Introduction

This web site informs you about all quality issues which has been conducted by the project PV Certification. The project is co-financed by the European Commission and the Swiss Government.

The "PV Certification”, which is organised in two main parts, aims at establishing certification frameworks for, firstly, training courses for PV electricians and installers (sub-project 1) and, secondly, manufacturing and quality assurance standards for PV products, systems and services (sub-project 2). In several European countries, publications, training material and courses were implemented for harmonising the European PV sector with Global PV standards initiatives. The following results are available on this homepage:

• How to implement a Quality Management System (QMS) (ISO 9001:2000) into your company? A manual for the implementation of a QMS and indicating the benefits has been elaborated that is available in English, French, German and Spanish.
• Standards and regulations are available on the national, European and international level for the PV sector. However, there are still standards lacking. For this reason a list of PV Recommended Specifications (PVRS) is prepared and available.
• Accredited test laboratories are allowed to test PV components, mainly PV modules.
• The project resulted into accrediting training courses and facilities. According to the national and international standard.
• The database provides information on certified products, services and training

The following companies and organisations have been contributing to this project. Project Partners:
WIP, Alpha Real, EC-JRC, ECN, ISPQ, IT power, ADEME, European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), TNEI and PV GAP

The website has been developed in the framework of the PV Certification project, which is co-financed by the European Commission under the ALTENER Programme and the Swiss Government.