For the fourth year in a row, Kiwa PVEL’s 2026 Module Reliability Scorecard registered a record high in module test failures. The use of POE as an encapsulant in TOPCon module construction could limit ...
Hail durability testing saw a decline in ‘high achiever’ results from 70% to 27% between 2025 and 2026. Image: Marian Heinkel, RETC. Damp heat testing of solar PV modules yielded 11% “red flag results ...
Independent testing laboratory Kiwa-PVEL today published the 11th edition of its PV Module Reliability Scorecard, having extensively tested PV modules from 50 different manufacturers. The scorecard ...