PSW Energy has received the Sigenergy Excellent Installer Award 2026, presented on stage at Sigenergy’s global partner gala dinner in Shanghai on Tuesday, 2 June 2026. Founder Derek McKercher accepted the award at the Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao on behalf of the Western Australian team, in a room that held Sigenergy’s senior leadership and partner companies from markets across the world.
Awards handed out at a global gathering carry a different weight than local ones. Every install, every commissioning report and every support case from WA feeds into how a manufacturer sees its partners, and this is what that record looks like when it comes back.
TL;DR
- PSW Energy received the Sigenergy Excellent Installer Award 2026 at Sigenergy's global partner gala dinner in Shanghai on 2 June 2026
- Only 10 of these awards have been presented worldwide to date
- The recognition sits alongside PSW Energy's standing as a Sigenergy Gold Installer, the inaugural Gold tier in Western Australia
- Sigenergy leadership at the event included founder and CEO Tony Xu, Head of Global Sales and Solution Management Roy Zhang, and Sigenergy India CEO Abhilash Borana
The gala dinner closed out Sigenergy’s global partner gathering at the Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao. Derek was joined by Roy Zhang, Sigenergy’s Head of Global Sales and Solution Management, and by founder and CEO Tony Xu. Also at the table was Abhilash Borana, CEO of Sigenergy India, who founded Irish installer Fáilte Solar and was named to the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list before taking on Sigenergy’s entry into the Indian market.
That seating arrangement says something about how Sigenergy views its Australian partners. Western Australia is one of the most demanding residential battery markets anywhere: high rooftop solar penetration, tight network rules on the SWIS, and customers who do their research. Performance here gets noticed.
Alongside this award
A product-agnostic business, PSW Energy holds Sigenergy Gold Installer status, the inaugural Gold tier in Western Australia. Sigenergy’s installer tiers are built on the partner record over time: cumulative installed capacity, commissioning quality and the standard of service customers receive after handover. The Excellent Installer Award 2026 is the global recognition layered on top of that standing, and it is scarce. To date, Sigenergy has presented only 10 of these awards worldwide, across an installer network spanning every major storage market.
It also joins a wider credential set. PSW Energy is a NETCC-approved seller, holds Bureau Veritas-certified ISO 9001/14001/45001 at the group level, and its installers are SAA-accredited for grid-connected PV and battery storage work.
Manufacturer recognition
matters
A battery system is only as good as its design and installation. SigenStor hardware is modular and capable, but the outcome a household or business gets depends on how the system is sized, configured and commissioned for the site. Who installs matters more than the product.
Manufacturer awards are one of the few signals that measure exactly that. Sigenergy sees the data its installers generate: commissioning records, fault rates, support cases, customer outcomes. An award decided on that evidence tells you more about an installer than any self-description could.
For anyone weighing up a Sigenergy system in Western Australia, the practical takeaway is simple: the team that just accepted a global installation award in Shanghai is the same team that will design and commission your system. If you are considering a SigenStor for your home or business, talk to the PSW Energy team about a Sigenergy system.
