Featured in 2017: MENA means solar – 01-2017

The breaking point

Module testing: Physics of Failure is an approach to testing and designing for reliability used in many “mission-critical” industries such as military hardware, aerospace and automotive manufacturing. And while the solar PV industry is beginning to investigate Physics of Failure, many questions remain unanswered.

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Christian Roselund

06 Feb 2017

In the last six months PV module makers have been under tremendous pressure to bring down costs to compete in an atmosphere of renewed price collapses, and similar pressures have been felt for some time all along the value chain. Whenever there is a drive to cut costs, quality and reliability are inevitable concerns.However, even …

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