Mission Solar Energy Product Models

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1 Cover Page RETC PAN File Test Report October 27, 2016 Mission Solar Energy Product Models MSE280SQ5T, MSE285SQ5T, MSE290SQ5T, MSE295SQ5T Issued by: Issued to: Trevor Charles Udwin Product Manager Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC) Landing Parkway Fremont, CA Submitted by: Cherif Kedir EVP Engineering & Ops Reviewed by: Cherif Kedir EVP Engineering & Ops

2 Test Site Client Renewable Energy Test Center Information Page PAN File Performance Measurements, Light Induced Degradation, and PVSyst PAN File Testing per IEC Test Scope PAN File Creation, AOI Measurement Tested Product Configuration Product Description Qty Model Number Remark Module 60 Cell Mono-Si Module 4 MSE290SQ5T Engineering PAN File Generation: MSE290SQ5T PAN File Extrapolation: MSE280SQ5T, MSE285SQ5T, MSE295SQ5T Company Mission Solar Energy 8303 S. New Braunfels Ave. San Antonio, TX Contact Person Trevor Charles Udwin Product Manager tudwin@missionsolar.com Company Contact Person Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC) Landing Parkway, Fremont CA Ms. Zennia Villanueva QA Director O: F: zenniav@retc-ca.com Tests Conducted by: Reviewed by: Manny Siason Director of Engineering and Operations Cherif Kedir Sr. VP for Engineering and Operations Test Date (Start/End): 09/27/ /06/2016 Submission Date: Report: 10/27/2016 Version: V1.0 This report shall not be reproduced except in full. The results were obtained by following standard laboratory procedures and per the international standards listed in the test plan. The results in this report are only representative of the samples as received by RETC. 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

3 List of Symbols and Abbreviations EL Electroluminescence IEC International Electrotechnical Commission N/A Not Applicable Pmax Maximum Power PV Photovoltaic (Solar) STC Standard Test Conditions, AM1.5, 25 o C, 1000W/m 2 %RH % Relative Humidity IRR Irradiance (W/m 2 ) LTC Low Temperature Conditions, AM1.5, 15 o C, 500W/m 2 LIC Low Irradiance Conditions, AM1.5, 25 o C, 200W/m 2 HTC High Temperature Conditions, AM1.5, 75 o C, 1000W/m 2 NOCT Nominal Operating Cell Temperature Conditions, AM1.5, 800W/m 2 References IEC nd Ed IEC nd Ed IEC nd Ed IEC st Ed IEC st Ed Crystalline Silicon Terrestrial Photovoltaic (PV) Modules - Design Qualification and Type Approval Photovoltaic Devices Part 1: Measurement of Photovoltaic Current- Voltage Characteristics Photovoltaic Devices Part 2: Requirements for Reference Solar Devices Sampling Plans and Procedures for Inspection by Attributes Photovoltaic (PV) module performance testing and energy rating Part 1: Irradiance and temperature performance measurements and power rating 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

4 Table of Content Cover Page... 1 Information Page... 2 List of Symbols and Abbreviations... 3 References... 3 Table of Content Test Flow Sample Allocation Test Results Visual Inspection Visual Inspection - continued Visual Inspection - continued Electroluminescence Measurement of Temperature Coefficients Maximum Power Determination Maximum Power %Determination Performance at Multi-Irradiances, 25 o C Performance at Multi-Irradiances, 15 o C Performance at Multi-Irradiances, 50 o C Performance at Multi-Irradiances, 75 o C Performance at LTC, LIC, HTC IAM Coefficients PAN File Creation MSE290SQ5T MSE280SQ5T MSE285SQ5T MSE295SQ5T Annex 1: List of measurement equipment Annex 2: Statement of the estimated uncertainty of the test results About RETC /27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

5 1 Test Flow Standard Section Station A B C D IEC Electroluminescence IEC Visual Inspection IEC Maximum Power Determination IEC LID 45kWhr - Light Induced Degradation IEC Maximum Power Determination IEC LID 5kWhr - Light Induced Degradation IEC Maximum Power Determination IEC LID 5kWhr - IF previous Degradation is more than 1.0% IEC Maximum Power Determination IEC C Maximum Power 0100 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 0200 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 0400 W/m2 IEC Performance at LTC IEC C Maximum Power 0600 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 0800 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 1000 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 0100 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 0200 W/m2 IEC Performance at LIC IEC C Maximum Power 0400 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 0600 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 0800 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 1000 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 1100 W/m2 IEC Performance at NOCT IEC C Maximum Power 0400 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 0600 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 0800 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 1000 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 1100 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 0600 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 0800 W/m2 IEC C Maximum Power 1000 W/m2 IEC Performance at HTC IEC C Maximum Power 1100 W/m2 IEC PAN File Creation : Test sequence completed 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

6 2 Sample Allocation RETC ID Module ID Module Number Test C-CA-1609-MSE-011-A A038 MSE290SQ5T Control C-CA-1609-MSE-011-B A032 MSE290SQ5T NOCT, Multi-Irr, Temp C-CA-1609-MSE-011-C A033 MSE290SQ5T Multi-Irr, Temp C-CA-1609-MSE-011-D A034 MSE290SQ5T Multi-Irr, Temp 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

7 3 Test Results 3.1 Visual Inspection Note: Representative Photos of MSE-011 modules INITIAL [T0]: No major visual defects observed as per IEC Framed FRONT Framed BACK 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

8 3.1 Visual Inspection - continued JUNCTION BOX 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

9 3.1 Visual Inspection - continued FRAME / GROUNDING HOLE CONNECTORS CABLE 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

10 3.2 Electroluminescence MSE-011-A Broken Finger: TBD Cracks/Microcracks: TBD Cell Darkening: TBD MSE-011-B Broken Finger: TBD Cracks/Microcracks: TBD Cell Darkening: TBD 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

11 MSE-011-C Broken Finger: TBD Cracks/Microcracks: TBD Cell Darkening: TBD MSE-011-D Broken Finger: TBD Cracks/Microcracks: TBD Cell Darkening: TBD 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

12 Isc (A) Renewable Energy Test Center 3.3 Measurement of Temperature Coefficients Radiant source Solar simulator, Natural sunlight Irradiance at which the measurements were made (W/m 2 ) 1000 Range of module temperature (high/low) ( C)... : 50 / Parameter Sample # Calculated Value Current: α (%/ C) Voltage: Β (%/ C) MSE-008-B Peak power: δ (%/C) Isc y = x R² = Temperature ( o C) 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

13 Pmax (W) Voc (V) Renewable Energy Test Center 50 Voc y = x R² = Temperature ( o C) 380 Pmax y = x R² = Temperature ( o C) 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

14 PMAX (W) % DEGRADATION Renewable Energy Test Center 3.4 Maximum Power Determination Note: Data values are normalized to control (MSE-011-A). SN Sequence Voc Vmp Isc Imp Pmax FF (Post) (V) (V) (A) (A) (W) (%) MSE-011-A Initial Initial MSE-011-B LID LID Initial MSE-011-C LID LID Initial MSE-011-D LID LID Maximum Power %Determination SN Sequence Voc Vmp Isc Imp Pmax FF (Post) (V) (V) (A) (A) (W) (%) MSE-011-B LID1-0.21% -0.68% -0.20% -0.43% -1.10% -0.70% LID2-0.17% -0.53% -0.24% -0.11% -0.64% -0.23% Difference between LID1 and LID2 0.21% 0.68% 0.20% 0.43% 1.10% 0.70% MSE-011-C LID1 0.04% -0.15% -0.41% -0.18% -0.34% 0.05% LID2 0.04% -0.02% 0.10% 0.02% 0.01% -0.13% Difference between LID1 and LID2-0.04% 0.15% 0.41% 0.18% 0.34% -0.05% MSE-011-D LID1-0.04% -0.59% -0.23% 0.06% -0.54% -0.26% LID2 0.01% -0.02% 0.05% -0.17% -0.18% -0.25% Difference between LID1 and LID2 0.04% 0.59% 0.23% -0.06% 0.54% 0.26% Light Induced Degradation % % % % % % 284 Initial LID1 LID2 MSE-011-B MSE-011-C MSE-011-D MSE-011-B %deg MSE-011-C %deg MSE-011-D %deg -5.00% Average LID2 % Degradation: 0.27% 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

15 Efficiency (%) Renewable Energy Test Center 3.6 Performance at Multi-Irradiances, 25 o C SN MSE-011-B MSE-011-C MSE-011-D IRR (W/m 2 ) Voc (V) Vmp (V) Isc (A) Imp (A) Pmax (W) FF (%) Eff (%) Performance at Multi-Irradiance, 25 o C Irradiance (W/m 2 ) MSE-011-B MSE-011-C MSE-011-D Average 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

16 Efficiency (%) Renewable Energy Test Center 3.7 Performance at Multi-Irradiances, 15 o C SN MSE-011-B MSE-011-C MSE-011-D IRR Voc Vmp Isc Imp Pmax FF Eff (V) (V) (A) (A) (W) (%) (%) Performance at Multi-Irradiance, 15 o C Irradiance (W/m 2 ) MSE-011-B MSE-011-C MSE-011-D Average 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

17 Efficiency (%) Renewable Energy Test Center 3.8 Performance at Multi-Irradiances, 50 o C SN MSE-011-B MSE-011-C MSE-011-D IRR Voc Vmp Isc Imp Pmax FF Eff (V) (V) (A) (A) (W) (%) (%) Performance at Multi-Irradiance, 50 o C Irradiance (W/m 2 ) MSE-011-B MSE-011-C MSE-011-D Average 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

18 Efficiency (%) Renewable Energy Test Center 3.9 Performance at Multi-Irradiances, 75 o C SN MSE-011-B MSE-011-C MSE-011-D IRR Voc Vmp Isc Imp Pmax FF Eff (V) (V) (A) (A) (W) (%) (%) Performance at Multi-Irradiance, 75 o C Irradiance (W/m 2 ) MSE-011-B MSE-011-C MSE-011-D Average 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

19 3.10 Performance at LTC, LIC, HTC SN MSE-011-B MSE-011-C MSE-011-D Condition Voc Vmp Isc Imp Pmax FF Eff (V) (V) (A) (A) (W) (%) (%) LTC LIC HTC LTC LIC HTC NOCT LTC LIC HTC /27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

20 3.11 IAM Coefficients Ashrae Model: PVSyst Default Angle IAM Angle IAM New PVSyst Coefficients Angle IAM IAM Plot y = 2E-09x 5-8E-07x 4 + 9E-05x x x Pvsyst Default C-CA-1609-MSE-011-D IAM Polynomial Coefficients Coeff C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 Value E E E E E E-09 Poly. (C-CA-1609-MSE-011-D) 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

21 3.12 PAN File Creation MSE290SQ5T 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

22 MSE280SQ5T 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

23 MSE285SQ5T 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

24 MSE295SQ5T 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

25 Annex 1: List of measurement equipment Description Identification # Calibration Due Date EL Camera MEQ-CA N/A IV Tester MEP-CA , 01, 02 10/09/2016 Lux meter MEP-CA /21/2017 Lux meter MEP-CA /12/2016 Datalogger MEP-CA /26/2017 Multiplexer MEP-CA /14/2017 Ultrasonic Anemometer MEP-CA /14/2017 Pyranometer MEP-CA /28/2017 Ambient Temperature Sensor MEP-CA /19/ /27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

26 Annex 2: Statement of the estimated uncertainty of the test results Temperature measurements using thermocouples (ie chamber tests) are estimated to have a +/-1.31 o C uncertainty while the reported performance measurements are subject to +/-2.1%, +/-1.8%, +/-2.6% uncertainty for voltage, current and power respectively to account for the random and systematic errors inherent to the calibration of reference materials, environment, human factor, etc. Stated quantities represent expanded uncertainties expressed at approximately the 95% confidence level using a coverage factor of k=2 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27

27 About RETC RETC, LLC (Renewable Energy Test Center, LLC) is an engineering services, and certification testing provider for photovoltaic and renewable energy products. RETC is TÜV SÜD s exclusive PV Test Laboratory in North America and Global Partner complementing its strategy to deliver One-Stop-Shop capabilities for the growth of PV testing and certification services. RETC is ISO accredited by A2LA, an ILAC affiliated laboratory, and awarded a CBTL status, the highest accreditation in IEC scheme. RETC offers Outdoor Endurance and Long Term Performance testing capabilities at its Nevada test site for desert / southwest weather conditions and at its Philippines test site for tropical high temperature and high humidity weather conditions. RETC also provides testing services for PV panels, BOS devices (trackers/tracking systems controls and monitoring, inverters, micro-inverters,) and other renewable energy product components to support the growing need for a 3rd party performance validation and monitoring. RETC brings value from R&D - to Market Entry - to Bankability, focusing on providing "Unequaled Time-to-Market" as a key component of Customer Value-Chain. At RETC, we believe in the need for cleaner, better, and affordable Solar PV technologies to meet the global demand for energy. We believe in early customer engagement to help ensure a smooth product certification and new product introduction (NPI) process. 10/27/2016 RETC, LLC /27