Sinovoltaics Insights Webinar Series
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Webinar 29: Pricing, Procurement, and Best Practices
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
(1) Surviving the squeeze: Supply chain realities, price evolution, and procurement strategies:
- Quantifying power transformer demand vs. supply amid accelerating grid modernization
- How leading manufacturers are adapting to elevated demand, prices, and lead times
- Mitigating procurement risk and securing supply in a competitive market.
- Supply Selection: Proper vetting to verify quality of production, certificate verification, and procedure overview
- Best practices for contracts: Terms to clearly define QA/QC obligations to prevent disputes
- Identifying defect risks: Transformer efficiency, power losses, and degradation
- Best practices for Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and manufacturer transparency
- Knowing your contractual data rights for FATs.
Webinar 28: U.S. Tariff Update - Best Procurement Strategies for U.S. Solar PV and BESS Developers
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- The Trump Administration’s tariff policy: No administration has ever wielded the threat of tariffs so widely and with such reach before. What does this mean for the solar and BESS supply chain, which is no stranger to trade unpredictability?
- The solar and BESS trade landscape today: It’s important to understand the latest trade developments that impact the solar and BESS industries today, and what potential tariffs or trade actions may be on the horizon. Learn what you need to know to plan ahead.
- Tariff and risk mitigation strategies: Even with unpredictability in the trade environment, there are actionable steps that you can take now to minimize your tariff exposure. Learn how to develop a tariff response playbook to fit your needs.
- Thoughtful due diligence: Ensure a deep initial supplier evaluation to simplify future decisions. What information should you know?
- Building a vetted supplier list: Create diversity in your risk portfolio. Learn how to maintain multiple approved suppliers to ensure continuous production despite policy shifts.
- Risk mitigation language in contracts: From policy and quality to IP risks, some items will make or break your project. Learn how to structure agreements to reduce contract risk exposure.
Webinar 27: Best Practices for Reducing Solar Project Downtime Before and After Commissioning
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Module Manufacturer Risks: Due to a global oversupply, manufacturers are cutting costs and quality. Learn how relying on the solar manufacturer’s internal quality inspections can lead to defects and downtime after installation.
- Quality Assurance Risks: Traditional independent quality assurance inspections also have risks. Sampling orders with electroluminescent (EL) testing can miss significant defects that could cause hotspots and future downtime.
- Zero Risk Quality Assurance: Discover how Sinovoltaics' 100% EL inspections and Zero Risk Solar® guarantee identify and mitigate all module defects before deployment, eliminating the risks of downtime and poor production from microcracks, and other common defects.
- Traditional EPC and O&M Downtime Risks: Workmanship issues are easily overlooked with status quo construction monitoring and QA/QC tools. This causes costly downtime and rework before project hand-off and long-term reliability risks.
- Downtime Risk Mitigation Strategies: SolarGrade’s software helps crews proactively identify and correct issues that can reduce costly truck rolls and downtime by streamlining field inspections and field documentation for real-time analytics.
- Before and After Commissioning Case Studies: Sinovoltaics will share a 20 MW case study that prevented 1,785 defects from being shipped and installed. In another project, after commissioning, SolarGrade’s comprehensive software helped an asset owner find and address more than 250 major safety risks that would have caused downtime.
Webinar 26: Navigating Evolving Import Compliance in the Solar Supply Chain
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- U.S. Section 301 Updates
Understand the latest developments in U.S. tariffs and their impact on the solar industry. - U.S. Forced Labor Enforcement
Learn about the latest forced labor regulations and how to ensure compliance across your supply chain. - U.S. AD/CVD and Section 201
Get insights into anti-dumping/countervailing duty laws and safeguard measures, and how they affect U.S. solar imports. - Trade Policy Under President Trump
Explore the potential future of U.S. trade policy in the solar sector.
Webinar 25: Optimizing Cost and Compliance: Navigating BESS Procurement in a Shifting Market
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Why Li-ion Costs Are Declining: Understand the market forces behind the recent price trends of lithium-ion solutions and their effects on the global BESS market.
- How to Assess BESS Project Profitability: Learn the key metrics to evaluate BESS project profitability. Discover the tools to help you build an optimal business case.
- Initial Procurement Considerations: Understand the most important procurement risks and factors you need to know for profitability, including layout planning, local regulations, and other project-specific requirements.
- Procurement Process Overview: Get step-by-step guidance through all of the stages of project procurement.
Webinar 24: BESSential: Bringing Factory Acceptance Testing to The Next Level
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- The problem with traditional FAT and SAT methods.
- An in-depth case study demonstrating how BESSential’s testing can save you from major financial losses.
- Insights on optimizing system performance for BESS projects.
- The estimated industry cost for maintaining traditional FAT and SAT methods.
- Implementing BESSential In Your Procurement Contract.
Webinar 23: Global PV Module Market Trends – Oversupply, Regulations, and Quality Control
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Oversupply in the Chinese Module Market
- U.S. Regulatory Policies and The Impact on the Southeast Asia and US Module Market
- Recent Developments in the European Module Industry
- Q4 2024 Market Outlook
- How to Prevent Quality Fluctuations During Price Fluctuations
Webinar 22: Latest Research and Developments on TOPCon and HJT Quality Risks
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Failure modes observed in TOPCon solar cells
- Quality risk comparison TOPCon vs PERC
- Failure modes observed in HJT solar cell
- Latest risk mitigation strategies for project developers
Webinar 21: Ethical Practices - Navigating Forced Labor, Supply Chain Security, and Sustainability in the PV Industry
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Forced Labor in the Global PV Industry
- PV demand by most forecasters
- Polysilicon prices in H1 2024
- Global reserves of high-quality quartz for silicon metal
- How to secure an ethical PV module Supply Chain in 2024
Webinar 20: On-site Electroluminescence Testing at PV Power Plants: Methodologies and Applications
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- General applications of PV power plant on-site EL imaging
- Small-scale EL imaging solutions and methodologies
- Mass-scale EL imaging solutions and methodologies
- Quantitative EL image analysis
- Case studies in solar asset management
Webinar 19: Solar Supply Chains - Transparency, Global Flows, Onshoring and The Impact on Pricing
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Understand global dynamics in photovoltaic supply and demand.
- Explore the motivations and impacts of onshoring initiatives in the US, India, and Europe.
- Gain insights into the trade flows of PV components, including key players and challenges.
- Get a better understanding of where solar prices are heading.
- Get the latest requirements to import solar panels and battery in the United States as part of the UFLPA.
- Have an overview of the associated regulations emerging in Europe.
Webinar 18: Non-destructive Quality Control of PV Module Encapsulation
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- The possibility of getting rid of all chemical testing for PV encapsulation measurements
- Non-destructive methods for measuring PV module encapsulation quality (degree of cross-linking)
- How to guarantee IEC-compatible PV module encapsulation quality
Webinar 17: Navigating Legal Challenges and Procurement Contracts in PV Projects
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Legal aspects of PV projects incl. PPAs
- Main milestones and legal challenges in the development and construction of PV projects
- How contract optimization can mitigate PV module quality challenges
- Ensuring compliance with contract clauses with your PV module manufacturer
Webinar 16: BESS - Real Life Examples for Anomaly Detection with Battery Diagnostics
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Causes of energy storage risks
- Advantages of battery diagnostics compared to BMS
- Frequent BESS issues found during Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
- Anomaly detection on a real-life example
- Economic benefits of battery monitoring
Webinar 15: Insights & Advantages of Upstream and Downstream PV Module Testing
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Downstream quality management & module testing processes
- Real Case Studies, and discover how PV module testing can secure return of investment (ROI) of all large-scale asset developments
- Advancements in inspection techniques
- Upstream quality management & module testing processes
Webinar 14: Quality Risks of New PV Cell Technologies: TOPCon and HJT
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- New failure modes observed in damp heat testing of heterojunction solar cells
- Sodium-induced failure modes in heterojunction solar cells
- Sodium-induced failure modes in TOPCon solar cells
- New cell-level PID testing techniques
- Risk mitigation strategies for project developers
Webinar 13: PV Cable Quality Management -From Factory Inspections To On-site Deployment
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Key cables parameters for the PV project
- How to prevent BOS (Balance-of-System) mistakes
- PV cables performance reliability
- PV cables quality control procedures at manufacturers
Webinar 12: PV Plant Optimization Techniques: How to Mitigate Quality Risks
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Overseen quality issues for solar projects
- Impact of solar non-compliance
- Tools and processes to optimise your PV plant performance
- Real cases experience sharing from solar experts
Webinar 11: Agrivoltaics Market, Standardisation, and Quality
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Introduction to Agrivoltaics and market size
- Key pillars to introduce Agrivoltaics in a market (policy framework)
- Agrivoltaics standardisation in Germany, France, Italy
- The future of Agrivoltaics
- Quality assurance: technical compliance and key tests
Webinar 10: Risk Mitigation Strategies for Utility-Scale ESS Projects
During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Energy storage risk transfer
- Long-term warranty risk
- Technical due diligence
- Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) for ESS equipment
- Energy storage market trends
- ESS risk management procedures at manufacturers
Webinar 9: Sinovoltaics EL Mass Analysis Software: 100% Detection of Micro Cracks at The PV Factories
During this Webinar you’re learn about:
- What is Electroluminescence (EL) Imaging and how is it performed
- EL standards: factory standards and how to implement a standard more favourable for the Buyer
- SELMA v1.7: how your company can benefit from our in-house EL software
- 32.1MW + 26.8MW Tier 1 Case Studies
- 100MW free analysis trial Give-Away!
Webinar 8: String Inverter Quality and Reliability, Best Practices in Risk Management
- During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- Common inverter quality challenges and issues
- Inverter manufacturer qualification strategies
- Quality assurance: technical compliance and key tests
- Inverter performance reliability
- Inverter quality control procedures at manufacturers
Webinar 7: Energy Storage Market, Applications and ESS Factory Audits
- During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- The current state of the Energy Storage market and applications
- Energy Storage market and applications latest evolutions and future developments
- How Renewable Energy and Fossil Fuels compare
- Electrification of Transportation
- PV, BESS, and Charging Systems
- Factory audits of Battery Cell factories
Webinar 6: Energy Storage - Latest Trends in Smart Batteries and Risk Management
- During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- What makes a battery smart
- Applications and use cases of smart batteries
- Smart battery key benefits and arbitrage
- Current market trends
- Best practices and latest trends in risk management
Webinar 5: PV Asset Optimization & Quality Assurance
- During this Webinar you’ll learn more about:
- How underperforming solar assets can be brought back on track
- Identification of low performance and safety risks
- Real case studies of underperforming PV assets in Europe, incl. defect back-sheets of solar modules
- Evaluation of the causes of underperformance
- How quality issues can be prevented for future projects
- Early-stage quality control during procurement
- Most common defects found at the PV factories in 2021
Webinar 4: Prevent Underperformance? Essential Cabling Tips (For PV Installations)
- Top 20 technical failures based on financial impact
- What is the relevance of high-quality cabling to the long-term success of a PV system?
- What are the technical issues and their root cause?
- The failure patterns and consequences in PV systems
- The common mistakes in installations
- What are the consequences/ risk on safety, efficiency (LCOE)?
- Learn about cabling failures and their financial impact on PV installations.
Webinar 3: PV Warranty Risk Management
During this webinar you'll learn about:
- Consequences of Covid-19 lockdowns on warranty-related risks of PV modules
- What is the Warranty Risk of Solar?
- How do I source warranty-insured PV modules?
- How to ensure and guarantee that warranty insurance protects my project?
- What are the traps and pitfalls, that I should be aware of?
- How can I address additional requirements for insurance?
- Can I blindly trust the warranty terms on solar modules?
- Key warranty clauses to review when developing PV projects.
Webinar 2: Insurance Based On Quality Assurance
During this webinar you'll learn about:
- What insurance considerations to make during the development phases of a PV project.
- What are the type of insurance options.
- How to reduce risks and turn any PV project bankable.
- Technical Due Diligence and insurance combined.
- How Quality Assurance at the PV factories is performed.
- Advantages of combining Quality & Insurance for PV projects.
Webinar 1: Contract Optimization for Solar PV Module Procurement
During this webinar you'll learn about:
- Most common quality defects in 2019 based on real data, and how to prevent these
- Which PV module quality issues can be prevented with Contract Optimization
- 10 crucial types of protective clauses to include in your procurement contracts
- Quality standards and how to use them to your best advantage
- Balance between strict quality criteria and manufacturing reality
- How to enforce the contract clauses you have signed with the PV module manufacturer
- Delays and how to prevent them: manage strict timelines
