SunCube™ IEC/EN 62108 and 300 Wdc STC certification

The IEC/EN 62108 CPV standard specifies the requirements for the design qualification and type approval of CPV modules and assemblies suitable for long-term operation in demanding outdoor conditions. Since 2009, it has been the standard for the certification of CPV modules. According to the testing standards for conventional PV modules, the IEC/EN 62108 norm simulates environmental conditions and influences for CPV modules to verify the performance reliability and aging resistance. This includes, among other things, testing of hail impact, mechanical load, insulation and wet insulation as well as outdoor exposure. Click here to read an overview of the IEC/EN 62108 test protocol. Almost all countries have adopted IEC/EN 62108 as their standard for CPV solar generators to be sold in their country. Australia and the US are among those countries that have done so.

We have been officially notified by EuroCert SA that the SunCube™ has passed both independent IEC/EN 62108 and 300 Wdc STC certification. SunCube Certificate of Conformity to CPV standard IEC/EN 62108 and Test Report ITC/TEST/121 summary.

The team at Square Engineering and at GGE wish to thank all those who had the faith in us and the SunCube™ and who supported us while we worked long and hard for this day to arrive. Truly a day never to be forgotten by all involved.

With this certification, world wide SunCube™ Energy Farms can now start to be constructed, as the IEC/EN 62108 certification assures the 25 year minimum life of the SunCube and the 300 WDC STC power certification assures the level of power generation. Both are required before investors will buy or invest in a SunCube™ Energy Farm.

At 300 Wdc STC this makes the SunCube™ the most powerful / m2 solar generator on the planet and at 31% efficiency, the most efficient. As you know it is also the most inexpensive due to the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) design and manufacturing approach taken by GGE and the KISS SunCube™ manufacturing line approach used in the Square Engineering ISO 9001:2008 SunCube factory in Satara India. Helios Solar in Denver Colorado will be duplicating the Square Engineering manufacturing line approach as will other GGE SunCube™ licensees.

Additionally we have developed a method to allow SunCubes™ to be fitted to normal domestic roofs. This is possible due to the fact that the SunCube™ presents only around 25% of the wind loading that an annual kWh equivalent fixed latitude tilted up silicon flat panel rooftop array would do. For a thin film fixed latitude tilted up flat panel array, the SunCube™ annual kWh equivalent wind loading is around 12-15%.

For Australia we will submit the IEC/EN 62108 and 300 Wdc STC power rating certifications to the BCSE to enable the SunCube™ to be listed on the official Australian Approved Solar Generator list. This will enable the SunCube™ to be sold in Australia and to gain access to the same RECs, feed-in tariffs and other such incentives as traditional flat panels enjoy.

So today Square Engineering, GGE and the SunCube™ pulled off a solar hat trick+1:

1) Most powerful / m2 solar generator

2) Most efficient solar generator

3) Lowest cost / kWh solar generator

4) Much lower rooftop wind loading than an annual kWh equivalent fixed latitude tilted up silicon or thin film flat panel array.

So well done to a small and dedicated SunCube™ design and development team. Now the real work starts. So many SunCube™ Energy Farms and SunCube™ factories to build.................