{"id":17690,"date":"2017-12-18T05:07:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T18:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=17690"},"modified":"2017-12-18T05:07:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T18:37:56","slug":"battery-standard-australia-mb0369","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/battery-standard-australia-mb0369\/","title":{"rendered":"International Battery Storage Standard Adopted In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17692\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17692\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/australian-battery-standards.jpg\" alt=\"Australian battery storage standard\" width=\"700\" height=\"498\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/battery-symbol-music-electrically-1981834\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">samfabersf<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Standards Australia announced the adoption of an international battery standard last week, part of a larger plan to help ensure Australian consumers are protected as the home energy storage market grows.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The development of battery standards in Australia hit significant resistance earlier this year after draft standard AS 5139 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/home-battery-standards-australia-0171\/\">&#8220;overkill&#8221; requirements<\/a> that would have put the technology out of reach of many Australians &#8211; including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/lithiumbatteries.html\">lithium-ion batteries<\/a> needing to be installed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-solar-battery-standards-mb0088\/\">in a separate enclosure<\/a> as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/safety\/\">safety<\/a> measure.<\/p>\n<p>Standards Australia was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/draft-battery-standards-australia-mb0175\/\">bombarded with submissions<\/a> on the draft. Among those was an argument from Clean Energy Council, which stated that if products met an agreed upon set of appropriate international product safety standards and were installed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/cec-installers-retailers-members\/\">accredited installers<\/a> following clear guidelines, a separate battery enclosure should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/draft-battery-standards-australia-mb0175\/\">should not be required.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Resistance was such that Standards Australia decided to pause development of some aspects of the standard and a roundtable with stakeholders was held in September to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australian-battery-standards-consensus-mb0212\/\">discuss the contentious issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of those discussions and further work by Standards Australia, AS IEC 62619:2017, Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes &#8211; Safety requirements for secondary lithium cells and batteries, for use in industrial applications, has been adopted. Standards Australia says IEC 62619:2017 was found to be suitable for application in resident and commercial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">battery systems<\/a> in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The standard is only one part of what has turned out to be a rather difficult puzzle for Standards Australia to complete.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe will continue to adopt international standards wherever we can,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standards.org.au\/OurOrganisation\/News\/Documents\/Australia%20adopts%20international%20product%20standard%20for%20battery%20storage.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Standards Australia CEO Dr Bronwyn Evans\u00a0 &#8220;Where no standard exists, we will continue to consult with our stakeholders and the wider Australian community to develop Australian Standards with the end user front of mind.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Clean Energy Council\u2019s Director of Smart Energy, Darren Gladman, 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