Testing & Certification
Spire Receives Master UL Listing for PV Module Design
08 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing capital equipment and turn-key manufacturing lines to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules and cells, announced today it has received The Listing Mark of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) for its PV modules and panels.
Intertek Expands North American PV Solar Module Testing Capabilities
07 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Intertek, a provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries, announced today that it has expanded its photovoltaic (PV)/solar testing and certification capabilities, adding a PV lab to the existing Intertek lab in Menlo Park, California, tripling its North American PV module testing capacity.
GoSolarUSA Receives First iPhone Volt Solar Chargers from China
02 February 2011POSTED IN Business News
GoSolarUSA received its first batch of the solar-powered Apple iPhone accessories on Monday, 31 January 2011, from Xiamen Solar Electronics (XSE), the Chinese developer of the Volt.
BioSolar on the Road to UL Certification
31 January 2011POSTED IN Applications News
BioSolar, Inc., developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, announced that production samples of its innovative BioBacksheet product have successfully completed all critical Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) initial material property tests and is expected to officially obtain full UL material certification soon.
Enecsys Solar Micro-Inverter Gains UL Certification
28 January 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Enecsys Limited, a solar PV micro-inverter company, has announced UL certification for its products.
HelioVolt Monolithic Solar Modules Confirmed at 11.8% Efficiency by NREL
25 January 2011POSTED IN Applications News
HelioVolt announced the company's first commercial modules have completed rigorous accelerated lifetime testing, with results showing degradation rates one to two orders of magnitude lower than typical module performance required to pass Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) certification.
Kyocera Solar Modules Pass Long-Term Sequential Test
24 January 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Kyocera Corporation's solar modules are the first in the world to have passed all "Long-Term Sequential Tests" performed by TUV Rheinland Japan Ltd, who independently evaluates quality and reliability of solar modules.
First Solar Panel Production Line in West Africa
19 January 2011POSTED IN Applications News
The new Senegalese solar power company SPEC is establishing the first solar panel factory in West Africa in the next few weeks, with the support of solar experts from 3S Modultec, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swiss Meyer Burger Technology AG.
SWIR Camera EU Certified
18 January 2011POSTED IN New Products
Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems announces the compact, large-format indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) high-resolution shortwave infrared snapshot video camera, the SU640KTS.
Saint-Gobain Solar LightSwitch ETFE Receives 150ºC RTI Rating
11 January 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Saint-Gobain Solar today announced that LightSwitch ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, a transparent polymer that is used instead of glass and plastic in many modern buildings) is the only thin-film fluoropolymer material that is registered with an Underwriters Laboratory (UL) relative thermal index (RTI) of 150ºC, signifying excellent long-term durability for film thickness, down to 12.5 micrometres (µm) or 0.0005 inch.
AUO Receives MCS Certification and Expands into British Market
23 December 2010POSTED IN Business News
AU Optronics Corp. today announced that its multi-crystalline solar module EcoDuo PM 220 received UK MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) certification and will expand into the British market recently.
SoloPower Announces New CIGS Solar Module
15 December 2010POSTED IN New Products
SoloPower, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of flexible, thin film solar cells and modules, announced the SFX3 module, which has achieved both UL and IEC certification.
Thin Film Modules From Centrosolar Certified for the British Market
14 December 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Centrosolar was certified for its thin film modules in accordance with the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) by the British Board of Agrément (BBA), with the certificates serving as a seal of quality and are a prerequisite in order to sell photovoltaic systems in Britain.
Solectria Solar Inverters Achieve 97.5% Efficiency
06 December 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Solectria Renewables, LLC, announced today that its SmartGrid Inverters (SGI) 225kW, 250kW, 266kW and 300kW inverters have achieved 97.5% CEC efficiency.
Unirac Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification
06 December 2010POSTED IN Business News
Unirac, a provider of infrastructure for solar power systems, today announced that it has achieved the International Organization for Standardization ISO 9001:2008 certification for its quality management system.
MiaSolé Achieves New Thin Film PV Efficiency
03 December 2010POSTED IN Applications News
MiaSolé, a manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film PV solar panels announced that the US Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) independently confirmed the 15.7% efficiency of its large area production modules (1 square meter in size).
Solarfun Solar Module Receives UL Certification
03 December 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. today announced that it has received Underwriters Laboratories Inc. certification for its SF260 polycrystalline module.
Stellaris Seeking Sites to Test Solar Modules
01 December 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Stellaris Corporation, a Massachusetts-based Solar module manufacturer, today announced the launch of their 2011 beta site testing Program.
Bisol Modules Attain Certification
30 November 2010POSTED IN Applications News
BISOL, one of Europe's leading manufacturers of premium quality photovoltaic modules, became MCS Certificated. Obtaining the MCS, an internationally recognised quality assurance scheme, is an important step forward in expanding company’s international activities.
NREL Certifies Konarka OPV Solar Cells at 8.3% Efficiency
29 November 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Konarka Technologies, Inc., the developer of Konarka Power Plastic, a material that converts light to energy, today announced that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has certified Konarka’s organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar cells at 8.3% efficiency, the highest performance recorded by NREL for an OPV solar cell.
