The solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer Solar EnerTech Corporation (Mountain View, California) in December 2009 announced that the company's PV modules had been awarded the Safety Class II Certification by TUV Rheinland (TUV). This enables the company to sell its products to a wider spectrum of customers, primarily those based in Europe.

Leo Young, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Solar EnerTech, commented: "This certification offers our current and potential buyers with increased confidence during their purchasing process, as it provides an independent validation of the quality and safety of our module products. The TUV certification will allow us to increase our market share in Europe as we continue to deliver state-of-the-art, high quality products." Solar EnerTech also reports that the company maintains a joint research and development (R&D) lab at Shanghai University to develop higher efficiency PV cells and to put the results of that research to use in its manufacturing processes.

TUV certification facilitates entry into growing European solar markets

The TUV Rheinland Group is a leading provider of technical services worldwide. Founded in 1872 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, the Group's mission and guiding principle is to achieve sustained development of safety and quality in order to meet the challenges arising from the interaction between man, technology and the environment. Product certifications are issued to manufacturers whose products meet TUV's safety and quality tests. TUV employees also monitor the manufacturer's production facilities at regular intervals and check whether manufactured products correspond with samples tested by TUV to ensure that certified products continue to meet their certification requirements.

2009-12-29 | Courtesy: Solar EnerTech Corp. | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH