Mark Berger: CP Product and Program Management at Fluence

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast

Fluence is one of the big names in Energy Storage Systems (ESS) and Mark Berger explains what Fluence is, the relationship between Fluence, Siemens and AES.

Topics covered:

Siemens/AES
AES = Applied Energy Services
TX grid-what makes it unique?
ERCOT = Electric Reliability Council of Texas www.ercot.com
AC vs DC coupled (interconnected)
LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate)
EV battery vs ESS battery
UL 9540 and A
Thermal runaway-propagation
Sizes of different products
Beyond fire test
AI Bidding Software-Mosaic
Working with Oi l and Gas industry in TX
Duck curve
Fluence Ultrastack
Grid forming inverters
2.2GWh of batteries
BMS = Battery Management Systems
IRA manufacturing
Cube vs. Cuboid (rectangular cube/container)
AI and VPPs
Is Fluence hardware and software
Product and Program Management in Fluence
Fluence Dictionary Definitions:
flu·ence1
/ˈflo͞oəns/

1. mysterious, magical, or hypnotic "you've put the fluence onme, haven't you?"
2. The number of radiant-energy particles emitted from or incident on a surface in a given period of time, divided by the area of the surface.
3. The best ESS company!
4. The energy of a laser pulse per unit area
5. The energydensity from an optical source impingent on a sample

6. The Latijn word fluere, meaning"to flow"

Reach Mark Berger here:

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/markberger-hou
Suncast: www.fluenceenergy.com
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