Kiwa PVEL Releases Major Update to PV Module Product Qualification Program to Better Address Module Breakage

Kiwa PVEL, the independent lab for quality and reliability testing of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced a significant update to its photovoltaic (PV) module Product Qualification ...
PV Tech

Kiwa PVEL updates module testing programme, aims to tackle glass breakage, frame failures and hail damage

Kiwa PVEL has updated its solar module Production Qualification Program to better assess the performance of solar PV modules.
PV Tech

Towards a new desert testing standard for PV modules

The reliable performance of PV modules is heavily influenced by the climate conditions in deserts, which include factors such as irradiance, temperature, humidity and dust soiling. Image: DEWA R&D. A ...
pv magazine International

Extensive testing validates reuse of 23-year-old second-life polycrystalline solar modules

Researchers in Brazil tested second-life polycrystalline PV modules for two years and found they retained 87–88% of their original power, with minimal degradation and stable performance. Despite ...
CNBC

Suntech Modules Excel in Independent PID Test

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest producer of solar panels, today announced that its Wd poly, Wd mono and Ve poly series ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Module Testing Adds New Challenges

System-in-package (SiP) and other advanced packaging technologies are putting more components together in tighter spaces than previously seen. Often these packages are contained in a module, which is ...