Sinovoltaics Insights Webinar Series
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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
