The Certificate of Excellence is an award that is delivered by Certiquality to a selection of companies that have demonstrated a responsible voluntary commitment in their corporate governance having reached the three certifications ISO 9001:2008 (Quality), ISO 14001:2004 (Environment) and OHSAS 18001:2007 (Health and Safety at work).
Recognition of Excellence, established in year 2000, still affects a limited number of companies that represent a virtuous and advanced niche.
The certificate was formally handed over by Dr. Umberto Chiminazzo (General Director of Certiquality) to Dr. Ernesto Salamoni (CEO Ferrania Solis) during a brief ceremony held at the Ferrania Solis' booth in SolarExpo (Verona) last Thursday, May 10th.

In March 2012 Ferrania Solis S.r.l. joined COBAT (Consorzio Nazionale Raccolta e Riciclo), licensed national Collection System for the collection and recycling of the discarded end-of-life photovoltaic modules in Italy.

In this way Ferrania Solis S.r.l., for the collection and recycling of the discarded end-of-life photovoltaic modules in Italy, is in compliance with the requirements of the DM May 5th, 2011 - 4° Conto Energia (paragraph 6 - article 11) and the requirements of the CEI 82-25:2010-09 Guide - Revision 1, October 2011 (paragraph 4.1.4).

The DM May 5th, 2011, infact, requires for the PV plants connected to the grid after June 30th 2012, that the module manufacturer is registered (paragraph 6 - article 11) "...to  a system or european consortium which grants, on behalf of the manufacturer itself, the recycling of the discarded end-of-life modules".

At the same time the paragraph 4.1.4 of the CEI 82-25:2010-09 Guide - Revision 1 (October 2011) states that: "An additional proof of the module quality is given by the following certificates: Registration Certificate of the photovoltaic module manufacturer to a system granting, on behalf of the manufacturer itself, the recycling of the discarded end-of-life modules". 

Published in the Official Gazette no. 51, March 1st 2012 the Circular of the Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea February 16th 2012 implementing the Circular, former Article 2, paragraph 1, letter s) of the Decree November 25th, 2008 "Regulation of methods for providing soft loans under Article 1, paragraph 1110-1115, of December 27th 2006, n. 296 - Revolving Fund for financing of measures aimed at implementing the Kyoto Protocol."

From March 15th Italian citizens can avail of facilities provided by the Kyoto Fund for a total of 600 million euros.
The funding, obtained with a discounted rate of 0.5% for 6 years repayable in monthly installments, may be obtained from private, public, apartment buildings and businesses to implement measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (eg. photovoltaic plants).

The incentives should cover 70% of total costs for individuals and corporations, condominiums and businesses, and 90% for public bodies.
The Kyoto Fund finances activities at regional and national level: in particular can be financed integrated or partially integrated photovoltaic systems in buildings with a power rating of between 1 kWp and 40 kWp. The benefits of the Kyoto Fund are combined with the incentives of the Energy Bill.

On December 20th, 2011 the Technical Committee of the Quality Certification Body Certiquality has approved the release of Ferrania Solis S.r.l. certifications for the Environment in compliance with the UNI EN ISO 14001:2004 Standard and for the Health & Safety at Work in accordance with the British Standard OHSAS 18001:2007.

Ferrania Solis S.r.l. is the first Italian company in the photovoltaic sector to establish and implement an Integrated Management System and to be granted the three international certifications ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 e OHSAS 18001:2007.  Ferrania Solis S.r.l. PV modules meet all the requirements of the 4th Conto Energia  (Decree of May 5th, 2011, Article 11, paragraph 6) and allow the customers with PV plants connected to the grid after June 30th, 2012 to get the feed-in tariffs. 

These two new awards in fact, in addition to the certification of Quality Management System in compliance with  UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 Standard obtained since November 2010, demonstrate the continuous ability to control and to monitor the three fundamental management tools to achieve  business excellence: Quality, Environment and Occupational Health & Safety.

All Human Resources at Ferrania Solis S.r.l. are, in fact, aware that a sustainable and continuous economic growth can be achieved only with the respect for the environment and a continuous improvement of life’s quality in the workplace, in a few words: corporate social accountability

A new update (version 1.7) of the Configuration tool is now available.

This new version includes the new Ferrania Solis modules specific for BIPV and has a richer and updated inverter database (628 inverter models now).
The software tool checks the configuration of a PV System designed with Ferrania Solis Modules and different models of Inverters that are available on the market.