AESOLAR, a Germany-based PV module manufacturer, has been included in BloombergNEF’s Q1 2025 Tier 1 PV Module Manufacturer List for the 16th time. The Tier 1 ranking is widely used as a bankability benchmark for suppliers to non-recourse financed large-scale PV projects. In Q1 2024, BloombergNEF increased the qualifying project capacity threshold from 1.5 MW to 5 MW, resulting in a reduction of listed manufacturers from 45 in Q4 2023 to 26 in Q1 2024. Despite the repeated increases in project size requirements, AESOLAR has remained eligible for the Tier 1 classification. Eligibility norms for the Q2 2025 ranking will be strengthened, as the minimum project size is set to increase from 5 MW to 10 MW, according to BloombergNEF.