Solar modules are very special products. Compared to other high-tech products, their design is not excessively complicated, and it is not for nothing that they are commodity products, which are ...

System-in-package (SiP) and other advanced packaging technologies are putting more components together in tighter spaces than previously seen. Often these packages are contained in a module, which is ...

The Module Reliability Scorecard, published annually by PV module testing laboratory Kiwa-PVEL, released its 11 th edition today. The scorecard summarizes the results of extended reliability testing ...

“Four years ago, that was at 50% and it’s steadily increased since,” said Tristan Erion-Lorico. Image: Kiwa PVEL. A total of 83% of module manufacturers have had at least one test failure in the Kiwa ...

Trina Solar has conducted stringent dynamic mechanical load testing (DML) of its 210 Vertex 670W module, comparing it with competitors’ single-glass 540W and dual-glass 535W modules in extreme ...