Introduction
Photovoltaic certification is a national accredited certification body. For example, TUV (Technical Inspection Association), IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), and China Quality Certification Center (CQC) have certified photovoltaic companies' products to meet their relevant standards. The certification of photovoltaic products can be divided into two major categories: safety certification and performance certification.
Certification standards
Global International Area | Applicable standards/regulations |
North America/Canada | |
basic requirements | Safety regulations: UL1741; CSA C22.2 No.107.1-01 Software: UL1998 |
Grid connection requirements | IEEE1547;IEEE1547.1 IEEE C62.41.2;IEEE C62.45-Surge IEEE C90.2-EMI |
FCC | FCC Part 15 |
Energy efficiency test | California Energy Efficiency Test: CEC-300 |
European market | |
basic requirements | Safety regulations: IEC/EN 62109-1; IEC/EN 62109-2 Software: IEC/EN 60731-1 EMC: EN 61000-6-1; EN 61000-6-2 EN 61000-6-3; EN 61000-6-4;EN 55011 EN 61000-3-2; EN 61000-3-12 Performance: IEC 61683, IEC 62116, IEC 61727 |
Grid connection requirements | Germany: VDE 0126-1-1; VDE-AR-N-4105; VDE V 0124-100 Austria: OVE E-8001-4-712 Italy: ENEL 2010 Ed.2.1; CEI 0-21 United Kingdom: G83; G59 Spain: RD1663; RD1699 Other European countries: EN50438 |
Photovoltaic products
Crystalline silicon photovoltaic module
2. Controller, Inverter, and Control Inverter
3. Independent photovoltaic system
4. Thin film photovoltaic modules
5. Grid-connected inverter
6. Photovoltaic battery
7. Concentrating photovoltaic modules
8. Photovoltaic system connector
9. Junction box
10. Solar photovoltaic wire
11. Optical cable
12. Backplane
13. Bracket
14. Photovoltaic glass
15. Solar Applications: DC Luminaires, Solar Street Lights, Solar Lawn Lights, Garden Lights, LED Lights, etc.
PV certification type
According to the countries or regions where photovoltaic products are exported, they mainly include:
1. China Golden Sun Certification
2. EU CE certification, TUV/VDE certification, MCS certification
3. Canadian CSA certification
4. US ETL certification, UL certification
5. Grid-connected inverter