Featured in Celebrating solar success story – 06-2018

Capturing outdoor performance

The outdoor performance test of PV modules is the single ‘real world’ performance indicator that every buyer is most interested in. As part of the pv magazine test program, Gsolar has prepared an outdoor installation field in Xi’an, China, on the rooftop of a building that houses its manufacturing facilities and the test lab where the pv magazine tests are conducted. Xi’an has a temperate climate, with cold winters and mildly humid, hot summers.

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pv magazine

19 Jun 2018

The intention to launch an outdoor test as part of the pv magazine test program was announced back in September 2017. However, it took several months to gather enough products to install in the test field, and, most importantly, to carefully design it, troubleshoot several problems, and ensure that the measurement results will be accurate. Each product will …

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