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Achieving FEOC Compliance: What Every U.S. Solar Buyer Should Know
In this Energy Storage Summit USA webinar, Intertek CEA’s experts break down the top things every buyer should do to prepare for FEOC compliance — with practical guidance you can turn into action.
PV Project Bankability: Exploring Quality and Technical Risk
In this pv magazine Week Europe webinar, Jörg Althaus, Intertek CEA’s Director of Engineering Services & Quality Assurance, provides insights into the most common quality issues impacting PV plants today and outlines strategies to mitigate these risks.
October 2025 Results
pv magazine Test: George Touloupas, Vice President of ESG and New Services at Intertek CEA, and Huatian Xu, Director of Technology and Quality, analyze the October 2025 results from the pv magazine test outdoor installations in Yinchuan, China, and Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
From Standards to Sandstorms
pv magazine: Jörg Althaus and Huatian Xu detail how the Middle East’s rapid solar expansion is shaped by both aggressive local-content industrial policies and the region’s uniquely harsh desert conditions.
PV Supply, Technology, and Policy Report (Q3 - 2025)
The quarterly published PV STPR covers global and regional supply chain analysis, technology trends, and regional policy analysis.
PV Price Forecasting Report (Q3 - 2025)
The PV Price Forecasting Report provides independent market intelligence on changes in global supply chains and accurate forecasts for supply price scenarios based on technologies, materials, manufacturing regions and target markets, as well as supply and demand forecasts and analysis.
Preventing Costly Delays: Early QA Uncovered Hidden Design Risks in a PV Tracker + Cleaning Robot System
Case Study: Intertek CEA identified a hidden mismatch between the design documents and the factory-assembled tracker + cleaning robot system before it could impact the project. Catching it early helped the client avoid delays, rework, and long-term performance risk.
Solar Supply Chains Under the Microscope: Navigating Europe’s Evolving ESG Compliance Landscape
PV Tech: George Touloupas, Intertek CEA’s vice president of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and new services, outlines how rapidly expanding ESG regulations—spanning UFLPA, CSRD, CSDDD and emerging forced-labour laws—are pushing Europe’s solar sector toward unprecedented supply-chain transparency.
The New Era of Storage: Navigating FEOC - Expert Webinar
In this webinar, Dan Finn-Foley, Director of Energy Storage Market Intelligence at Intertek CEA, joins experts at Orennia to discuss the outlook on trends and FEOC elements affecting storage
pv magazine Test: September 2025 Results
George Touloupas, Vice President of ESG and New Services at Intertek CEA, and Huatian Xu, Director of Technology and Quality, analyze the September 2025 results from the pv magazine test outdoor installations in Yinchuan, China, and Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Demand Diligence From Domestic Battery Integration
pv magazine: Jeff Zwijack, Intertek CEA’s Senior Manager for Energy Storage, explains how tariffs are driving a shift to U.S. battery integration. He notes that while local assembly scales quickly, it introduces human variability requiring strict oversight.
PV Supplier Market Intelligence Report (Q3- 2025)
The PV SMIP provides a comprehensive and unbiased analysis of the top PV module manufacturers in the world. It offers detailed insights into capacities, technology, and efficiency roadmaps, along with Manufacturing, Capacity, and Technology (MCT) ratings for each supplier.
pv magazine USA Week - Navigating the U.S. supply chain
In this pv magazine USA Week session, Joseph Johnson, Associate Director of Market Intelligence, shares his insights on the challenges facing the U.S. solar supply chain, the drive toward domestic manufacturing, and strategies for navigating trade restrictions and compliance.
FEOC Regulations Spark Massive Supply Chain Disruptions
Christian Roselund, Intertek CEA’s Senior Policy Analyst, joins the SunCast Media Podcast to decode how FEOC is reshaping the way projects are sourced, engineered, financed, and papered across the U.S. solar and storage market.
ESS Supplier Market Intelligence Report (Q3- 2025)
The latest Energy Storage System (ESS) Supplier Market Intelligence Report includes concise and standardized analyses of major LIB cell suppliers and BESS integrators, focusing on global production capacities, product portfolios, and notable projects.
Mind the Gap: Demand for Storage Outpaces U.S. Manufacturing Capacity
Daniel Finn-Foley of Intertek CEA discusses how lithium-ion batteries have rapidly reshaped the U.S. power sector, growing from about 1 GWh of installations in 2020 to more than 30 GWh by 2024. He warns that new tariffs and FEOC restrictions are straining supply chains, making early procurement crucial as compliant domestic capacity tightens.
pv magazine Test: August 2025 Results
George Touloupas, Vice President of ESG and New Services at Intertek CEA, and Huatian Xu, Director of Technology and Quality, analyze the August 2025 results from the pv magazine test outdoor installations in Yinchuan, China, and Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
New Obligations for Solar and Storage
pv magazine: George Touloupas, vice president ESG and New Services at Intertek CEA, outlines the growing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) obligations facing the solar and energy storage industries as global renewable deployment accelerates.
ESS Supply, Technology, and Policy Report (Q3 - 2025)
The quarterly Energy Storage STPR provides global and regional supply chain analysis, technology trends, and policy insights. This quarter focuses on innovations in container and system layout efficiency, as well as the UK’s new cap-and-floor regime for long-duration energy storage.
ESS Price Forecasting Report (Q3 - 2025)
The ESS Price Forecasting Report provides an in-depth five-year forecast for the price of a DC battery container, including battery cells, modules, racking, and additional balance of system needed for a containerized battery system.