EN IEC 61215-1:2021

Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 1: Test requirements

This document lays down requirements for the design qualification of terrestrial photovoltaic modules suitable for long-term operation in open-air climates. The useful service life of modules so qualified will depend on their design, their environment and the conditions under which they are operated. Test results are not construed as a quantitative prediction of module lifetime. In climates where 98th percentile operating temperatures exceed 70 °C, users are recommended to consider testing to higher temperature test conditions as described in IEC TS 63126. Users desiring qualification of PV products with lesser lifetime expectations are recommended to consider testing designed for PV in consumer electronics, as described in IEC 63163 (under development). Users wishing to gain confidence that the characteristics tested in IEC 61215 appear consistently in a manufactured product may wish to utilize IEC TS 62941 regarding quality systems in PV manufacturing. This document is intended to apply to all terrestrial flat plate module materials such as crystalline silicon module types as well as thin-film modules. It does not apply to systems that are not long-term applications, such as flexible modules installed in awnings or tenting. This document does not apply to modules used with concentrated sunlight although it may be utilized for low concentrator modules (1 to 3 suns). For low concentration modules, all tests are performed using the irradiance, current, voltage and power levels expected at the design concentration. This document does not address the particularities of PV modules with integrated electronics. It may however be used as a basis for testing such PV modules. The objective of this test sequence is to determine the electrical characteristics of the module and to show, as far as possible within reasonable constraints of cost and time, that the module is capable of withstanding prolonged exposure outdoors. Accelerated test conditions are empirically based on those necessary to reproduce selected observed field failures and are applied equally across module types. Acceleration factors may vary with product design, and thus not all degradation mechanisms may manifest. Further general information on accelerated test methods including definitions of terms may be found in IEC 62506. Some long-term degradation mechanisms can only reasonably be detected via component testing, due to long times required to produce the failure and necessity of stress conditions that are expensive to produce over large areas. Component tests that have reached a sufficient level of maturity to set pass/fail criteria with high confidence are incorporated into the IEC 61215 series via addition to Table 1. In contrast, the tests procedures described in this series, in IEC 61215-2, are performed on modules.

Terrestrische Photovoltaik(PV)-Module - Bauarteignung und Bauartzulassung - Teil 1: Prüfanforderungen

Modules photovoltaïques (PV) pour applications terrestres - Qualification de la conception et homologation - Partie 1: Exigences d'essai

IEC 61215-1:2021 est disponible sous forme de IEC 61215-1:2021 RLV qui contient la Norme internationale et sa version Redline, illustrant les modifications du contenu technique depuis l'édition précédente.L'IEC 61215-1:2021 établit les exigences concernant la qualification de conception des modules photovoltaïques terrestres appropriés à un fonctionnement de longue durée dans des climats à l’air libre. La durée de vie utile des modules ainsi qualifiés dépend de leur conception, de leur environnement et de leurs conditions de fonctionnement. Les résultats d’essai ne sont pas une prévision quantitative de la durée de vie des modules. Le présent document est destiné à s'appliquer à tous les matériaux de modules à plaque plane pour applications terrestres, tels que les types de modules au silicium cristallin et les modules à couches minces. Il ne s’applique pas aux systèmes qui ne constituent pas des applications de longue durée, comme les modules flexibles installés dans des auvents ou des tentes. Cette deuxième édition de l'IEC 61215-1 annule et remplace la première édition de l'IEC 61215‑1 parue en 2016. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente: a. Ajout d’un essai issu de l’IEC TS 62782. b. Ajout d’un essai issu de l’IEC TS 62804-1. c. Ajout de méthodes d’essai exigées pour les modules flexibles. Cette disposition inclut l’ajout de l’essai de flexion (MQT 22). d. Ajout de définitions, références et instructions concernant le mode de réalisation de la qualification de la conception et de l’homologation IEC 61215 des modules photovoltaïques bifaces. e. Clarification des exigences relatives aux mesurages de la puissance de sortie. f. Ajout de poids à la boîte de jonction pendant 200 cycles thermiques. g. Exigence stipulant de réaliser un contre-essai conformément à l’IEC TS 62915. h. Suppression de l’essai nominal de fonctionnement du module (NMOT - nominal module operating test), et de l’essai associé de performances à la température nominale de fonctionnement du module (NMOT - nominal module operating temperature), issus de la série IEC 61215.

Prizemni fotonapetostni (PV) moduli - Ocena zasnove in odobritev tipa - 1. del: Zahteve za preskušanje

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 01-Apr-2021
• ICS: 27.160 - Solar energy engineering
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 82 - Solar photovoltaic energy systems
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 82 - IEC_TC_82
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 02-Apr-2021
• Completion Date: 02-Apr-2021
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 61215-1:2021 - Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 1: Test requirements

Relations

• Replaces: EN 61215-1:2016 - Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 1: Test requirements
• Effective Date: 08-Dec-2020
• Corrected By: EN IEC 61215-1:2021/AC:2021-06 - Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 1: Test requirements
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2021

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 61215-1:2021
01-junij-2021
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 61215-1:2017
Prizemni fotonapetostni (PV) moduli - Ocena zasnove in odobritev tipa - 1. del:
Zahteve za preskušanje
Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 1:
Test requirements
Modules photovoltaïques (PV) pour applications terrestres - Qualification de la
conception et homologation - Partie 1: Exigences d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 61215-1:2021
ICS:
27.160 Sončna energija Solar energy engineering
SIST EN IEC 61215-1:2021 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 61215-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2021
ICS 27.160 Supersedes EN 61215-1:2016 and all of its amendments
and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and
type approval - Part 1: Test requirements
(IEC 61215-1:2021)
Modules photovoltaïques (PV) pour applications terrestres - Terrestrische Photovoltaik(PV)-Module - Bauarteignung und
Qualification de la conception et homologation - Partie 1: Bauartzulassung - Teil 1: Prüfanforderungen
Exigences d'essai (IEC 61215-1:2021)
(IEC 61215-1:2021)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2021-03-30. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
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European foreword
The text of document 82/1828A/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61215-1, prepared by IEC/TC 82 "Solar
photovoltaic energy systems" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN IEC 61215-1:2021.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2021-12-30
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2024-03-30
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 61215-1:2016 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61215-1:2021 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60904-7 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60904-7
IEC 60904-9 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60904-9
IEC 61215-1-1:2021 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 61215-1-1:2021 (not modified)
IEC 61215-1-2:2021 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 61215-1-2:2021 (not modified)
IEC 61215-1-3:2021 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 61215-1-3:2021 (not modified)
IEC 61215-1-4:2021 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 61215-1-4:2021 (not modified)
IEC 61853-2:2016 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61853-2:2016 (not modified)
IEC 62108:2016 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62108:2016 (not modified)
IEC 62506 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62506
IEC 60904-9:2007 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60904-9:2007 (not modified)
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