Featured in The Quality Issue – 04-2019

Implementing standards

While Bureau of India Standards (BIS) certification is an honest attempt by the Indian government to mitigate risks associated with poor quality of modules, there are several reasons why this particular objective is currently not being met. pv magazine India’s Uma Gupta investigates India’s efforts to ensure quality in its booming PV industry.

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pv magazine, Uma Gupta

02 Apr 2019

Image: AV Solar

India’s solar growth has been spectacular, quickly propelling it to the status of a solar superpower. The country plans to put more than 250 GW of solar into its generation pipeline in the next 10 years.A potential antagonist in this shining story line could be ‘quality,’ or rather the lack of it. If India is …

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