pv magazine International

Solar module certification is broken. Here’s how to fix it

The solar industry has fought for decades to earn its reputation as the fastest, cheapest way to decarbonize the grid. But in 2025, as deployment accelerates and policy support wanes, the industry ...
Optics

Module-level sensors detect faults in large solar power plants early

Large photovoltaic power plants often comprise tens of thousands of modules and components. Whenever individual solar modules malfunction, intact bypass diodes can contain a strong power loss in the ...
PV Tech

CSIRO’s thermal-sensing robots detect solar module faults in landmark Australian trial

The technology represents an advancement in addressing the labour-intensive and hazardous nature of manual solar PV power plant maintenance. Image: CSIRO. Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, ...
Solar Power World

Increased product failures leads Kiwa PVEL to update solar panel testing protocols

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

Module-Level Sensor System Detects Faults in Large Photovoltaic Power Plants Early

Present systems do not monitor large PV plants on the module level. Yet that is exactly where faults occur, which affect the connection of several solar modules in series, that is, the complete string ...