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Market Surveillance

VeraSol regularly checks and confirms off-grid solar products in the market continue to meet quality standards.

Why market surveillance

Market surveillance is an integral element of a successful quality assurance program. It ensures benefits and impacts of quality standards, such as the protection of consumers and the environment, and the establishment of a fair playing field for market actors, are realized. Without market surveillance, market actors' trust in the integrity of the certification and quality standards would be undermined.

Protecting Consumers

Since 2010, about 150 million pico products and 30 million solar home systems have been sold globally, signaling a maturing solar market. However, studies have shown that lower-quality products have infiltrated the market. Market surveillance, which involves monitoring and checking whether products on the market comply with quality standards, is an effective tool for ensuring that consumers receive services from their products.

Market surveillance activities catch cases of non-compliance and help check that

Market surveillance activities catch cases of non-compliance and help check that:

All product labels portray accurate performance information

Only certified or registered products are available on the market

Products meet the relevant performance requirements

Labels are displayed correctly and fake labels are not in use