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. |
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