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Quantifying Risk: CEA introduces benchmarking

Quality assurance: Having been involved in assuring quality with over 16 GW of PV installations, Clean Energy Associates is putting its experience to good use. Its new Supplier Benchmarking Program brings together its proprietary data set with an analytical methodology, delivering a tool to judge the ability of PV module suppliers’ ability to deliver on promises of durability and reliability. Director of Technology and Quality George Touloupas sets out the program.

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07 Jun 2017

Author: George TouloupasThe PV industry’s exponential growth has happened so fast that some important questions regarding module quality remain unanswered. As the PV module is the single most important energy and revenue-generating component, its long-term performance is key to the financial success of a PV project. A crucial metric is the maximum annual degradation, which …

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