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Codes & Standards

Various bodies and independent organizations offer testing facilities and certification to solar photovoltaic panels. The key parameters that are subjected to test are the rated power, system configuration etc. and are awarded certifications based on their performance. Standards under the jurisdiction of ASTM committee E44; Florida Solar Energy Centre (FSEC), a research institute of the University of Central Florida; documents under IEC’s technical committee TC 82, European standards under the technical committee CLC/TC 82 Solar photovoltaic energy systems etc., offers standards and procedures to test and certify various aspect of solar photovoltaic panels like the rated power, system configuration and also BOS components.

References

• Bony, L., Doig, S., Hart, C., Maurer, E. and Newman, S. (2010). Achieving Low-Cost Solar PV: Industry Workshop Recommendations for Near-Term Balance of System Cost Reductions. [online] Snowmass: Rocky Mountain Institute, p.5. Available at: http://www.rmi.org/Content/Files/BOSReport.pdf [Accessed 11 May 2013].
• BRE, EA Technology, Halcrow Group, and SunDog Energy, (2006). Photovoltaics in Buildings: Guide to the installation of PV systems. [online] Available at: http://www.bre.co.uk/filelibrary/pdf/rpts/Guide_to_the_installation_of_PV_systems_2nd_Edition.pdf [Accessed 19 Apr. 2013].
• EPIA, (2014). Market Report 2013. [online] Brussels: EPIA. Available at: http://www.xn--pikeseelekterbfb.ee/pdf/Market_Report_2013.pdf [Accessed 2 Dec. 2015].
• Gosolarcalifornia.org, (2015). Go Solar California. [online] Available at: http://www.gosolarcalifornia.org/ [Accessed 2 Dec. 2015].
• Iea-pvps.org, (2010). IEA. [online] Available at: http://www.iea-pvps.org/ [Accessed 9 May 2013].
• IRENA, (2012). Solar Photovoltaics. RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: COST ANALYSIS SERIES. [online] Bonn. Available at: https://www.irena.org/DocumentDownloads/Publications/RE_Technologies_Cost_Analysis-SOLAR_PV.pdf [Accessed 28 Apr. 2013].
• Nrel.gov, (2015). NREL: Energy Analysis - Levelized Cost of Energy Calculator. [online] Available at: http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/tech_lcoe.html [Accessed 9 May 2013].
• Pv.energytrend.com, (2013). EnergyTrend PV_the authority of the solar photovoltaic industry news, analysis and price quotes platform. [online] Available at: http://pv.energytrend.com/ [Accessed 2 Dec. 2015].
• renewableUK, (2013). Small and Medium Wind UK Market Report. [online] Available at: http://www.renewableuk.com/en/publications/reports.cfm/Small-and-Medium-Wind-UK-Market-Report-2013 [Accessed 9 Jul. 2013].
• Sawin, J. (2013). Renewables 2013 Global Status Report. Paris: REN21.
• Solarserver.com, (2013). Startpage | Solar Server - phototovoltaics, solar heating, solar power - SolarServer. [online] Available at: http://www.solarserver.com/ [Accessed 2 Dec. 2015].
• Ukpower.co.uk, (2015). UK Power. [online] Available at: http://www.ukpower.co.uk/ [Accessed 2 Dec. 2015].