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 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.

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

Solar panel efficiency affects how much electricity your system can generate from the roof space available – here’s what that ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

JA Solar, a global leader in the PV industry, has recently earned an outstanding five-star “VERY GOOD” rating for its DeepBlue 4.0 Pro 2465mm*1134mm (72-cell) module in the latest “PV Magazine Module ...

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.

The solar tile on a test roof in the Netherlands looks like any other clay-colored roofing product. But underneath its ...