Solar technology company and total energy solutions provider Q CELLS is entering the New Zealand energy market for the first time in response to local demand for its products.

According to state-owned energy supplier Transpower, over the next five years to 2025 New Zealand’s solar market is expected to more than double, making up 0.5% of the country’s total power output.

Additionally, with New Zealand’s commitment to being carbon-neutral by 2050, household solar power is expected to play a key role in helping the country achieve its ambitious target.

Q CELLS maintains its Technology and Innovations Headquarters in Germany with manufacturing facilities operating in the USA, Korea, Malaysia and China.

Head of Q CELLS Australia Peter Bae says that Q CELLS is excited to bring its proposition of affordable quality to the New Zealand market: “With over 20 years’ experience at the forefront of solar research and innovation, combined with the world-leading capability and scale in manufacturing high-quality solar products, Q CELLS is delighted to be bringing its products to the New Zealand market.

“To meet the burgeoning market demand for quality solar solutions in New Zealand, we are excited to be introducing Q CELLS to the local market at this time.”

The first New Zealand solar installer to join Q CELLS’ Q.PARTNER program, a preferred network of vetted and trained Q CELLS suppliers and be officially recognised as a supplier of Q CELLS solutions is Think Solar, comprising Wanaka Solar, Queenstown Solar and Dunedin Solar.

The Q.PEAK DUO ML-G9+, which is the first ‘zero gap’ solar panel, will be available for distribution in New Zealand from the end of February 2021.