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Alleviating battery storage growing pains through quality assurance

In this pv magazine Webinar, the quality assurance inspection body STS, will outline the key takeaways observed across more than 2 GW of inspected hardware, to provide an illustration of common areas of issue. The presentation will also include an overview of STS’ hierarchy of priorities, when it comes to assessing one’s own manufacturing processes for consistent quality.

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Alleviating battery storage growing pains through quality assurance

As solar has grown in popularity and deployment, those in the battery energy storage system (BESS) industry have been fortunate, being able to look at the rapid scaling that solar energy experienced, and learn from that resource’s success.

Unfortunately, the emerging BESS market also shares an unfortunate similarity with early solar energy deployment: a low level of manufacturing maturity leading to inconsistent quality. With many emerging players operating in the same space and vying for their market share, products are launched on the market and ramped up aggressively, even though some may still be at the stage of prototypes.

In this pv magazine Webinar, the quality assurance inspection body STS, will outline the key takeaways observed across more than 2 GW of inspected hardware, to provide an illustration of common areas of issue. The presentation will also include an overview of STS’ hierarchy of priorities, when it comes to assessing one’s own manufacturing processes for consistent quality.

Fluence, a global market leader in energy storage products, services, and digital applications for renewables and storage, will also join this webinar for the topic discussion.

pv magazine Webinar content:

  • How and why the low level of manufacturing maturity in BESS is troublesome
  • How this lack of maturity compares to and can be overcome in the same way that the solar industry did a decade ago
  • Where it makes the most sense to put time and money into quality control and assurance
  • The balance between quality assurance/control and risk mitigation
  • Key takeaways from 2 GW+ of inspected product
  • Q&A

Questions can be submitted beforehand or during the webinar through a chat window. Tim Sylvia from pv magazine USA will be the moderator of this webinar.

Registration for this pv magazine Webinar is free of charge.

Speakers

Frédéric Dross | VP of Strategic Development, STS

Frédéric Dross received his PhD in semiconductor device physics from Telecom ParisTech, in Paris, France. Frédéric has been working in photovoltaics since 2004 when the cumulative installed PV capacity was more than 200 times smaller than today. Frédéric worked first in cells and modules R&D for imec in Belgium and Hanwha in California. Frédéric then held the positions of Head of Module Testing Business for PVEL/DNV GL and VP Technologies Americas for DSM. Since June 2020, Frédéric is VP of Strategic Development for STS, the global market leader in PV module inspection. Frédéric has authored more than 80 scientific peer-reviewed international papers, 6 technology White Papers, and 8 patents.

Jason Dodson, Director of engineering, Americas projects | Fluence

Jason Dodson is the Director of Engineering, Americas Projects at Fluence Energy where he is tasked with leading engineering and commissioning teams in the delivery of projects in North and South America. Virginia native currently located in the Bay Area of California, Jason has over 13 years of experience in managing and leading project management and engineering in the solar industry, with a current focus purely on BESS projects.

Moderators

Tim Sylvia | Editor, pv magazine USA

Tim Sylvia is an associate editor at pv magazine USA. A graduate of Hood College, Tim has been with pv magazine since May 2018. Tim covers project development, legal issues and renewable energy legislation, as well as contributing to the daily Morning Brief.

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