MNRE - Compulsory Registration Scheme

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued a notice dated on 30th August, 2017 about an order “Solar Photovoltaics, Systems, Devices and Components Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration)”. According to this notice, Any manufacturer, who sells solar PV system and its components listed below need to obtain registration of use of the Standard Mark from BIS from one year of this notice onwards (i.e. 1st September, 2018 onwards).

Products covered under this order:

Sl No. Product Indian Standard Number Title of Indian Standard
1 Crystalline Silicon Terrestrial
Photovoltaic (PV) modules
(Si wafer based)		 IS 14286 Crystalline Silicon Terrestrial
Photovoltaic (PV) modules – Design
Qualification And Type Approval
2 Thin-Film Terrestrial Photovoltaic
(PV) Modules (a-Si, CiGs and CdTe)		 IS 16077 Thin-Film Terrestrial Photovoltaic
(PV) Modules – Design Qualification
and Type Approval
3 PV Module ( Si wafer and Thin film)
IS/IEC 61730 (Part 1)
 

IS/IEC 61730 (Part 2)

 Photovoltaic (PV) Module Safety
Qualification Part 1
      Requirements for Construction
Photovoltaic (PV) Module Safety
Qualification Part 2
      Requirements for Testing
4 Power converters for use in
photovoltaic power system
IS 16221 (Part 1)
IS 16221 (Part 2)
 Safety of Power Converters for use
in Photovoltaic Power Systems Part 1-
General Requirements
      Safety of Power Converters for Use in
Photovoltaic Power Systems Part 2-
Particular Requirements for Inverters
5 Utility –Interconnected
Photovoltaic inverters		 IS 16169 Test Procedure of Islanding Prevention
Measures for Utility-Interconnected
Photovoltaic Inverters
6 Storage battery IS 16270 Secondary Cells and Batteries for Solar
Photovoltaic Application General
Requirements and Methods of Test

As it will be run by Bureau of Indian Standard, it will be assumed that the procedure shall be similar to the existing BIS – CRS under MeitY for Electronics & IT products, but we have to wait for further notice from the authority..