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Quality and Standardization – Enabling Growing and Robust Renewable Energy Technology MarketsINTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY - IRENA
WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT 201420 – 22 January 2014
Relevance of Quality and Standardization for Renewable Energy Technologies
IRENA (In Press) “Quality Infrastructure for Small Scale RET”
Economy
• Nurture emerging markets• Enable technology promotion• Reduce trade barriers• Attract new businesses
Industry• Improve product design• Improve manufacturing
Stakeholders
• Build consumer confidence• Build trust with financial services• Enable promotion of RET
IRENA STUDY – International Standardisation in the Field of Renewable Energy
Provides a detailed technical basis for laws and regulations
Supports public and private tendering processes
Enables access to latest technology developments and best practices
Supports technology markets based on sound quality and health & safety (H&S) requirements
Standardisation – Benefits for Countries
IRENA (2013) “International Standardisation in the Field of Renewable Energy”
Quality & Standardization – Stakeholders Involved
Policy Makers & Regulators
Supporting Compliance to
Regulations and Legislation
Design of incentive
mechanisms linked to quality
requirements
Standards Makers
Facilitating Trade
Facilitating Communication
and Understanding
Manufacturers & Installers
Common Performance Specifications
Testing, Sampling
Materials
Quality Assurance /
Quality Control
Investors and Fiscal Support
Confidence and Trust in what is being funded
Ability to clearly specify what is being funded
Ability to verify and audit
investment
Verification & Auditing
Clear processes, procedures and specifications
Consistency
Harmonised approach
Protocols established
Users of the Products and
Services
Confidence
Trust
Consistency
Understanding – performance,
safety
IRENA (2013) “International Standardisation in the Field of Renewable Energy”
Quality & Standardization – Support Global Value Chains
Importance of
innovation
systems
• Integration in more complex production systems• New forms of integrating different productive sectors• Increase number of partnerships• Integration in global innovation systems
Contribution of quality infrastructure
• Harmonization of processes, materials, measurement units and instruments• Comparability allows writing of contracts• Decrease of uncertainty and leverage trust between worldwide productive
agents• Harmonizing tools and methods used in R&D
PTB (2011) Measuring the impact of quality infrastructure
Market Support - Policy Incentives Linked to Quality Requirements
Result: National RET markets
develop based on high quality
systems
Quality requirements can
be linked to national incentive schemes for RET
(e.g. FiT)
IRENA (2013) “International Standardisation in the Field of Renewable Energy”
Market Support – Quality Increases Public Acceptance
Poor Quality
High Risk
Decreased Trust in a Technology
IRENA (2013) “International Standardisation in the Field of Renewable Energy”
Market Support – Harmonisation of Standards
Non-harmonised standards may create barriers for trading and
transfer technologies
International efforts needed to harmonise standards and
technical regulations
IRENA (2013) “International Standardisation in the Field of Renewable Energy”
Quality assurance schemes should be affordable for the local market level
-Performance-Reliability
-HS&E-Bankable projects
-Cost-Local capacity
-End user Awareness
Testing & Certification
IRENA is developing recommendations to establish national quality infrastructure
for small wind turbines and solar water heaters based on local market developments
IRENA (In Press) “Quality Infrastructure for Small Scale RET”
Quality Infrastructure – Supports Robust Markets
Accreditation
Certification
Standards
Testing
Metrology
Market survelliance
Design Raw Material Supply
Component Manufacturing
Equipment production
System integration Installation O&M Decommission
IRENA (In Press) “Quality Infrastructure for Small Scale RET”
Technology Value Chain
Quality Infrastructure
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Deutsche Bank
SolarPraxis EngineeringSource: PTB (2008) “Promotion of economic development in Technical Cooperation: Quality Infrastructure.” http://www.ptb.de/de/org/q/q5/docs/broschueren/broschuere_QI_2008e.pdf
Building trust from policy-makers, investors, customers
Market Support – Implementation of Quality Schemes Promote Performance Improvement
Solar water heating collectors efficiency improved by 36%
between 1977 and 1981 after testing was required in
Florida in 1976
Implementation of quality schemes promotes a faster improvement in technology
performance
IRENA (In Press) “Quality Infrastructure for Small Scale RET”
1. Zero market
2. Nascent Market
3. Emerging Market
4. Established Market
5. Mature Market*
6. Comprehensive Market*
* - Meets all 5 elements of QI
Increasing QualityAssurance
Inventory in-country QI and expertise: $
Training in-country practitioner & early demonstration projects; import regulations: $$
Set up unaccredited testing, SWH collector durability with system simulations, SWT duration and performance: $$$
Unaccredited independent 3rd party TL and CB, SWT Labeling, SWH Collector Label with end user education: $$$$
Accredited TL and CB to national/international standards: $$$$$
Accredited CBs and TLs to highest level international standards: $$$$$
Steps to achieve comprehensive Quality Infrastructure
Quality Covers the Whole System
Implementation of Quality Schemes covers not only
equipment but whole systemsIncluding Design, Installation
and O&M services System Quality
Quality for hardware
Quality for services
Training for practitioners
IRENA (2013) “International Standardisation in the Field of Renewable Energy”
International Quality Mechanisms – Engagement from Developing Countries in Crucial
Use of existing mechanisms
• IEC Affiliate Country Programme
• ISO committee on developing country matters - DEVCO
Development of new mechanisms
• Use of virtual meetings
• Standard users – TC forums
Experts
• Participation of national experts in international Technical Committees
• Funding mechanisms for experts participation
Participation in international standardization assures that country context is considered during the development of
international standards
IRENA (2013) “International Standardisation in the Field of Renewable Energy”
Grid codesImpact of QI for
RE
Standards supporting integration of high shares
of RE into the grid
Assessing economic impact of QI at national
level
Forthcoming activities
Off-grid PV
Quality assurance for PV systems off-grid
For More Information on IRENA Publications and Activities in Quality and Standardization for Renewables visit our
web site atwww.irena.org