The global solar boom has introduced a new urgency around asset durability, performance, and risk. As utility-scale solar farms become more common, so do the invisible defects that compromise ...

Nine-year EL testing on 85,000 PV modules shows increasing presence of edge ribbon cracks A UK research team used electroluminescence imaging to inspect 167 PV installations comprising a total of 5 ...

Photoluminescence testing complements EL by using light-induced excitation rather than electrical current to detect material-level defects, contamination, and performance variations in solar wafers ...

Spain's Enertis Applus has launched a new unit of its mobile laboratory in Australia after rollouts to Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Europe– markets where the company already operates mobile laboratories ...

Lab-tested solar module performance has improved over the last year, according to data from US-based technical advisory firm Renewable Energy Test Centre (RETC). In its 2025 PV Module Index Report, ...