PVTIME – Driven by global energy transition and the high-quality growth of the photovoltaic and energy storage sector, the industry now demands more rigorous assessment of corporate comprehensive strength. PVBL 2026 Global PV & Storage Brand Ranking, the world’s exclusive professional ranking for PV and energy storage brand value hosted by Century New Energy Network, has officially launched its fully upgraded evaluation system.
As production capacity no longer acts as a sole competitive edge and price competition nears a turning point, the global PV and energy storage sector faces a critical moment of value reassessment. Industry players are pondering which enterprises will emerge as future market leaders.
The PVBL 2026 data application portal is now open, bringing an overhauled evaluation logic that shifts focus from business scale to core strength, and from past performance to future anti-risk resilience, aiming to set a forward-looking new industry benchmark. Applications are currently available for eligible enterprises.
Launched in 2012, PVBL has maintained annual releases and built a solid reputation as a credible global industry benchmark for its professionalism, objectivity and authority. Faced with evolving global trade rules, rising sustainability requirements and disruptive technological progress, the old evaluation framework can no longer match market demands, making the 2026 version upgrade highly necessary.
PVBL 2026 targets four core industry questions: how to identify enterprises with genuine technological barriers rather than simple capacity advantages; how to assess supply chain resilience and global regulatory adaptability; how to convert ESG performance into measurable brand value; and how to distinguish industry pioneers from followers amid homogeneous competition.
The new evaluation framework features three core upgrades: prioritising future intangible assets over traditional financial data, valuing comprehensive global operational layout over mere export volume, and adopting ecosystem positioning assessment instead of simple scale division. It also introduces a dual-track ranking system covering the Global Top 100 Brand Value list and Tier 1 Brand Ratings across energy storage systems, tracking brackets, inverters and PV modules, with strict cross-data verification and a one-vote veto mechanism ensuring impartiality.
Participating in PVBL 2026 allows enterprises to obtain forward-looking strength assessment reports, gain authoritative industry recognition to support high-end business cooperation and green financing, and jointly shape new industry value standards with global counterparts.
Key Event Information
- Applicants: Global leading PV and energy storage manufacturers
- Data Standard: 2025 annual operational data
- Application Deadline: 10 May 2026
- Result Release: June 2026, Shanghai
Against ongoing market volatility and industry restructuring, the sector needs in-depth dialogue and forward-looking insight more than ever. We sincerely invite industry professionals across PV, energy storage, policy institutions, research bodies, power enterprises, supply chain suppliers and financial organisations to attend CPC 2026 and PVBL 2026 Global Top 100 PV Brands Ceremony.
Taking place on 2 June 2026 in Shanghai with around 500 delegates, the event will cover global market trends, cutting-edge cell technology, energy geopolitics, PV-storage-hydrogen integrated development and distributed energy global layout. Join us to analyse market changes, explore future opportunities, and define the next chapter of the global solar and energy storage industry together.
Host: PVBL (PV Brand Laboratory) | Century New Energy Network
Co-organisers: PVTIME | Century Energy Storage | Hydrogen Watch
