Spain's Enertis Applus has launched a new unit of its mobile laboratory in Australia after rollouts to Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Europe– markets where the company already operates mobile laboratories ...

The independent test lab introduced test to failure methodologies and expanded hail and mechanical stress sequences to better reflect risks from extreme weather and glass breakage.

Every solar panel company makes bold claims about its panel efficiency, maximum wattage availability, temperature coefficient and other specs in optimal conditions. Anyone who does product testing ...

Kiwa PVEL has updated its solar module Production Qualification Program to better assess the performance of solar PV modules.

Solar panel testing lab Kiwa PVEL has updated its Product Qualification Program (PQP). The revisions address growing concern ...

Lab-tested solar module performance has improved over the last year, according to data from US-based technical advisory firm Renewable Energy Test Centre (RETC). In its 2025 PV Module Index Report, ...

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VDE Americas and RETC, part of the VDE Group, today introduced the Hail Resiliency Curve (HRC) Test, a groundbreaking test protocol designed to evaluate solar panel ...

The empirical study, started in July and to be conducted over 12 months, is being conducted by TÜV Nord. The selected study site, in Jiangsu province, China, has a subtropical monsoon climate with an ...