The independent test lab introduced test to failure methodologies and expanded hail and mechanical stress sequences to better reflect risks from extreme weather and glass breakage.

Solar panel testing lab Kiwa PVEL has updated its Product Qualification Program (PQP). The revisions address growing concern ...

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

Kiwa PVEL, the independent lab for quality and reliability testing of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced a ...

The Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC) released its 2024 PV Module Index report, evaluating the reliability, quality, and performance of solar panels. Solar modules are put through a variety of ...

Every solar panel company makes bold claims about its panel efficiency, maximum wattage availability, temperature coefficient and other specs in optimal conditions. Anyone who does product testing ...

The researchers found that the 50-50 recycled modules performed as well as the panels made with virgin glass. Image: Solarcycle US solar PV recycling firm, Solarcycle, has produced a pilot module ...

A group of scientists from the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) has tested the performance of two single-junction perovskite solar module over a 1-year period and has concluded the ...

Technicians dismantled the vintage 10-square-meter 1-kilowatt solar array last year, running the solar panels through rigorous lab testing per international standards and finding impressive results.