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First Solar Achieves EPEAT Climate+ Label for Low-Carbon Modules

First Solar received the EPEAT Climate+ designation for its Series 6 Plus and Series 7 TR1, the world's first PV solar modules to do so. First Solar Inc. has received the EPEAT Climate+ designation ...
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First Solar and Qcells Score Panel Ecolabel Preferred in U.S. Federal Tenders

Solar panel manufacturers First Solar and Hanwha Qcells have registered several of their solar panel designs under a label of most sustainably produced panels, which the U.S. government prefers when ...
pv magazine International

New technique to geo-label PV modules in utility-scale solar parks

A group of researchers from Morocco has developed a novel technique to geo-label solar modules in large-scale parks. It utilizes infrared (IR) images from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as inputs, ...
pv magazine International

EU Ecodesign and Energy labels for solar risks fall short of objectives, says coalition

Representatives from the European Solar Manufacturing Council, Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance, PVthin, and the Environmental Coalition on Standards have proposed changes to the carbon footprint ...