Fluence Energy, Inc. announced that the company has expanded its network of product testing facilities by opening a new product testing lab in Pennsylvania. Now with three product testing labs located across the globe, Fluence is uniquely equipped to accelerate product development and support energy storage customers with increased speed, expertise, and flexible support throughout the product lifecycle. The new facility will serve as the primary location for system-level testing of various configurations of the company's energy storage products.

System-level testing supports quality assurance and is crucial for the rapid iteration, testing, and launching of new Fluence energy storage technology and products. The Pennsylvania lab will ultimately be where energy storage products are tested at a full system, or Core, scale. New products undergo rigorous testing across Fluence's network of global product testing labs—from the individual component, subsystem, small scale, and now full Core scale—to ensure products meet all functional and safety standards.

The systems test lab will simulate conditions at customer sites and will be where new products undergo the full cycle of installation, commissioning, and operation under all required application modes, putting the hardware, controls, and software integration through a suite of tests. In addition, the lab will include a bank of equipment representative of Fluence's install base to enable replication and testing of issues encountered in the field. Findings at the lab are expected to reduce commissioning times and yield early identification of issues, allowing resolutions to be implemented prior to deployment at customer sites.