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Enertis Applus+ carried out quality inspections during the PV module manufacturing process, auditing the manufacturing lines; supervising the process, and verifying the traceability of the materials; carrying out tests in its independent laboratory and electroluminescence and visual inspections upon the delivery of the modules for batch validation. Enertis also supervised the assembly process and completed the work by performing thermography, visual inspections, and night-time electroluminescence tests on the installed PV modules. During the operation phase, Enertis Applus+ carried out module degradation measurements and solar pyranometers calibrations.

This portfolio is composed of five PV Projects, featuring 50-60 MW PV per site and an average of 100MWh of long-duration Energy Storage (ESS) at 4 of the total sites. Enertis Applus+ is grateful to work as Owner’s Engineer, while Carolina Solar Energy and the project entities successfully developed and advanced this portfolio. Interconnection Applications (IA) were completed and approved by the affected utilities for PV + ESS operation at all 5 locations. Enertis Applus+ worked closely with Carolina Solar Energy Commercial and Engineering professionals to establish the Basis of Design documents, engineering, PV+ ESS energy modeling, and provide other support and advice to the projects.

Enertis Applus+ acted as Independent Engineer in the Slate project, located in Kings County, California. It is expected to be one of the largest projects in the U.S. In January of 2021, Recurrent Energy completed the sale of the Slate Project to Goldman Sachs Renewable Power LLC.

Enertis Applus+ assisted Voltalia providing its specialised and independent advice during the pre-manufacturing, manufacturing, and pre-shipment phases. As part of the services that were performed, the company carried out vendor surveillance, namely factory inspections, in China to oversee and evaluate the raw materials for solar PV modules. Also, Enertis Applus+ assessed the compliance of the manufacturing process with the established quality standards and its experienced quality inspectors supervised the entire manufacturing process in China. The services also included pre-shipment factory acceptance tests (FAT).  Enertis Applus+ also performed additional and specific tests on the modules in its accredited external laboratory (ISO/IEC 17025, ISO/IEC 17020 and CBTL/IECEE), including the determination of the maximum power under standard conditions, visual, EL, Light Induced Degradation (LID), Potential Induced Degradation (PID) and the Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation Index (LeTID) tests. These tasks are necessary to evaluate the quality and optimal performance of the modules. Similarly, specific tests were carried out on inverters and solar trackers to verify their compliance with predefined technical requirements.

Enertis Applus+ provided its modules’ quality control services across different stages of the Puerto Libertad PV project. The firm performed quality control inspections during the manufacturing of more than 1.200.000 PV modules and during the commissioning phase of the PV plant.

Enertis Applus+ works closely with the Commercial and Engineering teams at ESS, Inc., helping to establish system solutions and project designs, providing advanced ESS energy modeling, and helping ESSI establish relations with qualified contractors for delivery of the revolutionary flow technology. Project capacities are 2000 kVA to 120MVA per project – with 10-hours of energy storage duration each.  ESSI’s proprietary, water-based iron process delivered in self-contained containerized units or large, custom sites at customer locations. The designs and documents created during the course of the team's work help in communicating technical details and requirements to potential customers who may be interested in utilizing the new and revolutionary technology offered by ESS, Inc and are establishing standards and best practices for delivery and construction of this critical, long-duration ESS resource.

Enertis Applus+ acted as Lender’s Technical Advisor (LTA) to Banco Sabadell, Bankia, Abanca, and Banco Pichincha Spain in the financing of five Elawan Energy solar PV plants located in Spain, in Castilla-La Mancha region. The total amount of the structured loan for the five projects is approximately 92 million euros. Enertis Applus+ carried out the technical Due Diligence for the five plants, reviewing the projects in accordance with the Equator Principles and the loan in accordance with the Green Loan Principles (GLP). Enertis Applus+ will continue to advise the financial institutions in the construction, commissioning, and operation phases.

Enertis Applus+ provided owner’s engineering services for a portfolio of solar photovoltaic projects located in Chile and Colombia. Specifically, Enertis Applus+ acted as technical advisor to Matrix Renewables in the acquisition and construction of 24 solar photovoltaic projects developed under the Small Distributed Generation (PMGD) program. The projects, located in Chile, have a total capacity of 178 MWp. Enertis Applus+ has performed construction and operation and maintenance contract reviews, detailed engineering review, construction supervision, and provisional acceptance verification. Moreover, Enertis Applus+ worked as owner's engineer in three Matrix Renewables’ solar photovoltaic projects located in Colombia, with a total capacity of 82 MWp, providing the same services as the ones mentioned above.

Enertis Applus+ carried out a technical due diligence for the financing of the Sol del Desierto PV plant. Moreover, the firm also carried out in situ albedo measurements to validate the inputs of the production study. During the construction phase, Enertis Applus+ is supervising the works on behalf of the financial institutions and it will follow up during the operation phase.

Enertis Applus+ acted as Technical Advisor for Canadian Solar Inc and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) in the US$93 million non-recourse financing of the 126 MWp Tastiota solar PV project. The plant, located in the state of Sonora, Mexico, is one of the first utility-scale projects in Mexico under project finance to use bifacial PV modules.