The P4 PV QA Program
The P4 program is a quality assurance program created to identify the “risk” of solar PV stakeholders and is hosted by The Association for Renewable Energy Practitioners (AREP). The P4 platform was created in conjunction with guidance from a number of organizations and stakeholders involved in the sector, promoting good practice in the solar PV Rooftop sector. Stakeholder transparency is key and it is the intention to apply existing rules and standards as a means to promote best practice. Which risks are reflected or covered in the Score?
The solar PV industry is complex and diverse. In South Africa for example a diverse range of occupations are flooding the PV sector doing installations and claiming to be specialists or experts in the field of PV.
With each installation there are numerous stakeholders including:
Suppliers
End Users
Financiers
Municipalities / Utilities
Any Contractors
Sub-Contractors also involved in the project.
Both during and after a PV installation all of these stakeholders are exposed to risk in one way or the other. The P4 Performer Score reduces risk for all the stakeholders by ensuring that proper procedures and control can be executed or maintained and that activities by contractors are transparent.