PI Berlin North America

PI Berlin provides expert technical diligence, procurement, and quality assurance services for a wide range of solar installers, integrators, project developers, utilities and investors in North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australia. We enable our clients to manage technical risk associated with the investment or procurement of PV equipment. We leverage direct relationships with PV module, inverter and battery manufacturers, apply our expertise to qualified manufacturers and independently verify quality, reliability, and performance.

 

Benefits of Working with PI Berlin

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  • Pre-shipment Inspection

    Pre-shipment inspection of finished PV modules serves to check the modules for any obvious physical defects. Inspection is carried out on a sample basis and used to release modules for shipment.
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  • Contracting Assistance

    Specify the PV module, manufacturing, quality criteria, and quality assurance requirements. Define defects and identify potential remedies. Assist with contractually managing and mitigating potential safety, performance, and reliability risks.
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  • Post-Shipment Inspection

    Conduct post-shipment inspection of modules prior to installation to check for potential damage sustained during transportation.
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  • Container Loading

    Inspection of packaging integrity and loading of containers to ensure compliance with manufacturer’s specification before leaving the factory or storage facility.
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  • Production Oversight

    Deploying quality assurance engineers in the factory during production to ensure that all required material, process, and production controls are applied correctly.
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  • Supply Chain Traceability Assessment

    Assessment of a module manufacturer’s traceability procedures and practices for their upstream material supply chain from polysilicon through finished PV modules.
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  • Factory Audit

    All aspects of the supply chain, product, manufacturing, and management process are audited and evaluated.
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