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Embedding quality in PV projects● Pierre-Emmanuel FROT

Solar Power Plant and Storage Systems

● Global Business VP

● March 11th, 2015 - London

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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