Module Durability

The International Photovoltaic Quality Assurance Task Force's module durability efforts focus on testing for elements that significantly contribute to safety failure or degradation in PV modules.

Current Progress

PVQAT has contributed to numerous standards and publications. These are listed in the descriptions of the participating task groups.

Task Groups

Associated task groups include:

• Thermal and Mechanical Fatigue Including Vibration: Task Group 2
• Humidity, Temperature, and Voltage: Task Group 3
• Diodes, Shading, and Reverse Bias: Task Group 4
• UV, Temperature, and Humidity: Task Group 5
• Snow and Wind Loading: Task Group 7
• Thin-Film Photovoltaic Modules: Task Group 8
• Concentrator Photovoltaic Modules (CPV): Task Group 9
• Junction Box Connectors: Task Group 10
• Soiling: Task Group 12
• Cells: Task Group 13