diff --git a/src/ecalc/libraries/libecalc/common/libecalc/input/validation_errors.py b/src/ecalc/libraries/libecalc/common/libecalc/input/validation_errors.py
index 6c5e0ed254..dd18226bd6 100644
--- a/src/ecalc/libraries/libecalc/common/libecalc/input/validation_errors.py
+++ b/src/ecalc/libraries/libecalc/common/libecalc/input/validation_errors.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import yaml
 from libecalc.common.logger import logger
 from libecalc.input.yaml_entities import Resource, YamlDict, YamlList
+from libecalc.input.yaml_keywords import EcalcYamlKeywords
 from yaml import Dumper, Mark
 
 Loc = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         errors = validation_error.errors()
 
+        component_name = data[EcalcYamlKeywords.name]
         messages = []
         error_locs = []
         try:
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ def __init__(
                 error_location_info = " -> ".join(
                     [str(s).capitalize().replace("__root__", "General error").replace("_", " ") for s in error_loc]
                 )
-                messages.append(f"{error_location_info}:\n\t{error_message}\n")
+                messages.append(f"{component_name} - {error_location_info}:\n\t{error_message}\n")
         except Exception as e:
             logger.debug(f"Failed to add location specific error messages: {str(e)}")