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Testing and Certification
for PV Inverters
Testing and Certification for PV Inverters
Intertek — Your Testing Partner
Intertek Shanghai and Guangzhou PV inverter laboratories
have a full range of professional inverter testing equipment
and a number of senior inverter testing engineers, and
are laboratories accredited by China National Accreditation
Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS), Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTLs) and SAA-accredited
laboratories, serving the entire Asia-Pacific region and
providing global testing and certification services for PV
inverters.
●　Local equipment and local testing ensure that we have
the shortest test cycle to bring your products to market
faster;
●　Provide professional technical support and cost-effective,
quality service for you to reduce costs and improve
efficiency;
●　One-stop
service in various countries and regions helps
you open up a variety of ways to enter the international
market.
Major International Testing Standards
Applicable Standards/Regulations　Target Market
North America (the USA and Canada)
Challenge
PV inverters are power electronic equipment that is
used in the field of solar power generation, converts
the direct current generated by PV modules into
alternating current fed into the local load or grid,
and has the relevant protection function. According
to different occasions, PV inverters can be divided
into grid-connected inverters and off-grid inverters.
PV inverters differ largely in power level, ranging
from more than 100 watts for distributed gridconnected micro-inverters to hundreds of kilowatts
for centralized grid-connected large inverters.
Different grid systems and grid-connected policies
in countries around the world involve many testing
and certification standards for grid-connected PV
inverters, complex requirements, and a longer cycle.
General requirements
Safety: UL 1741; CSA C22.2 No.107.1-01
Software: UL 1998
Grid Connection Requirements
IEEE1547; IEEE1547.1
IEEE C62.41.2; IEEE C62.45-Surge
IEEE C90.2 -EMI
FCC
FCC Part 15
Energy efficiency testing
California Energy Efficiency Testing: CEC- 300
European market
With the popularity of the green energy-saving and
environmental protection concept, PV products
have become a significant concern, showing a
trend of rapid development in the domestic and
international markets. Governments around the
world have increased their domestic policy support
for PV grid-connected power generation projects.
As the core components of PV power generation
applications, grid-connected inverters, which are
closely related to power generation efficiency, have
a great market potential. Faced with such a good
opportunity, it has become an urgent problem for
Chinese manufacturers to obtain certification in
countries around the world in the shortest possible
time and quickly grasp business opportunities.
Safety: IEC / EN 62109 -1; IEC / EN 62109-2
Software: IEC / EN 60730-1
EMC: - EN 61000-6-1; EN 61000 -6 -2
- EN 61000 -6 -3; EN 61000 -6 -4; EN 55011
- EN 61000 -3 -2; EN 61000 -3 -12
- EN 61000 -3 -3; EN 61000 -3 -11
Performance: - IEC 61683
- IEC 62116
- IEC 61727
General requirements
Germany
VDE 0126- 1 - 1; VDE -AR -N - 4105; VDE V 0124- 100
Austria
OVE E- 8001- 4 - 712
Grid Connection
Italy
ENEL 2010 Ed.2.1; CEI 0- 21
Requirements
U.K.
G83; G59
Spain
RD 1663; RD 1699
Other European countries
EN 50438
Efficiency testing
EN 50530
Australian market
General requirements
AS / NZS 3100; IEC 62109-1; IEC 62109 -2
Grid-connection requirements
AS / NZS 4777.2; AS / NZS 4777.3
Chinese market
Intertek provides PV grid-connected inverters with
European TUV/CE certification
American ETLus certification
Canada cETL certification
China Golden Sun Certification
Australia SAA certification
Testing and certification in other countries and regions
General requirements
CNCA / CTS 0006 -2010
Grid-connection requirements
CNCA / CTS 0004 -2009A
Indian market
Energy efficiency requirements
IEC 61683
Environmental requirements
IEC 60068 -2 -1; IEC 60068-2 -2
IEC 60068 -2 -14; IEC 60068-2 -30