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 BREAKOUT SESSION 1:
ASSET MANAGEMENT AND O&M

Standardization:
Process, Status quo and next steps
Solar Power Europe Summit: 14. + 15. March 2018
Copyright© 2018 UL International GmbH. Bengt Jäckel
Topics

1. Overview Standards organizations

2. General standardization process

3. What documents for O&M exist in IEC/EN?

4. Short overview/ comparison O&M best practices vs

IEC 62664-2 / IEC 61724-series / …

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Standardization organizations

Tele-
Standardization General Electrotechnical
communications

(ITU)
international ISO IEC
[ISO/IEC/JTC1]

European
CEN CENELEC ETSI
(regional)

German DKE DKE

DIN
(national) DIN and VDE DIN and VDE

IEC TC 82:
Solar photovoltaic
energy systems 3
 IEC-standards

 IEC Standard (IS)  IEC Publicly Available Specification (PAS)

 Consens standards, no objections and  Either:
confilicts with other standards e.g.  Consens in a different organization like
horizontal standards ISO, no objections
 Strict pass/fail criteria or:
 IEC Technical Specification (TS)  Consens within a different IEC-Working
Group, no objections
 Sort of Pre-Standards, no objections
 Several TS for same topic possible!
 Techical specification/procedure, typically no
fixed pass /fail criteria  IEC Guide
 Several TS for same topic possible!  Prepared by IEC, e.g. IEC ACOS
 IEC Technical Report (TR)  General procedures, rules and guidance for
international
 Collection of technical achievements,
procedures and examples

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IEC-documents during standard development

Abbreviation Description Voting period

NP New Work Item Proposal 12 Weeks

Typically > 3 years

RVN Result of Voting on NP

CD Committee Draft for Comment 8/12/16 Weeks

CC Compilation of Comments on CD
Committee Draft for Vote
CDV Last period for technical changes
12 Weeks
(8 Weeks, if 2. CDV)
RVC Result of Voting on CDV
Final Draft International Standard
FDIS Only YES /NO vote!
6 Weeks

RVD Report of Voting on FDIS

International Standard
IS 60000er Number

Full detailed process – backup slides 5

 Flow of international standardization

EU
IEC CENELEC DKE National

Proposal Proposal Notifizierung Vilamoura Proposal

IEC-TC/SC CLC-TC/SC DKE-K/UK

Comments/ Vote
NP
Comments comments
Comments
CD Draft
draft

Public formal
CDV Parallel Draft prEN Comments objection
Comments/ Vote
Vote
FDIS Parallel FprEN

approved
IS EN Acceptance required DIN Norm

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 Dresden + Frankfurt Agreement
IEC
IEC
International focus
CENELEC CENELEC
New “home
Parallel-
Work grown”
Vote
Items standards
for
CDV & FDIS
Collaborative planing Transfer of EN
of new projects (5xxxx) projects

CENELEC
The Dresden Agreement went into effect in September 1996 and superseded the Lugano Agreement of 1991. It gives IEC the “Right of First Refusal” for work
Dresden proposed in CENELEC. When planning new work, CENELEC will first offer the work to IEC. If IEC accepts the new work item then CENELEC will cease working on the
Agreement project within Europe. If IEC is not interested in the work item, CENELEC will then undertake the standards development. In such situations, IEC will be kept
informed of progress and its non-European members will have the opportunity to comment at the CENELEC public enquiry stage. Final drafts will, in every case, be
offered to the IEC as Committee Drafts for Vote (CDVs), although the final decision on the content of the EN must remain with CENELEC.
After 20 years of a fruitful partnership that has resulted in a very high level of technical alignment (close to 80% of CENELEC standards are identical to or based on IEC
Frankfurt publications), CENELEC and IEC have reconfirmed their longstanding cooperation on 17 October 2016, by signing the Frankfurt Agreement. Building on the
Agreement experience of both partners, this new agreement preserves the spirit and approach conveyed by the Dresden Agreement, in particular the strategic commitment of
CENELEC to supporting the primacy of international standardization. It includes several update aiming to simplify the parallel voting processes, and increases the
traceability of international standards adopted in Europe thanks to a new referencing system. 7
Photovoltaic IEC standards: More than 180 documents!!!

Tracker; 3 Sonstige; 6

Rural; 28 PV Module;
CPV; 10
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PV Module -
Performance; 4
Measurement
Standards; 22 PV Modul - BOS;
6
PV Module
System; Materialien; 13
19 Inverter; 18 BOS; 12 8
 Operation & Maintenance
Best Practices Guidelines / Version 2.0
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Operation and Maintenance (O&M) has become a standalone segment within the solar industry and it is
widely acknowledged by all stakeholders that high-quality O&M services mitigate potential risks,
improve the Levelised Cost of electricity (LCOE) and Power Purchase agreement (PPA) prices,
and positively impact the return on investment (Roi). Responding to the discrepancies that exist in
today’s solar O&M market, the Solar Power Europe O&M Best Practices Guidelines make it possible for all
to benefit from the experience of leading experts in the sector and increase the level of quality and
consistency in O&M. These Guidelines are meant for O&M Contractors as well as investors,
financiers, asset owners, asset managers, monitoring tool providers, technical consultants
and all interested stakeholders in Europe and beyond.

This document begins by contextualising O&M by explaining the roles and responsibilities of various
stakeholders such as the asset manager, the operation service provider and the maintenance
provider and by providing an overview of technical and contractual terms to achieve a common
understanding of the subject. it then walks the reader through the different components of O&M,
classifying requirements into “minimum requirements”, “best practices” and “recommendations”.
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 Possible documents of interest for O&M
• IEC 60364-7-712 Electrical installations of buildings - Part 7-712: Requirements for special installations or
locations - Solar photovoltaic (PV) power supply systems
• IEC 61724 Photovoltaic system performance
• Part 1: Monitoring
• Part 2: Capacity evaluation method
• Part 3: Energy evaluation method
• Part 4: Degradation rate evaluation method (under development)
• IEC 61829 Crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) array - On-site measurement of I-V characteristics
• IEC 62446 Photovoltaic (PV) systems - Requirements for testing, documentation and maintenance
• Part 1 Grid connected systems - Documentation, commissioning tests and inspection
• Part 2 Grid connected systems - Maintenance of PV systems (CDV stage)
• Part 3 Photovoltaic modules and plants - Outdoor infrared thermography
• IEC 62738 Design guidelines and recommendations for ground-mounted photovoltaic power plants
• IEC 63019 TS Information model for availability of photovoltaic (PV) power systems
(under development)
• IEC TS 63049: Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) systems - Guideline for increased confidence in PV system installation
• IEC TR 63149 Mathematic Models and Calculation Examples for Land Usage of PV Farms
(under development)
• IEC TS 63156 Photovoltaic systems – Power conditioners - Energy evaluation method
(under development)
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Operation & Maintenance
Best Practices Guidelines / Version 2.0

IEC 62446-series
IEC 61724 series
IEC 63019
IEC 61724-1
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IEC 62446-2
IEC 62446-2: Part 2:
Grid connected systems – Maintenance of PV systems

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