Leading global manufacturer of utility-grade energy storage, Invinity Energy Systems received 3 certifications from International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on Tuesday morning.
Following an exhaustive audit process conducted by top global assurance provider SAI-Global, Invinity Energy Systems has been certified as complying with ISO standards for Quality Management (ISO 9001), Environmental Management (ISO 14001), and Health & Safety Management (ISO 45001).
Invinity is now one of just three flow battery manufacturers in the world to hold all three certifications at the same time, confirming the company’s position as a leading producer of utility-grade solutions to the stationary energy storage industry.
International Organization for Standardization
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a significant benchmark institution in the world.
The ISO creates standards to ensure the quality, safety, and efficiency of products, services, and systems. These standards are widely recognised as the gold standard for operational excellence among major industrial companies throughout the world.
Individual criteria to which Invinity has now been certified are critical to the company’s operations.
ISO 9001 specifies the requirements for a company’s quality management system (QMS) and is founded on fundamental quality management principles such as a strong customer focus, senior management involvement and accountability, process orientation, and continuous improvement.
ISO 9001 standards and processes will enable Invinity to provide consistently high-quality products and services to its clients.
An Environmental Management System (EMS) is defined by ISO 14001 as a systematic framework for measuring, managing, and minimising the immediate and long-term environmental impacts of an organization’s goods and operations.
Completing this certification will ensure Invinity’s customers and partners that the company honours its environmental commitments and operates with the least amount of environmental effect feasible.
ISO 45001 is a global standard for occupational health and safety that aims to manage and reduce any health and safety risks linked with Invinity’s activities for all stakeholders.
ISO 45001 standards, when used in conjunction with regional, national, and industry-specific workplace safety rules, will help Invinity formalise procedures to proactively improve health and safety performance, provide a safe and healthy workplace, and reduce the risk of causing irreversible harm to employees or the company as a whole.
These three certifications demonstrate Invinity’s commitment to not just producing a high-quality product, but also to being a leading supplier in the stationary energy storage sector.
Compliance with these three standards, according to the firm, will speed up Invinity’s commercial development by demonstrating to new customers that Invinity conforms to the highest operational excellence standards without the need for time-consuming and costly due diligence.
Finally, adhering to these ISO standards will aid Invinity’s expansion by laying the solid foundations required to expand and scale the company’s business in a ‘sustainable, responsible, and transparent way’.
Invinity
Invinity was formed in April 2020 by the combination of two industry leaders in the flow battery sector, redT energy plc and Avalon Battery Corporation.
Invinity is active in all major global energy storage markets and has operations all over the world, with over 25 MWh of systems implemented to date across more than 40 sites in 15 countries.
Flow batteries are made by Invinity Energy Systems for large-scale, high-throughput energy storage needs in business, industry, and electrical networks.
Factory-built flow batteries from Invinity run continuously for over 25 years with minimal degradation, making them ideal for the most demanding applications in renewable energy production.
Energy storage systems based on Invinity’s batteries are safe, dependable, and cost-effective, with capacities ranging from under 250 kilowatt-hours to tens of megawatt-hours.
Larry Zulch, Chief Executive Officer, Invinity said, “As Invinity commercialises our long-duration vanadium flow batteries, our focus must progress from simply developing leading technology to superb execution across the entire organisation.”
“We undertook the ISO process determined to meet the highest standards; by obtaining certification in these three major areas, we have demonstrated our ability to achieve them. This is a tremendous accomplishment by our team and I am very proud of the work they have done.”
Invinity Energy Systems’ shares gained 7% to 97.5p following the announcement of multiple ISO certifications being awarded to the company.