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Mumbai, July 12 Underwriters Laboratories Inc, a US-based product testing and certification organisation, would be investing about $5 million in setting up a lab in South India for testing solar photovoltaics.

The organisation develops standards and test procedures for products, materials, components, assemblies, tools and equipment, chiefly dealing with product safety. Talking to Business Line, Mr Manish Bhatnagar, Director (Commercial Operations) for Underwriters Laboratories India, said that there is a huge potential for testing facilities for photovoltaics modules given the large scale investment the sector is attracting from companies such as Moser Baer and Reliance Industries.

Currently, the testing job is sub-contracted to other labs but as the business is increasing, Underwriters has decided to setup its own facility, he said.

He said the lab will serve as regional testing centre for South-Asia and for local companies which want to export their products. It will test the modules for the US and European market compliance standards.

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