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One of the ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to capture and store or use released CO₂. To do this efficiently and safely, additional knowledge is needed. Kiwa has invested in new facilities to investigate and test with high pressure CO₂.

Kiwa Lithuania has welcomed their new country manager: from 8 June 2022 Kęstutis Mikalauskas will be at the helm of Kiwa in Lithuania.

Currently the draft for IFS Food version 8 is under public consultation. So one can expect the new version to be released within a few weeks to months. Are you already prepared to meet the renewed requirements?

While concrete applications of hydrogen are already fully operational, there is still much to be discovered about the properties of the gas. At Kiwa, materials expert Sjoerd Jansma is conducting research into the phenomenon of permeability.

This week PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), member of the Kiwa Group, presented their 8th edition of PVEL’s PV Module Reliability Scorecard. The Scorecard fits into the philosophy that testing and technical services go beyond the lab, because PVEL wants to mitigate risks and improve system performance throughout the complete solar project lifecycle.

Kiwa will participate in Intersolar Europe, world's leading exhibition for the solar industry, from from 11-13 May, in Munich, Germany. We will be presenting our services dedicated to the Renewable Energy market.

Even though not every gas leak poses a direct safety risk, methane is a greenhouse gas and therefore contributes to global warming. Therefore, it is important to detect and reduce gas leaks as effectively as possible. To this end, Kiwa developed the Suction method on behalf of the European Gas Research Group (GERG).

Kiwa added Conservación Y Desarrollo (C&D) Certified S.A. to the Kiwa Group. C&D, located in Ecuador, strengthens Kiwa’s Food, Feed, Farm services in the Latin American region and globally.

Kiwa recently certified the Holcim ready-mixed concrete plant in Mönchengladbach-Hardt for the CSC CO2 module certificate. Holcim Germany was the first company in the world to be certified according to the CSC CO2 module certificate.

PVEL, the leading independent lab for the downstream solar and energy storage industry will host the first edition of the U.S. PV ModuleTech Conference this coming June at their new facility in Napa Valley, USA.