Growatt, a China-headquartered manufacturer of solar inverters and energy storage systems, has been awarded the EUPD Research Top Brand PV Award for the eighth consecutive year in 2025. EUPD Research, a Germany-based market analysis organization, presented the award following surveys of installers and distributors assessing awareness, satisfaction, and recommendation levels. The recognition covered inverter brand strength in Mexico, Brazil, Pakistan, Germany, and the Middle East and North Africa, along with energy storage systems in Australia. In 2024, Growatt was ranked as the leading residential PV inverter supplier worldwide, in addition to placing among the top three hybrid inverter suppliers and top five commercial inverter suppliers by S&P Global Commodity Insights. Earlier this year, AIKO, a China-based solar technology company, recorded 24.4 % efficiency in back-contact module performance, representing one of the latest global benchmarks in photovoltaic technology.