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Schneider Electric 1- Division - Name – Date
Embedding quality in PV projects● Pierre-Emmanuel FROT
Solar Power Plant and Storage Systems
● Global Business VP
● March 11th, 2015 - London
Schneider Electric 2- Division - Name – Date
178 yearsof history
€ 251
billionin consolidated
revenue
160,000+ total
workforce100+ countries
#1 or #2 Playerin 90% world
group sales
43% salesin new
economies
€1.9 billion net
income+12% vs. 2011
€1 .15billiondevoted to R&D
representing
4-5% of sales
Global
specialist
in energy
management
Make the
most of your
energy
Schneider Electric by the numbers
Schneider Electric is a world leader in Energy Management
1. Pro-forma basis including LTM Sep 2013 revenue from Invensys
More than 4.5 GW connected all
around the world with 300 MW to be
connected end of March (ROC 1.4).
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What is your definition of Quality?
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QUALITY should translate into
a RELIABLE and CONSISTENT SPECIFIED PERFORMANCE
across GEOGRAPHIESover the OPERATION TIME
A translation for PV installation
Schneider Electric 5- Division - Name – Date (1) Renewable Division & Before corporate costs
Specification, environment and time
All systems are designed according to performance they shall deliver, the environment they shall face and the time they shalloperate (life time and MTBF)
Capacitors: film or electrolyte technology?
Choice between CAPEX, and short-term or OPEX and long-term
Schneider Electric 6- Division - Name – Date (1) Renewable Division & Before corporate costs
Not the same time scale for all the actors
TOC to 3/5 years
EPC and Project developer not
acting as IPP
15 to 25 years
SPV owner, Banks
Make most of the supply
and technical decisions
Generally limited to
technical due diligence
Schneider Electric 7- Division - Name – Date (1) Renewable Division & Before corporate costs
Design safety margin
All systems should include a certain safety margin in their design as they may face unexpected conditions but market pressure may push suppliers to reduce them.
Price per km/h ???
Schneider Electric 8- Division - Name – Date (1) Renewable Division & Before corporate costs
Testing – a must have
Testing is a must for all the critical systems (PV panels, inverters, transformers …) at the development and manufacturing stage.
TESTED
OK ?
OK ???
Schneider Electric 9- Division - Name – Date (1) Renewable Division & Before corporate costs
Integration – the evil is in the interface
Many issues happen when interfacting the various parts of the systems together. It can generate short-term and long-term quality issues.
Copy / Paste?
Schneider Electric 10- Division - Name – Date (1) Renewable Division & Before corporate costs
Monitoring efficiently the system
To maintain the quality level of the system, it is important to track its performance and evolution with enough details, to propely manage any deviation.
Data is our new world
Schneider Electric 11- Division - Name – Date (1) Renewable Division & Before corporate costs
Maintenance – various philosophies …
Two main ways of maintaining a system today … one more short-term cost driven, one more long-term performance driven.
CorrectiveMaintenance
PreventiveMaintenance Perdictive
Maintenance
Schneider Electric 12- Division - Name – Date (1) Renewable Division & Before corporate costs
Upgradability – a way of facing new constraints
Upgradability is not by itself a quality parameter. However, it is important to preserve the quality level in case of change of theoperational environment.
Storage may be the next big thing
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Conclusion