Available Facilities

• Photovoltaic Module Lab – EnergyVille

  Outdoor Testing

  

  • Infrastructure Integrated PV (IIPV)
  • Agricultural PV (AgriPV)
  • PV tracking
  • Regular racks (fixed-tilt)
  • State-of-the-art setup for measuring large perovskite solar cell modules
  • MPP trackers and SMUs (source measure units) rated for 250W
    Spectral pyranometer for:
  • Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI)
  • PV spectral correction factors
  • Spectral and broadband Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) measurements

  Spectral albedometer for:

  • Spectral albedo assessment
  • PV rear-side irradiance measurement
  • Atmospheric parameter monitoring
  • Non-Invasive In-Situ Characterization
  • Daylight electroluminescence (EL) technique
  • Photoluminescence (PL) technique
  • Sky imager for energy yield modelling and forecasting

  Reference modules installed:

  • TOPCon, HJT, PERC

  Testing focus:

  • Enables testing of perovskite (and tandem) Key advantage: direct assessment of real-world outdoor performance in actual integration configurations, rather than only lab/simulated conditions

• Photovoltaic Module Lab – EnergyVille

  Indoor Testing

  

  • Specializes in vacuum lamination, for samples up to 3.5 m²
  • Small lab laminator: handles samples up to 50×50 cm², with independent control of top membrane and lower plate temperatures
  • Double membrane laminator: precise control over both top and bottom membranes, samples up to 3.2 m²
  • Lamination cycle: approximately 15–20 minutes, plus 30–50 minutes for sample preparation
  • Damp Heat (DH)
  • Thermal Cycling (TC) – for module sizes up to 3.2 m²
  • Humidity Freeze (HF)
  • Harsh UV exposure – for sample sizes up to 2 m²
  • Special combined test: DH chamber with 1-sun illumination, on samples up to 20×20 cm² at maximum power point (MPP)
  • DH/TC chambers can accommodate multiple samples simultaneously
  • Typical test duration: 1000 hours or until failure