Clean Energy Associates becomes Intertek CEA, further solidifying the integration of Intertek’s solar and energy storage businesses. 

Dan Finn-Foley, Intertek CEA’s Director of Energy Storage Market Intelligence, joins the Currents podcast to discuss the impact of tariffs, shifting supply chains and emerging technologies on the US battery storage market.

In this PV Tech article, Joerg Althaus, Intertek CEA’s Director of Engineering Services and Quality Assurance, warns that racking complexity, corrosion, evolving supply chains, and rising glass breakage risks pose growing challenges to solar PV projects.

In this Energy Storage News article, Jeff Zwijack highlights how most quality issues in battery energy storage systems emerge during final integration rather than cell production, with defects like faulty fire suppression, poor thermal management, and enclosure weaknesses frequently slipping through.

George Touloupas, Vice President of ESG and New Services at Intertek CEA, and Huatian Xu, the company’s Director of Technology and Quality, analyze the first three months of performance data from the new pv magazine outdoor test installation in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. 

In this PV Magazine article, Jörg Althaus of Intertek CEA and Andreas Fladung of Aerial PV Inspection highlight how electroluminescence (EL) testing — including drone-based approaches — can uncover microcracks, early degradation, and installation-related damage.

George Touloupas, Intertek CEA’s Vice President of ESG and New Services, and Huatian Xu, CEA’s Director of Technology and Quality, analyze the May and June 2025 results from the pv magazine test outdoor installation in Yinchuan, China.

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.

The quarterly published PV STPR covers global and regional supply chain analysis, technology trends, and regional policy analysis through early July 2025. 

In this PV Magazine article, Intertek CEA's engineering experts highlight how overlooked site-specific challenges such as poor soil conditions, flash floods, complex terrain, and extreme wind loading in Southeast Asia can derail solar projects if not addressed early through rigorous engineering and civil due diligence.

In this article, originally published in MESIA's Mid-year Solar Report 2025, Jeff Zwijack, Associate Director of Energy Storage at Intertek CEA, explains that most defects in battery energy storage systems arise during system-level integration rather than cell or module production.

In this Energy Storage News webinar, Intertek CEA Market Intelligence experts Daniel Finn-Foley and Christian Roselund explore the implications of the U.S. budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, for the energy storage industry.

In this pv magazine Webinar, Intertek CEA’s supply chain experts—George Touloupas, Vice President of ESG & New Services, and Senior Project Managers Zhuo Chen and Nicola Licata—outline key ESG risks and share best practices for documenting and mitigating them.

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.

In this SunCast webinar, Jeff Zwijack, Intertek CEA’s Associate Director of Energy Storage, shares key insights on common quality issues found in BESS factories and how project teams can proactively mitigate risks through smarter supplier selection, contract safeguards, and robust QA practices.