How many standards are there for photovoltaic systems?

There are nearly 80 standards applicable to photovoltaic and five working groups in IEC TC82. For necessary safety requirements ‘Quality and Standards’ technologically need to be revised and up to date.

What are the ASTM standards for solar energy conversion?

The PV standard developed by ASTM technical committee is E44.09 Photovoltaic electric power conversion . The ASTM standards related to PV technology is shown in Table1. Table 1. ASTM standards for PV installations. Related to solar energy conversion- addresses the solar energy conversion into other forms of energy by various means.

What are the standards for flat plate PV modules?

Standards for flat plate PV modules – covers rack mounting systems, clamping devices, mounting grounding/bonding devices for specific flat plate PV panels that comply with the standard for PV UL1703 or UL 61730–1 (describes the fundamental construction requirements for PV modules for safer operation) and UL61730-2 (for safety qualification test).

What is the minimum array area requirement for a solar PV inverter?

Although the RERH specification does not set a minimum array area requirement, builders should minimally specify an area of 50 square feet in order to operate the smallest grid-tied solar PV inverters on the market.

What are the requirements for regulating PV system design and battery function?

First, to regulate system design and battery function: IEC 62124 for stand-alone PV system design recommendations and PV performance evaluation (including battery testing and recovery after periods of low state-of-charge) in a variety of climatic conditions, and IEC 62509 for battery charge controllers.

What is Solar America Board of codes & standards (ABCs)?

The Solar America Board of Codes and standards (ABCs) was established in the year 2008 to identify and rectify the current issues in the development of codes and standards that will help accelerate the installation of high quality and safe PV systems .