The Solar Panel Validation Initiative is a joint venture between The Clean Energy Regulator (the government) and the solar industry. Its express purpose is to mitigate against the installation of unapproved solar panels in the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES).

Australian businesses are in a mad rush to invest in commercial solar, thanks to the favorable conditions. As it stands, Australia is installing more than 10,000 solar PV panels each day, a staggering figure that smashes the 2012 record, with the current growth strongly associated with the high commercial solar installs.