“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 ...

New testing regimes are needed to better understand glass breakage and encapsulant degradation, according to IEA PVPS. Image: Kiwa PVEL. A high breakage rate in thin glass used in modern PV modules 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 ...

With the rapid growth of solar photovoltaics, module reliability has become a central issue for the industry. Among the quality problems that have emerged recently, spontaneous glass breakage is ...