quality assurance

PV Tech spoke with Joerg Althaus of CEA about the under-explored issues with solar racking, trackers and other technical concerns.

Lab-tested solar module performance has improved over the last year, according to data from US-based technical advisory firm RETC.

The PV industry has been playing a game of 'whack a mole' in tackling module defects over the past decade, according to Kiwa Pi Berlin.

The Intersolar Europe 2024 trade show closed its doors for another year on Friday (21st June). Ahead of further coverage and interviews from the conference, this piece will collate a few of the key takeaways that we saw on the ground at the show last week.

Dutch-German solar testing firm Sinovoltaics will expand its operations in the US market as a result of the solar and battery energy storage manufacturing “boom” stimulated by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

German quality assurance and testing centre TÜV Rheinland has finalised its investment into a new US base, the Technology and Innovation Centre in Boxborough, Massachusetts.

Enertis Applus+, the global quality control and testing firm, is providing supply chain quality control and assurance services to a 2.5GW portfolio of solar PV projects across the US.

The European solar industry has launched a supply chain assurance scheme to develop confidence in how and where PV products are manufactured.

Supply traceability firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA) has been acquired by British testing, quality assurance and certification company Intertek as it looks to provide Total Quality Assurance (TQA) solutions for solar PV and energy storage products.

Boris Farnung and Keith Punzalan of VDE and David Moser of EURAC’s Institute for Renewable Energy take a look at the positive impact comprehensive quality assurance measures can have on the early stage of a project’s lifespan, exploring yield assessments, LCOE projections and the critical need for high quality components.