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  • Takeaways from the Kiwa PVEL 2024 PV Module Reliability Scorecard

    A record number of PV modules have earned Top Performer status according to the 2024 edition of the Kiwa PVEL PV Module Reliability Scorecard. Kiwa PVEL is an independent lab renowned for quality and reliability testing of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. This annual Scorecard provides the solar industry with a comprehensive resource of testing insights……

  • How solar module manufacturers can avoid AD/CVD tariffs

    By Max Macpherson, PVEL, and Alex Barrows, Exawatt/CRU Group With the waiver of AD/CVD circumvention tariffs on SE Asian cells and modules that employ Chinese wafers set to expire in June this year, there are several key issues for the U.S. solar market. One of these is for the courts to decide on — Auxin’s recent……

  • PVEL updates solar PV module quality testing

    PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), the renowned independent test lab for the downstream solar industry and member of the Kiwa Group, has upgraded the extended reliability and performance testing in its Product Qualification Program (PQP). “The module buying landscape has changed dramatically in recent years with advancements in module technology and new players entering the market,……

  • N-type vs. P-type: Insight from PVEL solar module reliability testing

    This is an excerpt from the Q2 2023 issue of Solar Builder magazine, written by Tristan Erion-Lorico is VP of sales and marketing for PV Evolution Labs (PVEL). He relays insights from the 2023 Module Reliability Scorecard. PVEL’s Scorecard offers a searchable database of module types with details on each test and the Top Performers……

  • Record number of modules named Top Performers in PVEL’s Module Reliability Scorecard

    PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), an independent test lab for the downstream solar industry, published its 2023 PV Module Reliability Scorecard, which names almost 250 model types of PV modules from 35 manufacturers as Top Performers in PVEL’s testing, the most in the company’s history. However, while the number of Top Performer manufacturers and models increased……