The Principal Solar Institute Publishes White Paper Outlining Industry’s First & Only Independent Ratings System for Creati...
November 13 2012 - 11:16AM
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Principal Solar, Inc (PSI; OTC Pink: PSWW), a
publicly traded solar energy holding company executing a unique
roll-up strategy to create the world's first distributed solar
utility, today announced the release of “Solar Industry Goes
Mainstream: New PV Module Rating System Empowers Solar
Professionals,” authored by Ken Allen, Rick Borry, Dan Bedell, Kirk
Blankenship and Matthew A. Thompson, director of The Principal
Solar Institute, an online reference center and resource guide for
the commercial and utility scale solar market. The paper outlines
the industry’s first and only comprehensive, independent
performance rating standard based on lifetime energy production of
solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, which is designed to assist
large-scale solar consumers.
“Solar PV modules offer a vast array of technology choices in
terms of cells, panels and configurations, creating challenges for
decision-makers,” says Thompson. “This unbiased rating system
elevates the solar industry to the level of other mature markets,
such as the financial sector, which turns to Standard and Poor’s
Ratings for investments, and the air conditioning manufacturing
industry, which relies upon SEER Ratings.”
Guided by an advisory board of highly influential academic
experts and solar professionals, the PSI PV Module Rating is based
on physical tests by independent laboratories such as TÜV
Rheinland, but is presented as a single comparative number that can
be used with circumstantial information such as deliverability,
pricing and manufacturer reputation so that solar power plant
designers, buyers and financiers have a consistent basis for
choosing a particular PV module. The system empowers these
decision-makers to make informed, intelligent comparisons and
determinations when selecting PV modules.
“The PSI Rating method will satisfy the solar power industry’s
urgent need for a way to uniformly evaluate PV modules in order to
make technologically and financially optimal decisions,” Thompson
adds.
About Principal Solar
Principal Solar, Inc (PSI; OTC Pink: PSWW), is a publicly traded
solar energy holding company executing a unique roll-up strategy to
create the world's first distributed solar utility. PSI
concentrates its resources on the acquisition, finance,
development and management of solar power companies. The Principal
Solar Institute, an educational organization created by Principal
Solar, Inc., is dedicated to spreading solar knowledge to the
critical stakeholders in the ongoing energy debate. Visit
www.PrincipalSolar.com.
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