ATEPS battery system receives GRIDSTOR conformity statement from DNV GL
At the Energy Storage Europe conference in Düsseldorf ATEPS received, as the first company in the world, a conformity statement to GRIDSTOR from DNV GL. The GRIDSTOR recommended practice is an independent guideline covering safety, operation and performance for grid-connected energy storage, the company said in its press release.
ATEPS, developer of energy storage systems, had the documentation of its battery container verified, by appropriate methods, to comply with a set of the recommendations of GRIDSTOR. The GRIDSTOR recommended practice (DNVGL-RP-0043) brings together the most important and relevant standards and guidelines as well as industry experience into a single document, providing simple, clear and practice-based guidance on energy storage safety, operation and performance that is in harmony with all of those various standards.
The GRIDSTOR verification of ATEPS’s energy storage system was carried out by DNV GL, founder of GRIDSTOR. DNV GL verified ATEPS’s system documentation on manufacturing (functional and detailed design, interface control document, design FMEA, FAT methodology, warranty), transport and warehousing (safety during transport), installation and commissioning (installation instructions, SAT methodology, operational FMEA), operation (communication protocol, material safety data sheet) and maintenance and repair (manual).
Deploying grid-connected energy storage systems creates challenges for users and manufacturers alike. Without clear expectations and standards, it is difficult to prove the system operates correctly and safely. As this ATEPS system documentation has now proven that this system should be fit for operation in the emerging energy storage market, stakeholders can trust that its safety, operational and performance risks are adequately reduced and mitigated. The scope of the recommended practice goes far beyond any existing standards in covering the key quality criteria of safety, operation and performance.
