Contacts

The International Photovoltaic Quality Assurance Task Force (PVQAT) relies on the contributions of international leaders, task group leaders, advisory board members, and sponsors and supporting organizations.

Members of the media are encouraged to reach out to our media contact for more information about PVQAT activities.

International Contacts

World map listing email addresses for PVAQT contacts in the Americas, Europe, China, Japan, and Australia.

Task Group Contacts

Guideline for manufacturing consistency — Task Group 1: Masaaki Yamamichi
Thermal and mechanical fatigue including vibration — Task Group 2: Nick Bosco
Humidity, temperature, and voltage — Task Group 3: Peter Hacke
Diodes, shading, and reverse bias — Task Group 4: Vivek Gade and Narendra Shiradkar
Ultraviolet, temperature, and humidity — Task Group 5: David Miller
Communication of photovoltaic (PV) QA ratings to the community — Task Group 6: n/a
Snow and wind loading — Task Group 7: Shu-Tsung Hsu (Anderson)
Thin-film PV — Task Group 8: Michael Kempe
Concentrator PV — Task Group 9: n/a
Junction box connectors — Task Group 10: Michael Kempe
PV Systems — Task Group 11: Peter Hacke
Soiling — Task Group 12: Yuepeng.Deng (monitoring), Lin Simpson (cleaning), David Miller (coatings), Leonardo.Micheli (modeling), and Greg Smestad (webinars)
Reliability of PV in India — Task Group 14: Narendra Shiradkar
Repair, Reuse, Recertification, and Recycling of PV — Task Group 15: Matt Muller, Teresa Barnes, Taylor Curtis, and Garvin Heath

Media Contacts

Ingrid Repins
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Phone: (303) 384-7678
[email protected]

Advisory Board

Michio Kondo (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology [AIST])
Govindasamy Tamizhmani (Mani) (Arizona State University)
Philippe Malbranche (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission - National Solar Energy Institute)
Wenxin Li (China General Certification Center)
Daniel Cunningham (U.S. Department of Energy)
Homer Antoniadis (DuPont)
Jia-Ruey Duann (Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan)
Keizo Asaoka (Japan Electrical Safety & Environment Technology Laboratories [JET])
Tadashi Obayashi (JET)
Fukuda Shin (Mitsui Chemical)
Dan Arvizu (NREL, Director Emeritus)
John Wohlgemuth (PowerMark)
Jenya Meydbray (PV Evolution Labs)
Alelie Funcell (Renewable Energy Test Center)
Xiaoyuan Chen (Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Maher Alodan (Saudi Arabia)
Bibek Bandyopadhyay (Solar Energy Centre)
Dennis McGuirk (SEMI)
Satoru Kuriyagawa (Solar Frontier)
David Degraaff (Sunpower Corporation)
Takao Amioka (Toray)
Pierre Verlinden (Trina Solar)
Willi Vaassen (TUV Rheinland)
Sarah Kurtz (University of California – Merced)
Kenneth Boyce (UL)

Sponsors and Supporting Organizations

Hosts

Supporting Organizations

U.S. Department of Energy
European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre
SEMI PV Group
Photovoltaic Power Generation Technology Research Association

Steering Committee

Xiaoda Chen (China General Certification Center)
Liang Ji (UL)
George Kelly (Sunset Technology)
Ingrid Repins (NREL)
Tony Sample (European Commission-Joint Research Centre)
Tadanori Tanahashi (AIST)
Harry Wirth (Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems)