CERTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATION OF PV INSTALLERS IN EUROPE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION METHODOLOGY

摘要

The European Union’s energy strategy sets specific targets for a sustainable growth during the comingdecades, including reaching a 20% share of renewables in final energy consumption till 2020. To achieve that, anumber of initiatives and measures have been in force. The favorable European policies as well as the MemberStates’ supporting legislations have resulted to high market growth for photovoltaics (PVs). However, the PVtechnologies’ application requires highly qualified technicians for PV installation, repair and maintenance. Asnational markets have been growing faster than the qualified PV installers force can satisfy, the appropriate trainingsystems and certification schemes need to be developed in order to validate the competence of the installers and toensure efficient and good functioning of installed PV systems. This is the scope of the European initiative PVTRIN,supported by the Intelligent Energy Europe programme of the European Commission, which focuses on thedevelopment of an appropriate training and certification scheme for technicians active in the installation andmaintenance of small scale PV systems and sets the base for a mutual acknowledged certification scheme withinMember States.