Nuevosol earns CE Marking certificate

Nuevosol a leading turnkey mounting solutions provider has successfully implemented international standards for quality, health and environment management. Nuevosol has recently undergone an audit of the same, and the processes have been certified to be in line with these standards.  Along with being a triple ISO certified company, Nuevosol is one of the very few companies in the solar industry to have a CE Marking certificate.

As a turnkey mounting service provider, Nuevosol's activities involve, design, supply and installation, which at every stage require quality assurance systems, to ensure durability and reliability. ISO 9001 provides guidelines to implement quality management systems for manufacturing and services. Nuevosol over its 450 MWs of experience in past 3 years has implemented more than 75 projects across India, these quality management processes specific to solar mounting structures have been in practice and have been derived from this experience. These quality norms form the base of the 25-year durability for solar structures. Manufacturing quality is intertwined with installation quality which in-turn impacts the integrity of the structures. Customized stringent quality check lists at every stage of design, manufacturing and installation and procedures to ensure the adherence to checklists form the corner stone of these quality assurance plans.

OHSAS 18001 standards for safety, and health of the employees working in manufacturing and services have been implemented by Nuevosol. Constructing solar power plants involves working in harsh climatic condition and difficult terrains in remote locations all over the country. Erecting mounting structures and mounting modules involves movement of machinery, use of heavy equipment and handling of steel profiles, which are heavy and have sharp edges. Apart from these working with electrical equipment and cabling works have heavy risk for human safety. These need to be performed by skilled workforce and the installation procedures should be framed with due consideration to the safety of workmen. Health care facilities are minimal in many remote locations where solar power plants are constructed and Nuevosol has implemented norms to ensure that hygiene, health and safety of the workmen are of utmost importance.

Nuevosol as a part of its export business, has a sales line for mounting solutions in Europe and the Middle East. To assist in the bid to bring rapid international exposure, Nuevosol has also implemented CE marking norms and has been awarded the CE certificate by external auditors. CE marking certification opens up several oppurtunities for Nuevosol’s roof and ground mounted products in the European countries. In a similar manner Nuevosol is also acquiring credentials for entry into Japan, which has even stringent design, quality, and packaging norms for solar products.

Solar industry, is playing the key role in India’s run for  renewable and sustainable energy, and Nuevosol being a frontrunner in the Industry has taken up the responsibility to implement Environment  management systems compliant with ISO 14001, which ensure the process involved in manufacturing, transport and installation of mounting structures have minimal carbon foot print.Nuevosol environment consciousness is inbuilt in every stage of execution.  Nuevosol supplies more than two lakh tones of steel, and used most of the road networks to transport these to remote locations. Manufacturing involves usage of heavy power and it makes it essential to design for manufacturing ease to reduce the time to manufacture and therefore the fuel consumption. The logistics network has to be optimized and using of green certified logistics providers is of importance. ISO 14001, Environment management principles have been implemented by Nuevosol in all of these processes and has been certified for the same.

Speaking on the same Nuevosol MD Mr Himamsu said “ Solar industry in India has matured a lot over the past three years. Nuevosol has been in the forefront to push for standards of quality in all the processes of the value chain involved in mounting structures. Nuevosol has taken special care to ensure all its manufacturers, contractors and logistics providers follow the quality, health and environmental management standards. As a policy, Nuevosol provides incentives to suppliers who follow these standards, and believes this would go a long away in promoting international standards throughout the value chain"