Quality Beyond Expectations
Table Of Contents
- Slide Number 1
- Contents
- Introduction
- REC Group – A leading, global solar company
- Vertically integrated manufacturing
- REC’s competitive advantage – minimum transport
- Slide Number 7
- Product Qualification and Testing
- International standards
- Certification results above industry standards
- Pushing the standards
- What is REC’s Combined Cycle Test?
- Internal qualification results above IEC standards
- REC goes further - Extended Qualification
- Extended qualification results double IEC Standards
- How does REC carry out its qualification?
- REC’s internal laboratory
- Other signs of quality
- Environmental and Quality Standards
- Slide Number 20
- Ensuring quality in the field
- REC’s test systems
- Proven performance in India
- Proven performance in Singapore
- Proven performance in Europe
- Reliability and Durability Model (RAD)
- Predicting and analysing degradation using models
- Slide Number 28
- Foundations for quality
- RBS and RPDM supporting quality and predictability
- RBS controls quality through all key inputs
- A highly automated manufacturing process
- In-process automated checks
- Slide Number 34
- Third party bankability audits
- Black & Veatch conclusions
- Mott MacDonald conclusions
- Summary of report findings*
- Slide Number 39
- The REC warranty
- REC’s low customer claims level is evidence of quality
- REC takes warranty claims seriously
- Summary
- Slide Number 44
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Mott MacDonald conclusions
“[MM] considers that the REC modules are designed in accordance with the industry best-practice and thus that the technical
characteristics of the REC modules are in line with similar higher class poly-crystalline modules manufactured by top-tier PV
manufacturers.“
“MM considers that the annual PR values exhibited by the REC systems are highly satisfactory.“
“The module mismatch loss is very small.“
“The quality of the checks implemented in the cell manufacturing line give comfort that
reliable cells are produced by REC.“
“The rate of automation of REC facilities provides important benefits and advantages against less automated factories.“
“A good level of quality management processes.“
“Once the wafers enter the cell-manufacturing line, they go through a 100% automated process
with no manual labour involved.“
“MM is satisfied with the high level of automation in the cell production line and with the extensive number of quality checks
and testing procedures in place.“
“MM has formed a very positive opinion of the facility due to the clean, organised and well-managed cell and module
production lines.“
“REC‘s internal quality requirements provide extra comfort on the long term behaviour of REC PV modules.“
“This overall approach indicates that the company‘s attention to detail will assist in
maintaining a quality product.“
“Suppliers have been benchmarked and classified.“