Dragon Q Energy Powers Toward Production with Key Battery Cell Certification

Dragon Q Energy, Inc has reached a milestone in its path to production of the company’s 7.5 kWh Battery and PowerPole products. The UL 1973 and IEC 62619 certifications, performed by TÜV Rheinland, one of the world’s most respected third-party testing and certification organizations, validates the fundamental safety and basic performance that are at the foundation of all Dragon Q Energy products.  Our cells are now independently certified for use in our safe, robust and efficient battery system- which must now undergo certification at the pack level as a final step ahead of finished article manufacture.  

UL 1973 – Is the primary U.S. safety standard for batteries used in stationary and auxiliary energy storage systems, addressing electrical safety, abnormal operating conditions, and thermal stability.

IEC 62619 – is the The international safety standard for industrial lithium batteries, governing safe operation under fault conditions, including fire behavior, thermal runaway mitigation, and electrical fault protection.

For Dragon Q Energy, achieving cell-level certification is a validation of our founding challenge- to eliminate the conditions for thermal runaway and resulting fire in battery systems  through base-level engineering and architecture.  Battery cells are the most safety-critical and failure-prone element of any lithium-ion energy storage system, and are positioned at the  center of nearly every regulatory, customer, and investor concern. This Independent certification at the cell level removes one of the largest sources of uncertainty early in the lifecycle of a battery platform, replacing assumptions with third-party validation by TÜV.

Whats Next 

While cell certification represents a significant achievement of individual component cells, the next certification will entail validation of the large pack assembly which will be composed of the now certified individual cells. The platform’s risk profile will now shift to the focused evaluation of the complete system, including our hermetically sealed, argon-filled, pressurized battery housing, battery management system, and electrical architecture, all designed to isolate faults, suppress combustion, and contain thermal runaway under representative operating conditions. 

This next phase of battery pack qualification is where integration and real-world behavior are validated, and where testing can focus on system performance rather than fundamental electrochemical safety. As we move through this stage, we are actively engaging customers and accepting LOIs from organizations interested in early deployments, positioning the platform to transition from pilot projects to serving real customers once system-level certification is complete.