Brazil main national accreditation bodyInmetro, has published a list of laboratories authorized for testing PV modules in the country’s official gazette.
The recognized labs meet the requirements included in the provisions, which were published in 2022.
Inmetro reported no expansion of accredited laboratory infrastructure for testing photovoltaic modules in Brazil. The authorized laboratories include:
Green/PUC mines (Belo Horizon/Mato Grosso)
Labsolar/UFBA (Salvador/Bahia)
Labsol/UFRGS (Porto Alegre/Rio Grande do Sul)
Lase/CPqD (Campinas/Sao Paulo)
LES/Gedae/UFPA (Belém/Paraná)
Lesf/Unicamp (Campinas/Sao Paulo)
In November 2024, in response to complaints, Inmetro inspected photovoltaic modules sold in Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and Goiás. Testing revealed that one example of Mato Grosso had a power rating significantly below the manufacturer’s specifications.
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