A record number of PV modules have earned Top Performer status according to the 2024 edition of the Kiwa PVEL PV Module Reliability Scorecar...
By Max Macpherson, PVEL, and Alex Barrows, Exawatt/CRU Group With the waiver of AD/CVD circumvention tariffs on SE Asian cells and modules t...
PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), the renowned independent test lab for the downstream solar industry and member of the Kiwa Group, has upgraded the...
This is an excerpt from the Q2 2023 issue of Solar Builder magazine, written by Tristan Erion-Lorico is VP of sales and marketing for PV Evo...
PVEL’s 2023 PV Module Reliability Scorecard PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), an independent test lab for the downstream solar industry, publi...
When solar projects have underperformance issues, deploying the correct field service solution is critical in addressing the problem as quic...
Selecting an underperforming solar module can sink the performance and economic value of a solar project. Today on The Pitch, we get a crash...
Solar module news this year has been mostly bad, so how about some good news: A record 12 manufacturers had at least one Top Performing modu...
PVEL QE-Labs Drone EL Testing PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) and Quantified Energy Labs Pte. Ltd. (QE-Labs) signed an exclusive agreement to provi...
The global solar industry has made tremendous gains in the last decade, with exponential market growth driven by a 90% reduction in panel co...
Third-party researchers PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) put OpenSolar, a free solar design and sale...
PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has released a new hail test for its PV Module Product Qualification Program with future testing to occur at PVEL&r...
A PVEL lab technician notes power measurements of a solar inverter Independent PV and storage test lab PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) is now partn...
Solar PV panels — the symbol of the industry — are a bit of Rorschach test. What do you see when looking at one? The starting po...
Some in the clean energy sector consider PV modules to be commodities, interchangeable and undifferentiated. The look, feel, relative wattag...
The road to a massive capacity expansion of high-power PV modules is proving to be bumpy. One in three participating PV module manufacturers...
Can you trust an inverter datasheet? Results from independent testing show that datasheets can mislead buyers: reported efficiency may be im...
Ask any solar developer, installer or asset owner if they have experienced inverter issues and the response is usually a resounding “y...
Improving the electricity yield in photovoltaic solar energy long has been a game of incremental additions of new technology. Over the ...
Independent solar test lab PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has tested PV modules installed in more than 1 GW of solar projects that were damaged by...
