German standards body TÜV Rheinland is introducing a new testing and certification program for pv modules. The program incorporates component specific tests and ongoing, random testing of running ...

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 ...

Solar modules are very special products. Compared to other high-tech products, their design is not excessively complicated, and it is not for nothing that they are commodity products, which are ...

“We believe our updated guidance will be instrumental in advancing the solar industry,” said Terry Jester, managing director for North America at Kiwa PI Berlin. Image: Kiwa PVEL. The Kiwa Group has ...

Trina Solar has conducted stringent dynamic mechanical load testing (DML) of its 210 Vertex 670W module, comparing it with competitors’ single-glass 540W and dual-glass 535W modules in extreme ...