International PV Module Quality Assurance
Task Force
The International Photovoltaic (PV) Module Quality Assurance (QA) Task Force is leading efforts to develop standards that allow stakeholders to quickly assess a module's ability to withstand regional stresses, design incentive programs, and determine private investments.
The PV QA Task Force includes 6 Task Groups:
- Task Group 1: PV QA Guideline for Manufacturing Consistency — (leaders Ivan Sinicco, Yoshihito Eguchi, Gunnar Brueggemann, Alex Mikonowicz, Zhou Wei)
- Task Group 2: PV QA Testing for Thermal and mechanical fatigue including vibration — (leaders Chris Flueckiger, Tadanori Tanahashi)
- Task Group 3: PV QA Testing for Humidity, temperature, and voltage — (leaders John Wohlgemuth, Takuya Doi, Neelkanth Dhere)
- Task Group 4: PV QA Testing for Diodes, shading and reverse bias — (leaders Vivek Gade, Yasunori Uchida, Paul Robusto)
- Task Group 5: PV QA Testing for UV, temperature and humidity — (leaders Michael Koehl, Kusato Hirota, Jasbir Bath)
- Task Group 6: Communication of PV QA ratings to the community — (leader David Williams)
To volunteer for Task Group 1, individuals may contact the leader directly or request access to the website at http://pvqataskforcemanufacturingqa.pbworks.com/.
To volunteer for Task Groups 2–6, individuals may contact the leader directly or request access to the website at http://pvqataskforceqarating.pbworks.com/.
For those interested in quality of inverters, there is a parallel effort to improve an existing IEC inverter qualification test standard. To volunteer for this effort, contact Greg Ball at Greg.Ball@dnv.com.
Additional information is available.
