The recent years have seen vast research and development in grid-connected PV inverters to cater for the flourishing PV technology. Most of the PV inverters that are available in the market have obtained certain certification or endorsement on the safety, reliability and performance quality of their product. Various international standards are currently available for the testing of these inverters.

Inverter Quality Control Centre (IQCC) is set-up under the Malaysia Building Integrated PV (MBIPV) project funded by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) under the auspices of Pusat Tenaga Malaysia (PTM).IQCC is based at the Department of Energy Conversion, Faculty of Electrical Engineering , Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in Johor, the southern most state in Peninsular Malaysia. 

The main objective of IQCC is to conduct quality and reliability assurance testing of grid-connected PV inverters. It has the facility to carry out various tests on local or imported PV inverters to ensure that they meet the local requirements under local conditions. Besides testing, IQCC also conducts failure investigations on grid-connected PV inverters. The purpose is mainly for data collection and analysis on  PV inverters failure occurance in Malaysia. 

IQCC hopes to provide the best service possible both in PV inverter testing and failure investigations.  We welcome all Malaysian based PV installers under the  MBIPV project to send in their PV inverters to IQCC for testing purposes, beginning July 2008. We also welcome information on failed PV inverter units  to assist us in our failure investigations. Arrangements can be made for the inverters to be sent to IQCC. Under the MBIPV project, charges will not be imposed on both testing and failure investigations until further notice. Feel free to browse through the website for more information on IQCC services. All enquires can be forwarded here.