CFV PV Module Bankability Program

• Comprehensive bankability testing program based on IEC 63209 with technology specific customization.

• Includes tests for material durability, cell degradation, mechanical durability and performance testing.

• Third party BOM verification and build witness. 

• Report sharing with investors and IEs. 

Cell Degradation Testing

• Both LID and LeTID can be problems with newer technology modules, especially modules made from PERC cells.

• LID and LeTID operate via different mechaninsms and on different time scales and and may actually overlap, making disentangling the effects problematic.

• CFV has a protocol designed to isolate and quantify each effect to the extent possible.

Mechanical Durability Testing

• CFV specializes in sophisticated mechanical load testing protocols.

• The protocols test for catasrophic module damage under wind and snow loads and also for module susceptibilty to cell cracking.

• Newer modules with thinner frames, end clamped modules and center clamped modules on single-axis-trackers need to be carefully evaluated.