW Sungrow · Inverter · Wave 1 | 2 verified 4 held · 6 reviewed | Sungrow's official Chinese interim report names the domestic SH5.0-25T family, but it does not establish the exact Australian SH15T, SH20T and SH25T identities as the same Chinese-market variants. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| Huawei SUN2000-150K-MG0 150 kW Huawei · Inverter · Wave 1 | 2 verified 4 held · 6 reviewed | Huawei's Chinese product surface names SUN2000-150K-MG0-ZH, while the catalogue candidate is the global SUN2000-150K-MG0 identity. The suffix boundary is retained rather than merged. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| Sigenergy SigenStor 10 kW Single-Phase Sigenergy · Inverter · Wave 1 | 2 verified 4 held · 6 reviewed | Sigenergy's current Chinese brochure lists single-phase SigenStor EC ratings from 3.0 kW to 6.0 kW and three-phase ratings from 5.0 kW to 30.0 kW. It does not establish the Australian 10.0 kW single-phase identity as a Chinese domestic model. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 8.28 kWh BYD · Home battery · Wave 1 | 1 verified 5 held · 6 reviewed | BYD's official Battery-Box material establishes the HVM product globally, but the reviewed source did not establish the Australian HVM record as an exact Chinese domestic identity. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| Sungrow SBH High-Voltage Stack 15 kWh Sungrow · Home battery · Wave 2 | 3 verified 3 held · 6 reviewed | The official Chinese-language SBH page identifies Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia as its applicable regions. It does not establish current sale in mainland China. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| Sigenergy SigenStor 5S-8 System Sigenergy · Home battery · Wave 1 | 2 verified 4 held · 6 reviewed | An older official Chinese Sigenergy page documents BAT 5.0 and BAT 8.0 modules and one-to-six-module stacks, while the current 2026 Chinese brochure lists BAT 6.0 and BAT 10.0. The 5S-8 catalogue configuration therefore requires generation-specific resolution. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| FoxESS CQ7 13.92 kWh FoxESS · Home battery · Wave 2 | 2 verified 4 held · 6 reviewed | FoxESS's Chinese product surface identifies the CQ7 family at 14.04 kWh to 98.28 kWh, but it does not expose the catalogue's exact CQ7-L2 code and 13.92 kWh usable configuration. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| Pylontech Force H3X 10.24 kWh Pylontech · Home battery · Wave 2 | 3 verified 3 held · 6 reviewed | The official Force H3X announcement is tied to Intersolar Europe, while Pylontech's reviewed current Chinese residential product surface lists Force H3 rather than Force H3X. Current exact domestic sale is unresolved. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| AlphaESS Smile M10 13.99 kWh AlphaESS · Home battery · Wave 2 | 1 verified 5 held · 6 reviewed | AlphaESS's official news and brochure identify SMILE-M10-S and its 13.99 kWh configuration as an Australian debut, not an exact Chinese domestic product record. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
| Hinen H10S 17.8 Hinen · Home battery · Wave 2 | 1 verified 5 held · 6 reviewed | Hinen's exact H10S configuration is published on its Australian surface, while the reviewed Chinese product and editorial surfaces present H15S and other families rather than the exact H10S record. | Source 1 · Source 2 |
Six independent gates stay in force
| Evidence gate | Accepted primary evidence | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Exact domestic identity | An official Chinese manufacturer product page, official model catalogue or official registry record naming the exact model code. | Prevents a global, export or nearby-family identity from being silently treated as the Chinese product. |
| Current domestic availability | A current official Chinese sales surface, manufacturer purchase route or named authorised domestic channel for the exact identity. | Required before an available China market overlay can publish. |
| Official certification | An exact CQC certificate or another official Chinese certification record with model scope and current status. | Keeps certification scope and effective status separate from product marketing. |
| Domestic warranty terms | Current Chinese warranty terms naming the exact product or exact covered family, warrantor, duration, remedy and material conditions. | Prevents export-market warranty terms from being transferred into China. |
| Domestic service route | An official Chinese service, claims or support route with a named responsible entity or channel. | Separates a product listing from an actionable local support pathway. |
| Provenance and reuse | A captured source URL, checked date, source owner, evidence scope and documented permission or internal-use boundary. | Makes every local claim traceable and prevents unresolved source rights from entering the public evidence layer. |
Intake contract snapshot 2026-08-28. An unreviewed check is an explicit blank. A held check preserves a completed, source-bound review without turning insufficient evidence into a negative claim.
Exact-product cohort25 frontier records
| Priority | Product | Research lens | Maturity | Global benchmark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | AIKO G4 Infinite Ultra 690 W AIKO · Solar panel | Back-contact efficiency frontier Tracks a pre-commercial fourth-generation ABC announcement at the edge of published module efficiency and power.Measured anchor: Efficiency 25.6% · Power 690 W · Cell N-type ABC silicon · Primary evidence | Pre-release evidence | 56 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #2 | LONGi Hi-MO 9 72HYD 660 W LONGi · Solar panel | Back-contact bifacial scale Represents high-power bifacial back-contact module development in a utility-format product record.Measured anchor: Efficiency 24.4% · Power 660 W · Cell HPBC · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 71 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #3 | LONGi Hi-MO X10 Scientist 54-cell 500 W LONGi · Solar panel | Residential back-contact format Brings HPBC 2.0 back-contact architecture into a compact residential module format.Measured anchor: Efficiency 24.5% · Power 500 W · Cell HPBC · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 69 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #4 | Huasun Everest G12R B132DS 620 W Huasun · Solar panel | Heterojunction scaling Tracks current heterojunction deployment at a large module format and high published power class.Measured anchor: Efficiency 23.0% · Power 620 W · Cell N-type HJT · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 67 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #5 | Jinko Solar Tiger Neo III 66QL6-BDV 670 W Jinko Solar · Solar panel | TOPCon power frontier Represents the latest Tiger Neo TOPCon generation in a high-power bifacial dual-glass format.Measured anchor: Efficiency 24.8% · Power 670 W · Cell N-type TOPCon · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 75 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #6 | Trina Solar Vertex S+ G3 78-cell Dual-Glass 515 W Trina Solar · Solar panel | Dense rooftop module format Tracks a current high-density dual-glass rooftop format rather than only utility-scale power growth.Measured anchor: Efficiency 24.65% · Power 515 W · Cell N-type TOPCon · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 71 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #7 | Tongwei THC TWMHF-66HD 735 W Tongwei · Solar panel | Heterojunction utility scale Captures a high-power heterojunction module family at the utility-scale edge of the catalogue.Measured anchor: Efficiency 23.66% · Power 735 W · Cell N-type heterojunction (T · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 65 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #8 | JA Solar DeepBlue 5.0 162-cell 550 W JA Solar · Solar panel | High-density TOPCon Tracks the DeepBlue 5 generation and its move to a higher-density TOPCon cell layout.Measured anchor: Efficiency 24.5% · Power 550 W · Cell N-type TOPCon · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 62 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #9 | DAS Solar D-Mini DH96NE.A 455 W DAS Solar · Solar panel | Compact rooftop engineering Represents compact dual-glass rooftop engineering within the wider N-type module transition.Measured anchor: Efficiency 22.8% · Power 455 W · Cell N-type TOPCon · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 62 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #10 | GCL NT10/72GDF 605 W GCL · Solar panel | High-power N-type module Adds another exact N-type utility-format record so the frontier is not inferred from one manufacturer.Measured anchor: Efficiency 23.42% · Power 605 W · Cell N-type TOPCon · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 59 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #11 | Sungrow SH15T / SH20T / SH25T Three-Phase 25 kW Sungrow · Inverter | Three-phase hybrid scale Tracks the expansion of hybrid inverter architecture into larger three-phase residential and small-commercial power classes.Measured anchor: Power 25.0 kW · Peak eff 98.2% · MPPTs 3 · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 77 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #12 | Huawei SUN2000-150K-MG0 150 kW Huawei · Inverter | Commercial inverter power density Represents the commercial and industrial inverter frontier at a 150 kW exact product identity.Measured anchor: Power 150 kW · Peak eff 98.8% · MPPTs 7 · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 71 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #13 | Sigenergy SigenStor 10 kW Single-Phase Sigenergy · Inverter | Integrated power electronics Tracks a compact single-phase power-control layer within an integrated residential energy platform.Measured anchor: Power 10.0 kW · Peak eff 97.6% · MPPTs 4 · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 76 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #14 | GoodWe ESA G20 Power Module 9.999 kW GoodWe · Inverter | Integrated home energy architecture Represents GoodWe's current modular power stage for an integrated residential energy product.Measured anchor: Power 9.999 kW · Peak eff 97.5% · MPPTs 4 · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 76 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #15 | SolaX X3 Ultra 30 kW SolaX · Inverter | High-power hybrid inverter Tracks a three-phase hybrid platform extending to 30 kW rather than a conventional residential ceiling.Measured anchor: Power 30 kW · Peak eff 98% · MPPTs 3 · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 77 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #16 | SAJ EK90 HS5 T3 20 kW SAJ · Inverter | Modular residential energy hub Captures a current three-phase modular energy-system power stage across a broad output range.Measured anchor: Power 20.0 kW · Peak eff 98.2% · MPPTs 3 · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 74 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #17 | Hoymiles HiOne T G3 20 kW Hoymiles · Inverter | Three-phase integrated storage Tracks the latest HiOne three-phase generation as inverter and storage controls converge within one product family.Measured anchor: Power 20 kW · Peak eff 98.5% · MPPTs 4 · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 72 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #18 | Deye SUN SG05 AU-AM2-P 9.999 kW Deye · Inverter | High-current low-voltage hybrid Represents the continuing low-voltage battery architecture pathway at a current high-current hybrid inverter identity.Measured anchor: Power 9.999 kW · Peak eff 97.6% · MPPTs 2 · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 70 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #19 | BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 8.28 kWh BYD · Home battery | Modular high-voltage storage Provides an established modular high-voltage battery reference against newer integrated storage products.Measured anchor: Power 7.65 kW · Chemistry LFP · Round-trip 96% · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 72 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #20 | Sungrow SBH High-Voltage Stack 15 kWh Sungrow · Home battery | High-voltage stack scaling Tracks a modular high-voltage stack spanning a materially wider complete-system capacity range.Measured anchor: Power 10.56 kW · Chemistry LFP · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 75 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #21 | Sigenergy SigenStor 5S-8 System Sigenergy · Home battery | All-in-one storage architecture Represents the shift from a battery component toward a software-connected all-in-one home energy product.Measured anchor: Power 5.0 kW · Chemistry LFP · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 74 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #22 | FoxESS CQ7 13.92 kWh FoxESS · Home battery | Large modular storage stack Tracks current modular storage scaling from residential capacity into larger complete stacks.Measured anchor: Power 5.76 kW · Chemistry LFP · Round-trip 95% · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 73 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #23 | Pylontech Force H3X 10.24 kWh Pylontech · Home battery | Storage and inverter integration Represents a battery-led manufacturer moving into an integrated inverter and storage product architecture.Measured anchor: Power 6.0 kW · Chemistry LFP · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 59 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #24 | AlphaESS Smile M10 13.99 kWh AlphaESS · Home battery | Integrated home storage Adds an exact all-in-one residential product record with a 10 kW power stage and complete battery capacity.Measured anchor: Power 10.0 kW · Chemistry LFP · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 64 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
| #25 | Hinen H10S 17.8 Hinen · Home battery | Integrated residential storage Extends the research set to a newer all-in-one residential entrant with an exact complete-system identity.Measured anchor: Power 10.0 kW · Chemistry LFP · Primary evidence | Scored catalogue record | 61 Strong evidence coverage · 100% criterion coverage | Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 |
Cohort snapshot 2026-08-27. The research order identifies where review.solar will watch technology and evidence next. It is not a sales ranking, shipment table or recommendation.