Lab and testing

Solar equipment is tested here before it reaches rural households, and new grid technology is tried here before it reaches the field.

Students testing a controller on an electronics bench at UIU

Solar home system certification

CER is one of the institutions that certify solar home system equipment for IDCOL against the Bangladesh SHS standard. More than 250 items — LED lamps, charge controllers, DC–DC converters and batteries — have been tested since 2010.

Solar DC mini-grid laboratory

Built with a Tk 1.10 crore World Bank grant through IDCOL: a 16 kWp prototype DC mini-grid with its own switchgear, protection and safety schemes, used to develop low-cost DC grids with local equipment.

Huawei–CER UIU Solar Lab

A joint lab for commercial and industrial PV and storage safety: arc-fault protection, rapid shutdown, IV-curve diagnosis and optimiser performance.

White papers

Test reports

Need equipment tested?

Manufacturers and suppliers can send a request with the product type and quantity. We reply with the test plan and fee.

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