Assessing the Reliability of Battery Systems in Solar Power Plants in Operation

A new IEA PVPS report with Erik S. Marstein from FME SOLAR as the lead author, explores how to improve the monitoring and reliability assessment of battery storage systems in solar power plants.

The use of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in solar power (PV) plants of all sizes is growing rapidly. To understand their long-term performance and reliability is therefore becoming increasingly vital. Prof. Erik Stensrud Marstein is lead author of a new report published by IEA PVPS Task 13 and partly supported by FME SOLAR which examines how the operational performance of PV + BESS can be assessed and monitored to support more reliable, efficient and cost-effective energy systems. 

The report can be downloaded from the IEA PVPS website.:

Assessing the Reliability of Battery Systems in Solar Power Plants in Operation