SEMA Announces Hosting of IPC PV/Solar Standard Meetings on Final Module Visual Inspection, Tabbing and Stringing and Lamination
SEMA (Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association) announces it will host the IPC Solar/ PV standards meeting on Final Module Visual Inspection, Tabbing and Stringing and Lamination, scheduled to take place Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at the Wyndham Hotel on North First Street in San Jose, CA.
The program will consist of a review of the content of the Tabbing and Stringing Standard followed by comment resolution for the Final Assembly PV Module Standard (IPC-8701) finishing with a discussion of Lamination Standard content development.
Breakfast will be served at 8am with the meeting finishing at 5pm. There will be a call in number and code for those not able to attend in person.
For more information, contact Mathew Holzmann at matt.holzmann@solar-ema.org or Jasbir Bath at jasbir.bath@solar-ema.org. Please RSVP to David Torp at IPC by February 12th at dptorp@ipc.org.
SEMA Announces Meeting on Recycling of PV Modules and Roundtable Discussion on Issues Affecting the PV Industry
SEMA (Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association) announces a meeting to discuss the recycling of PV modules, scheduled to take place Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at the Wyndham Hotel on North First Street in San Jose, CA.
The program will consist of a presentation by Bill McGeever, Vice President of Operations, ECS Refining about recycling options and methodologies for PV modules. ECS Refining is a full service recycling and end-of-life services company. The waste generated by end-of-life PV modules is expected to reach more than 20,000 tons in the next ten years with PV module recycling expected to play an increasing role, including designing PV modules for recyclability. This presentation will be followed by a roundtable discussion of issues in the PV industry and how SEMA can help to address them.
Dinner and drinks will be served at 6 p.m. with the meeting finishing at 8 p.m.
For more information, contact Mathew Holzmann at matt.holzmann@solar-ema.org or Jasbir Bath at jasbir.bath@solar-ema.org. Please RSVP to Jasbir Bath at jasbir.bath@solar-ema.org.
SEMA and SMTA Solar Manufacturing and Reliability Conference Program Announced
SEMA and SMTA (Surface Mount Technology Association) announce the finalized program of the Solar Manufacturing & Reliability Conference taking place March 22-23, 2012 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. The program will consist of presentations and discussions covering the reliability testing of PV Modules covering gaps and where future work needs to be done. It will highlight various reliability programs being done in the industry with an assessment of current and evolving standards in manufacturing and reliability. This will include the work of the PV Module QA Forum Task Force groups who will submit their recommendations to the various IEC and other international standard groups.
Sessions will cover inverter and microinverter reliability / Balance of Systems and future trends. Module manufacturing and general manufacturing issues will be discussed together with a review of the global solar outlook. Areas of concerns will be discussed for modules which include General module hazardous issues and module warranties.
Two half-day workshops, “A Review of PV Standards Including UL1703 and IEC61215” and “Manufacturing Technology and Troubleshooting PV Manufacturing,” are also scheduled for Wednesday, March 21st.
A two-day exhibition will accompany the conference on March 22-23, 2012. Exhibitor booth registration is open. Sponsorship opportunities are also available for this event.
The conference is supported by IPVEA. Visit http://www.smta.org/solar/ for more information
or contact Mathew Holzmann at matt.holzmann@solar-ema.org or Jasbir Bath at jasbir.bath@solar-ema.org.