| April 2023 | Product Development | UL LLC published UL 2941The Outline of Investigation (OOI) for Cybersecurity of Distributed Energy and Inverter-Based Resources. UL 2941, developed in collaboration with the United States Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), establishes testable standards for energy storage and generation devices on the distribution grid. UL 2941 specifies specifications for solar inverters, battery chargers, wind turbines, fuel cells, and other grid-related resources. |
| February 2023 | Partnership | The Modular Energy System Architecture (MESA) Regulations Alliance and UL Solutions, partnered to offer testing and certification related to the MESA-DER profile. This profile is suggested for incorporation into the IEEE P1815.2 standard, Standard Profile for Communications with Distributed Energy Resources, which employs IEEE 1815, Standard for Electric Power Systems Communications - Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3). |
| January 2023 | MoU | UL Solutions and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), energy innovative technologies provider, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to make battery-powered energy storage systems (BESS) and EV batteries secure to deploy and use. |
| July 2022 | Development | UL Solutions, established a new cutting-edge E-Mobility and Energy Laboratory in Taiwan to fulfil the rapidly expanding needs of the global e-mobility and energy industries. Customers can test the charging power and storage battery capacity of electric bikes (eBikes) and electric vehicles (EVs) at the laboratory. |
| May 2022 | Launch | UL Solutions launched HOMER Front, a web-based software platform for designing and optimising complex utility-scale energy storage systems that is standalone or in combination with solar or wind energy. HOMER Front, software comes with comprehensive battery dispatch modelling and an attractive user interface, offers technical and economic research to assist developers in maximising the revenue of their energy storage or hybrid project. |
| March 2022 | Collaboration | UL, published a research report collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) headlined "Cybersecurity Certification Recommendations for Interconnected Grid Edge Devices and Inverter Based Resources." The research contains recommendations for maintaining a robust cybersecurity posture for distributed energy resources (DER) and inverter-based resources (IBRs). |
| August 2021 | Collaboration | UL and Hyundai Motor Company, collaborated to advance the safe deployment and usage of second life battery energy storage systems (SLBESS). UL and Hyundai started working together on SLBESS activities such as safety testing and assessment, a North America sample project, and the creation of evaluation processes. |
| August 2020 | Launch | HOMER Energy by UL, introduced a new HOMER Pro feature that simplifies the drafting of information-rich proposals. It helps system designers to prepare professional reports efficiently that highlight cost savings from distributed renewable energy projects, as well as technical elements of the simulated system, using its new proposal writer. |
| March 2020 | Development | Fermata Energy's bidirectional EV charging system certified to a new North American safety Standard, UL 9741, the Industry Standard for Bidirectional EV Charging System Equipment. Bidirectional chargers not only store electricity that powers the vehicle, but also supply energy back to the electrical grid |
| December 2019 | Acquisition | UL, a global pioneer in safety science, acquired HOMER Energy. UL's combined its experience in solar, wind, and battery storage are combined with HOMER Energy's system design abilities and dispersed energy project database, allows UL to further develop services across the renewable energy value chain. |
