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PV Peer Network Webinar – Solar ABCs Policy Recommendations
| June 25, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 2:00 pm |
June 25, 2010 – 1 pm EDT
Title: CESA Update Call: Solar ABCs Policy Recommendations
This monthly Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) update WEBINAR will feature the Solar America Board for Codes and Standards (Solar ABCs) new policy recommendations addressing the use of qualification and reliability standards for photovoltaic (PV) modules. Currently, there is no qualification or reliability testing required for PV modules in the U.S. marketplace, which, as a result, may be flooded with lower-quality PV modules. The Solar ABCs’ recommendations set a minimum standard that will restrict poorer-quality PV modules from being sold in the U.S. marketplace.
Webinar Recording (Windows Media Player)
Presentation (pdf) by Dr. (Mani) Govindasamy TamizhMani, president of TUV Rheinland Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory and a professor in the Department of Electronics Systems at Arizona State University.
Solar ABCs Recommendation: Recommended Standards for PV Modules and Systems, January 2010 (pdf)
FAILURE ANALYSIS OF MODULE DESIGN QUALIFICATION TESTING – III: 1997-2005 vs. 2005-2007 vs. 2007-2009, by G. TamizhMani, B. Li, T. Arends, J. Kuitche, B. Raghuraman, W. Shisler, K. Farnsworth, A. Voropayev and D. Parker TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC. Tempe, Arizona, United States. June 2010. (pdf)