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Leading Renewable Energy Brands in AI Search

The same monthly sample, re-ranked using only Perplexity answers.

October 2026 edition

Across the six months through October 2026, Qcells leads AI search visibility in Renewable Energy on Perplexity with a Goodie visibility score of 83.1, ahead of Iberdrola (82.9) and NextEra Energy (82.7). The median score across the 12 ranked brands is 81.3, and a score above 79.1 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is sina.com.cn at 20.0% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 25.8%.

33k prompts · 2.5m AI answers · 12.1m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

October 2026 · Renewable Energy · Perplexity
What good looks like in this category. Read a brand's own score against these before looking at who is winning.
Median visibility score
81.3
Half of the 12 ranked renewable energy brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Score to enter the top 10
79.1
Clearing 79.1 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 2.2 points below the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
7.6
A typical answer names eight brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Citation mix
  • UGC 2%
  • Editorial 2%
  • Reference 18%
  • Other 78%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding renewable energy answers. Brand-owned citations sit in the next cell and are not counted here. “Other” covers domains we have not classified into a type yet.
Brand-owned citation share
25.8%
Owned content sits below the index-wide average here: third-party sources decide most of these answers.
Index-wide average is 26.8%
Industry sentiment
60/100
Mean tone of mentions across the ranked brands that carry a measured value. Per-brand sentiment sits on each brand profile.
Prompts sampled
33k
Real buyer phrasing, 4 models
AI answers analysed
2.5m
222k in October · ▼ 11.6% vs September
Citations parsed
12.1m
1m in October · ▲ 11.4% vs September
Brands observed
1,321
12 ranked here · 1,309 unranked

Brand Visibility Leaderboard

Brand visibility leaderboard for Renewable Energy, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentMarketsTop cited source
01Qcells
83.1
8.6%Perplexity—725/13cptlenergy.com
02Iberdrola
82.9
8.5%Perplexity▲ 1.2495/13gti.energy
03NextEra Energy
82.7
8.5%Perplexity▲ 8.16713/13landbase.com
04REC Group
82.3
8.5%Perplexity—7212/13cptlenergy.com
05Panasonic
81.4
8.4%Perplexity—6912/13nenpower.com
06SunPower
81.4
8.4%Perplexity▲ 0.77512/13nenpower.com
07Sungrow
81.3
8.4%Perplexity▲ 1.0645/13landbase.com
08Ørsted
81.3
8.4%Perplexity—477/13gti.energy
09Vestas
79.8
8.2%Perplexity▼ 7.44811/13energydigital.com
10Envision Energy
79.1
8.2%Perplexity—486/13energydigital.com
12 ranked · visibility is a six-month average · worldwide ranking requires presence in at least 5 of 13 marketsTop source = most frequent source in answers mentioning the brand · Δ compares Oct with Sep

Most-Cited Domains

The answer supply chain
Most-cited domains in AI answers for Renewable Energy
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01sina.com.cn
20.0%
—
02energynews.pro
16.7%
—
03zonebourse.com
10.8%
—
04maryland.gov
6.4%
—
05bdew.de
5.8%
—
06eastmoney.com
5.8%
—
07taiyangnews.info
5.5%
▲ 5.1
08attaqa.net
5.3%
—
09edf-powersolutions.com
5.0%
—
10pv-magazine.fr
5.0%
—
Top 10 of 2k domains observedΔ compares Oct with Sep, in percentage points

Prompts, Topics & Movers

What's driving this month's answers

Sampled prompts

Prompts sampled for Renewable Energy, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Solar and wind developers active in the region3859
02Which wind turbine producers power large projects?2651
03Solar panel manufacturers with proven durability3049
04Firms leading the global energy transition4238
05Clean energy companies scaling rapidly3735
5 of 33k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Oct vs Sep
Rising
NextEra Energyscore 82.7
▲ 8.1
Iberdrolascore 82.9
▲ 1.2
Sungrowscore 81.3
▲ 1.0
Falling
Vestasscore 79.8
▼ 7.4
Siemens Gamesascore 78.5
▼ 5.3
7 ranked brands scored in both Sep and OctIndustry avg ±3.5/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
43,222 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Renewable Energy, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States25K
02United Kingdom10K
03Japan2K
04Saudi Arabia1K
05Germany1K
06Australia952
07Canada887
08Egypt428
09France397
10United Arab Emirates259
11Italy201
12Singapore158
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

Qcells leads Renewable Energy this edition with a visibility score of 83.1, ahead of Iberdrola at 82.9.

sina.com.cn is the most-cited source grounding renewable energy answers, at roughly 20.0% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 25.8% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked renewable energy brands is 81.3, and a score above 79.1 reaches the industry top ten.

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Our Methodology

Our Approach to Gathering AI Visibility Data

We process millions of real prompts across AI Mode, ChatGPT, Copilot and Perplexity, then track which brands, products, and domains show up in the answers. That's the raw data behind every score in the Index.

Real Intent Capture

Each tracked industry has a fixed set of prompts modelled on how people actually ask about it, so one month can be compared directly with the next.

Global Model Interrogation

We run each industry's prompts across the tracked models in each market we cover, so each market is scored on its own answers rather than on a global average applied everywhere.

Attribution Mapping

We analyze the generated answers to capture the "Kingmaker" domains: the specific sources models cite most often in the answers that name a brand, so you can see which sources the models lean on where you appear and where you do not.

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FAQ · Renewable Energy

Questions?
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the Answers.

Qcells currently leads AI search visibility in renewable energy with a Goodie visibility score of 83.1, measured across the tracked AI models.

sina.com.cn is the most-cited source in renewable energy AI answers, grounding roughly 20.0% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked renewable energy brands is 81.3. A score above 79.1 places a brand in the industry top ten.

Each edition samples the same tracked prompt set across the models Goodie follows, then ranks brands by how often they are named in those answers.

Monthly. Each edition re-samples the tracked prompt set so month-over-month figures are directly comparable.