Every solar panel company makes bold claims about its panel efficiency, maximum wattage availability, temperature coefficient and other specs in optimal conditions. Anyone who does product testing ...

The global solar boom has introduced a new urgency around asset durability, performance, and risk. As utility-scale solar farms become more common, so do the invisible defects that compromise ...

A new hail test for solar panels shoots small to large hailstones at solar panels while aimed to more accurately determine the panel’s breaking point. Introduced by VDE Americas, the “Hail Resiliency ...

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VDE Americas and RETC, part of the VDE Group, today introduced the Hail Resiliency Curve (HRC) Test, a groundbreaking test protocol designed to evaluate solar panel ...

Tokyo has passed regulations that will require most new residential buildings to incorporate solar paneling. The regulations, which constitute Japan’s first-ever solar mandate, will go into effect in ...