Certification Programmes for RES installations

Updated: 06.02.2019

Author: Moïra Jimeno

The performance and durability of the solar thermal installation and its components must be certified by an accredited entity (art. 11(9) Ordinance 394/2004), namely CERTIF (Association for Certification). Moreover, solar thermal installations shall have a label with the Solar Keymark certification, confirming their compliance with EU rules. 

Addressees

With regards to the certification of solar thermal installations, the manufacturer of the product is addressed.

Competent authority

With regards to the certification of solar thermal installations, the body responsible for the national certification is CERTIF (Association for Certification). CERTIF works with national and international laboratories and one of the accredited laboratories in Portugal is the National Laboratory for Energy and Geology (LNEG).

Further information

Information on the certification of solar thermal installations (in Portuguese): 

Distribution of costs

Industry

With regards to the certification of solar thermal installations, the manufacturers of the products bear the certification costs. 

Portugal

Further information

  • Ministério da Economia, da Inovação e do Desenvolvimento. Direcção Geral de Energia e Geologia (DGEG) – Directorate General for Energy and Geology at the Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Development
  • +351 217 922 782
  • DGEG website
  • Racionalizacao.Energia(at)dgge.pt

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