(CSA Group: Toronto) -- To speed entry for solar panel manufacturers into the North American and international markets, a new a photovoltaic (PV) certification test company, CFV Solar Test Laboratory, has opened in Albuquerque, New Mexico, offering worldwide certification services from one location.

CFV Solar Test Laboratory is jointly owned by CSA Group, VDE Testing and Certification Institute, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, and Fraunhofer USA Center for Sustainable Energy Systems.

The CFV laboratory offers complete certification and noncertification testing services for PV technologies not readily available at other test locations, including flat panel, thin film, and concentrating PV (CPV) testing.

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