CSA/ANSI C450 addresses various accelerated stress tests performed on PV modules, including thermal cycling, damp heat, humidity freeze, UV exposure, dynamic mechanical load and PID testing.

Independent testing laboratory Kiwa-PVEL today published the 11th edition of its PV Module Reliability Scorecard, having extensively tested PV modules from 50 different manufacturers. The ...

Performance loss from ultraviolet (UV) light has become a concern for new PV cells, though earlier lab tests may have overstated the issue. Paul Gebhardt, photovoltaic module reliability scientist at ...

Kiwa PVEL examines the ultraviolet-induced degradation (UVID) results on n-type technology from its latest PV Module ...