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With more than 50 companies in the UAE offering various solar-energy solutions, the sector is highly competitive, meaning “competing with operators who, in the absence of any required standards, offer under-designed products,” says Jit Chakravarty.
In the US, for example, the NABCEP PV installer certification is a voluntary certification that provides a set of national standards by which PV installers with skills and experience can distinguish themselves from their competition. In addition, such certification gives a measure of protection to the general public by allowing them to assess the competency of installers.
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No comparable certification is required, or even available, in the UAE. Chakravarty hopes that the fledgling solar-energy association being mooted by other major players will be able to address such issues in the not-too-distant future. “There should be a mandatory requirement of standards and certification to keep unhealthy competition at bay,” he says.
NABCEP is a volunteer board of renewable-energy stakeholder representatives that includes representatives of the solar industry, NABCEP certificants, renewable-energy organisations, policy makers, educational institutions and the trades. Each member of the board was chosen because of his or her experience and involvement in the solar-energy industry. NABCEP’s mission – to support, and work with, the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, professionals, and stakeholders – is intended to develop and implement quality credentialing and certification programs for practitioners.
NABCEP’s goal is to develop voluntary national certification programmes that will:
• Promote renewable energy;
• Provide value to practitioners;
• Promote worker safety and skill; and
• Promote consumer confidence
NABCEP is committed to providing a certification program of quality and integrity for the professionals and consumer/public it is designed to serve. Professionals who choose to become certified demonstrate their competence in the field and their commitment to upholding high standards of ethical and professional practice.
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