Fluence Energy opens new test lab in Mt. Pleasant

Fluence Energy, a global provider of energy storage products and services, has opened a new product testing lab in Mt. Pleasant, Pa.

This new Westmoreland County facility will serve as the primary location for testing various configurations of the company’s energy storage products.

“Fluence’s new systems test lab expands our global lab presence and is our second lab within the United States, with a third lab located in Germany. We believe this facility will be critical to fully testing our products leading up to product launch, as well as supporting product commissioning and field teams in providing world-class support to customers,” Rebecca Boll, Fluence senior vice president and chief product officer, said. “We look forward to using this lab to best serve our customers.”

This is the company’s third testing lab located across the globe. The Pennsylvania lab will ultimately be where energy storage products are tested at a full system, or core, scale to ensure that they 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. The hardware, controls, and software integration will all go through a suite of tests. In addition, the facility 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. This, in turn, will allow resolutions to be implemented prior to deployment at customer sites.

Since 2021, Fluence has invested in regionalizing its global operations to address distinct regional challenges and policies. Fluence currently has offices in nine countries across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions. This summer, Fluence announced the opening of a new technology center in India, and this past August, it launched a new contract manufacturing facility in Utah.