Kiwa PVEL Releases Major Update to PV Module Product Qualification Program to Better Address Module Breakage

Kiwa PVEL, the independent lab for quality and reliability testing of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced a significant update to its photovoltaic (PV) module Product Qualification ...
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Kiwa PVEL updates module testing programme, aims to tackle glass breakage, frame failures and hail damage

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

Increased product failures leads Kiwa PVEL to update solar panel testing protocols

Solar panel testing lab Kiwa PVEL has updated its Product Qualification Program (PQP). The revisions address growing concern ...
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Performance improves and ‘red flags’ decrease in RETC solar module testing

Lab-tested solar module performance has improved over the last year, according to data from US-based technical advisory firm Renewable Energy Test Centre (RETC). In its 2025 PV Module Index Report, ...
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Wavelabs unveils tester for mini perovskite solar modules

Wavelabs, a supplier of testing equipment for PV production lines, has launched a new mini-module tester targeted at researchers scaling up wafer-based and thin-film technologies, especially ...
The Victoria Advocate

Kiwa PVEL Releases 11th Edition of the PV Module Reliability Scorecard

NAPA, Calif., June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kiwa PVEL, the independent lab for quality and reliability testing of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced the publication of its 11 th annual PV ...
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Ciemat unveils large-area multispectral solar simulator for PV module testing

Spain's Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) has commissioned a state-of-the-art large-area solar simulator designed for the electrical characterization of commercial ...