Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules – Design qualification and type approval - Part 1: Requirements for testing

This part of IEC 61215 lays down IEC requirements for the design qualification and type
approval of terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules suitable for long-term operation in general
open-air climates, as defined in IEC 60721-2-1. This standard is intended to apply to all
terrestrial flat plate module materials such as crystalline silicon module types as well as thinfilm
modules.
This standard 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 current, voltage and power levels expected at the design
concentration.
This standard 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 and thermal 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 in climates described in the
scope. The actual lifetime expectancy of modules so qualified will depend on their design,
their environment and the conditions under which they are operated.

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

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

L'IEC 61215-1:2016 établit les exigences pour la qualification de la conception et l'homologation des modules photovoltaïques (PV) pour applications terrestres et pour une utilisation de longue durée dans les climats généraux à l'air libre, définis dans l'IEC 60721-2-1. La présente norme est destinée à s'appliquer à tous les matériaux de modules à plaque plane au silicium cristallin pour applications terrestres (p. ex.: types de modules au silicium cristallin et modules à couches minces). L'objet de cette séquence d'essais est de déterminer les caractéristiques électriques et thermiques du module et de montrer, dans la mesure du possible avec des contraintes de coût et de temps raisonnables, que le module est apte à supporter une exposition prolongée aux climats définis dans le domaine d'application. Cette édition de l'IEC 61215-1 inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à la deuxième édition de l'IEC 61215:2005: Réorganisation de la série de normes selon une structure cohérente avec les autres normes de l'IEC. La Partie 1 répertorie les exigences générales, les Partie 1-x établissent les exigences spécifiques à chaque technologie photovoltaïque (PV), tandis que la Partie 2 définit les essais. Tous les essais définis dans la Partie 2 sont des essais de qualité des modules (MQT, Module Quality Test).

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

Ta del standarda IEC 61215 določa zahteve IEC za oceno zasnove in odobritev tipa prizemnih fotonapetostnih (PV) modulov, primernih za dolgotrajno uporabo v običajnih okoljih na prostem, kot je opredeljeno v standardu IEC 60721-2-1. Ta standard je namenjen za uporabo za vse materiale ploščatih prizemnih modulov, kot so vrste modulov iz kristalnega silicija in tankoplastni moduli.
Ta standard se ne uporablja za module za uporabo s koncentrirano sončno svetlobo, lahko pa se uporablja za nizkokoncentracijske module (1 do 3 sončni viri). Za nizkokoncentracijske module se vsi preskusi izvedejo s tokovno, napetostno in močnostno ravnjo, ki so pričakovane pri načrtovani koncentraciji.
Ta standard ne obravnava posebnosti prizemnih fotonapetostnih modulov z vgrajeno elektroniko, vendar se lahko uporablja kot podlaga za preskušanje takšnih fotonapetostnih modulov.
Namen tega preskusnega zaporedja je določiti električne in toplotne lastnosti modula ter prikazati (kot je mogoče v razumnih stroškovnih in časovnih omejitvah), da lahko modul prenese učinke dolgotrajne izpostavljenosti v okoljih, opisanih v okviru področja uporabe. Dejanska pričakovana življenjska doba tako ocenjenih modulov je odvisna od njihove zasnove, okolja uporabe in pogojev delovanja.

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Publication Date
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19-Feb-2024
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Start Date
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Due Date
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 61215-1:2017
01-februar-2017
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SIST EN 61215:2005
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:
Requirements for testing
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61215-1:2016
ICS:
27.160 6RQþQDHQHUJLMD Solar energy engineering
SIST EN 61215-1:2017 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61215-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2016
ICS 27.160 Supersedes EN 61215:2005 (partially)
English Version
Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and
type approval - Part 1: Test requirements
(IEC 61215-1:2016)
Modules photovoltaïques (PV) pour applications terrestres - Terrestrische Photovoltaik-(PV-)Module - Bauarteignung
Qualification de la conception et homologation - Partie 1: und Bauartzulassung - Part 1: Prüfanforderungen
Exigences d'essai (IEC 61215-1:2016)
(IEC 61215-1:2016)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2016-04-13. 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
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
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Turkey and the United Kingdom.



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© 2016 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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European foreword
The text of document 82/1046/FDIS, future edition 1 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 61215-1:2016.

The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2017-01-13
• latest date by which the document has to be
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2019-04-13
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes partially EN 61215:2005.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61215-1:2016 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant

EN/HD applies.

NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60050 series International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - series
IEC 60269-6 -  Low-voltage fuses -- Part 6: EN 60269-6 -
Supplementary requirements for fuse-links
for the protection of solar photovoltaic
energy systems
IEC 60891 -  P
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