India: New certification for solar systems and devices

 

India has published the Solar Systems, Devices and Components Goods Order, 2024 which prescribes the Indian BIS certification for affected products.

Imported devices shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standard bear the ‘Standard Mark’ under a licence from the Bureau as per the Scheme-II of the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.

The products in scope are:

• Crystalline Silicon Terrestrial Photovoltaic (PV) modules (Si wafer based)
• Thin-Film Terrestrial Photovoltaic (PV) Modules [CdTe, a-Si, Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2
• Storage Battery
• Power inverters for use in photovoltaic power system
• Utility-Interconnected Photovoltaic Inverters

The Order This Order shall not affect the validity of the licence of existing goods or article having valid licence as per the provisions of Solar Photovoltaics, Systems, Devices and Components Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2017 and the fresh registration or grant of licence to use standards mark and renewal of registration after expiry of their respective validity period shall be done under the provisions of this Order.

To find out more about the details of the regulation, about product compliance in India and about the BIS certification, please contact the Product Compliance Institute directly.