Kiwa PI Berlin, Above Surveying and 2DK have launched a focused joint offering for the UK market
It will cover the module’s lifecycle from manufacturing right up to lifetime operational monitoring
It can provide real-time, forensic-quality data for every single module’s journey, they claim
Global technical advisor and quality assurance provider Kiwa PI Berlin has partnered with aerial inspection specialist Above Surveying and large-scale solar assets advisor 2 Degrees Kelvin (2DK) to launch a dedicated quality assurance solution for the UK solar PV market.
Called Module Condition Monitoring, this service is claimed to be a one-stop-shop offering that guarantees rigorous monitoring of 100% of the module population at every stage of a module’s lifespan.
The trio explains that traditionally solar projects source various services from various service providers resulting in data gaps and value loss in the module quality assurance (QA) scope. Their new offering converges these fragmented scopes into a single unified service.
It monitors the module right from manufacturing pre-shipment audits and inspection, through to post-shipment, post-installation testing, asset digitalization, and on into lifetime operational monitoring. This ensures higher data quality for a higher quality asset and ease of decision-making.
All data is captured and surfaced through a single, integrated digital twin, they explain, on the Above SolarGain platform to ensure an ‘unbroken chain of custody and full traceability’ at every stage.
“This state-of-the-art approach provides real-time, forensic-quality data on every module’s journey, offering full batch and Bill of Materials (BOM) transparency,” they claim. “Customers will benefit from detailed insights and reports, ensuring their solar investments are optimised and future-proofed, with seamless handovers to operations teams upon project completion.”
“The industry has long needed a turnkey service like Module Condition Monitoring to offer full traceability and quality control from the factory floor to long term operation,” explains Above Surveying CEO Will Hitchcock.
At the recent TaiyangNews Virtual Conference on Reliable PV Module Design in October 2024, Kiwa PI Berlin’s Steven Xuereb and Kiwa PVEL’s Tristan Erion-Lorico stressed that intense and continuous solar module monitoring and testing can save expensive solar assets from failure (see Keeping Modules Reliable Despite Pricing Pressure: TaiyangNews Reliable PV Module Design 2024 Conference Day 1).
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