Industry Veteran Terry Jester Joins PI Berlin North America
Ex-Solarworld & SunPower Senior Executive Terry Jester Now Managing Director Of Solar PV Quality Assurance Firm PI Berlin North America
Monday, 09 Jan 2023
Risk management and quality assurance service provider PI Berlin has announced Terry Jester as its new managing director of its North American operations where she replaces Ian Gregory, starting from January 2023.
Certification For Building Integrated Solar PV Modules
TÜV Rheinland Launches Independent Global Test Standard For BIPV Solar Modules
Thursday, 17 Nov 2022
Germany headquartered global independent testing and certification agency TÜV Rheinland has launched what it calls a ‘globally unique’ test standard for the certification of building integrated PV (BIPV) modules that address this growing market .
TUV Rheinland’s Sebastian Petretschek Quits
Global Head PV Power Plants at TUV Rheinland Sebastian Petretschek Leaves To Join Jacobs As Asia Renewable Energy Consulting Lead
Monday, 01 Aug 2022
After working with Germany’s testing and certification services provider TUV Rheinland Group in China for over 7 years, the company’s General Manager-Global Head PV Power Plants Sebastian Petretschek has left to join Jacobs as its Asia Renewable Energy Consulting Lead.
Britain’s Intertek Acquires Clean Energy Associates
US Solar Production Monitoring & Quality Assurance Firm CEA To Join Global Testing Organization Intertek
Monday, 01 Aug 2022
Days after US based solar PV and battery storage technical advisory firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA) secured TUV Rheinland’s Jörg Althaus as its director engineering and ESG, the company is ready to be acquired by British total quality assurance provider Intertek.
International Quality Standards For Solar Tenders
IASS Potsdam: Global Quality Standards For Solar Auctions Can Help Avoid Technical Failures
Thursday, 03 Feb 2022
Potsdam, Germany based Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) believes a public auction design for solar energy could do well to have international quality standards used as technical requirements, to ensure countries new to the field c.
PV Evolution Labs Joins Netherlands Based Kiwa Group
PV Evolution Labs Joins Netherlands Based Testing, Inspection & Certification Firm Kiwa Group To Expand Presence To Europe & Beyond
Thursday, 06 May 2021
Independent testing lab for downstream solar and energy storge industry, PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has joined Netherlands based Kiwa Group, an independent testing, inspection and certification (TIC) company.
MBJ & TUV Rheinland Co-Develop PV TravelLab
TUV Rheinland Gets Compact, Dismountable, Mobile PV Laboratory Exclusively Co-Developed With MBJ Solutions To Test Solar Modules Onsite
Thursday, 11 Feb 2021
Solar PV testing and measurement systems specialist from Germany MBJ Solutions GmbH has co-developed with German independent testing organization TUV Rheinland what they says is the 1st fully fledged and completely dismountable PV laboratory.
Testing Key To A Successful Solar Module
Dr. Gernot Oreski of Polymer Competence Center Leoben During TaiyangNews Reliable PV Module Conference: Want Long Term Stability For Solar PV Module? Undertake Extensive Testing Of Various Packaging Components Before Market Debut
Sunday, 15 Nov 2020
The main purpose behind all new developments in the space of solar PV technology is to finally bring down the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) without compromising on the quality and reliability of the system installed.
Lab Testing For Perovskite In Real-World Conditions
Scientists At EPFL Switzerland Create Real-World Operating Conditions To Test Perovskite Solar Cells & Find No ‘Dramatic’ Difference In Energy Yield Of Devices During Day Time
Wednesday, 26 Jun 2019
Differences in temperature and irradiance variations in no ‘dramatic’ ways adversely impact the performance of perovskite solar cells. Even though the efficiency of the cells may come down slightly during the day, it recovers during night.
New Mobile PV Testing Lab Launched In India
UL Launches Mobile PV Unit Testing Laboratory In India With Capacity To Evaluate 300 Modules At One Go To Enable Onsite Solar Module Evaluation
Saturday, 22 Jun 2019
UL claims it is the first independent third-party certified and accredited company to launch a mobile PV testing lab in the Asian country.
LONGi & Panasonic Score Top In RETC Tests
RETC Tests Solar PV Modules From Various Manufacturers For Reliability, Performance & Quality Indicators; Finds LONGi Green Energy & Panasonic Consistent Performers
Friday, 14 Jun 2019
The PV test laboratory of Germany’s TUV SUD in North America, Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC) found PV modules from LONGi and Panasonic as the only high performers for all 3 indices covered.
Endeas Supplying Testing Solutions For HJT Fab
Finlands Endeas To Deliver Fully Automated QuickSun All-In-One Testing Stations With Annual Testing Capacity Of Up To 750 MW To Unidentified Non-Chinese Client’s New Heterojunction Solar PV Module Factory In Q3/2019
Friday, 19 Apr 2019
The QuickSun solar simulators of Endeas come equipped with the company’s in-house developed CAC technology that enables accurate measurement of the maximum power and other I-V parameters of HJT modules, according to the Finnish company.
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