AIKO signed 1 GW of Gen 4 agreements at the Australian debut of its new range, the next step in a market where it has delivered 1 GW and become installers’ No. 1 choice in under three years.
MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AIKO signed 1 GW of Gen 4 agreements with its Australian distribution partners at All-Energy Australia in Melbourne (28–29 October), where its new Gen 4 back-contact range made its Australian debut ahead of local release.
The agreements reflect strong demand for AIKO’s back-contact solar from Australian installers and customers, and come as AIKO passes 1 GW of panels delivered in Australia, marking the next stage of the company’s rapid growth in the market.
From global leader to local favourite
During AIKO’s gala dinner at All-Energy week, Alex Hang, Head of APAC, AIKO, shared positive news as the company returned to profit in the third quarter of 2026, becoming the only leading PV module manufacturer to do so. The result is in line with the rapid growth of AIKO’s ABC business, with shipments projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 191% between 2023 and 2027.
He also reflected on AIKO’s growth journey in Australia since entering the market in 2024.
“When we arrived in Australia, back contact was new to most installers. Today, it is the panel so many of them choose for their own roofs,” said Alex Hang. “That journey belongs to the partners, installers and customers across Australia and New Zealand who put their trust in AIKO early. With Gen 4 and a growing local team, we are ready to deliver, and ready to scale.”
The numbers show how quickly AIKO has become a local favourite. It has overtaken long-established brands to become the No. 1 panel brand in OpenSolar quoting, with close to 20% of active monthly solar proposals nationwide. Installers have backed it too, voting AIKO No. 1 in the SolarQuotes Installers’ Choice Awards in both 2025 and 2026 and ranking it the best panel in SolarCalculator’s 2026 Solar Installer Survey, with an average score of 9.4 out of 10. That trust has been earned one installer, one roof and one customer at a time, through product quality, reliable delivery and local support.
AIKO sees that growth as a contribution to Australia’s energy transition. By bringing back-contact technology to Australian rooftops at scale, it has helped raise expectations of what a panel can deliver from limited roof space, giving households and businesses more energy and more value from every installation.
Committed to Australia for the long term
Looking ahead, AIKO is matching strong market demand with a long-term commitment to Australia. It is expanding its local team, with a focus on commercial and industrial (C&I) and utility-scale solar and a growing presence in New Zealand, and working closely with its distribution partners to bring the benefits of back-contact solar to more Australian homes and businesses.
At All-Energy, the company also displayed a solar carport solution in partnership with local partner Canyon Solar, a Mittagong, New South Wales, business that designs prefabricated, modular solar canopies. Built with AIKO panels, the carport gives facilities whose roof space is already exhausted, or too limited for the system they need, a way to generate more clean energy from the space they already have.
Together, these efforts serve one goal: making back-contact solar more accessible, and maximising its value for every customer.
“We’re incredibly proud to have delivered our first gigawatt of ABC solar to Australian homes, and to have become the panel of choice for so many households in under three years,” said Thomas Bywater, Head of AIKO ANZ. “As Australia moves to unlock its ‘missing middle’ through the expanded rebate for systems up to 1 MW, AIKO is working closely with its distribution partners to bring high-efficiency solar solutions to commercial rooftops, helping Australian businesses access the full value of solar.”
Gen 4 panels will be available in Australia following Clean Energy Council listing.
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About AIKO
AIKO is a global leader in all-back-contact (ABC) solar technology. Guided by its mission of empowering the transformation to a carbon-free society, AIKO was the first to take back-contact solar into gigawatt-scale mass production and continues to set the industry’s efficiency benchmarks, with its ABC modules ranked No. 1 on TaiyangNews’ TOP SOLAR MODULES list for more than three years running. AIKO has shipped more than 200 GW of solar cells and modules worldwide, is rated Tier 1 by BloombergNEF and was named a Top Performer in the 2025 Kiwa PVEL PV Module Reliability Scorecard.
In Australia, AIKO has been voted installers’ No. 1 choice for solar panels in the SolarQuotes Installers’ Choice Awards two years running, in 2025 and 2026. With a strong distribution network through Australia’s leading distributors and a local team working closely with installers and customers, AIKO delivers high-performance solar to Australian homes and businesses.
Learn more at aikosolar.com/au.
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