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Kiwa PVEL updates solar module testing protocols to address field failures

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 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 ...
PV Tech

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 ...
pv magazine International

Lab on wheels for on-site solar module testing

Spain's Enertis Applus has launched a new unit of its mobile laboratory in Australia after rollouts to Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Europe– markets where the company already operates mobile laboratories ...
PV Tech

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, ...