module testing [RE-wrenches]

[Kent Sheldon]

Good luck Bill. We are in the process of pulling our hardware from the
PV-USA site. I think they are getting ready to sell the rest of it off. I'm
meeting with someone from CEC there on Friday, and will let you know what
comes of it.


Kent Sheldon

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Brooks [mailto:billbrooks7 at earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 4:47 PM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: RE: module testing [RE-wrenches]


Jerry,

We are going to try to use PVUSA as a site, but that may or may not be
possible. Regardless, we will be pursuing state funding to do "consumer
report" testing that presents the results and lets the chips fall where they
may. Much of the testing that occurs at NREL and Sandia is to specifically
support feedback to the manufacturers so it intentionally kept silent so the
manufacturer can fix their problems.

We are suggesting a process that is independent and provides a real source
of information for the California Buydown program. Many other organizations
will be able to use the information, but the Buydown program is the purpose.

Bill.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Caldwell [mailto:solarcowboy at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 12:44 PM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: module testing [RE-wrenches]
>
>
> Perhaps a group of distributors, along with an
> organization like Solar Energy International, could
> develop some kind of impartial 3rd party testing
> ground that would freely share the information.
> Unless Bill thinks there's hope to revitalize PVUSA.
>
> Jerry Caldwell
> Light Energy Systems
> --- Doug Pratt <dpratt at pacific.net> wrote:
> > "Jeffrey Wolfe, Global Resources" wrote:
> >
> >
> > > What would help would be some real, long-term,
> > well monitored, side-by-side
> > > tests of different PV technologies. How about
> > putting some pressure on the
> > > manufacturers to do this?
> >
> > honest comparative tests for us. We need
> > independents like Sandia or
> > NREL for that job. They've actually BEEN running
> > these kinds of tests for
> > years, but won't release comparison data for a wide
> > variety of privacy-based
> > reasons (that somehow elude my comprehension).
> > -Doug Pratt
> >
> >
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