To further improve testing standards for PV modules, Fraunhofer ISE and Fraunhofer CSE have announced the launch of the PV Module Durability Initiative (PVDI). With the intention to provide additional ...

TÜV Rheinland’s new Technology and Innovation Center (TIC) foundation, which it completed earlier this year. Image: TÜV Rheinland German quality assurance and testing group TÜV Rheinland has finalised ...

In this upcoming pv magazine Webinar, Italian PV backsheet manufacturer Coveme and US/Canadian module producer Silfab Solar will present the results of their Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) of ...

The third-party testing organization STS found something interesting when it reviewed its figures for defect rates of Chinese photovoltaic modules: It discovered that 8% of the modules it tested last ...

Don Cowan and Mahyar Mohammadnezhad of Kiwa PI Berlin explain the importance of upstream diligence in ensuring long-term PV ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) conducted a series of large-scale tests to investigate factors that affect flame spread ...