OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE
COMPREHENSIVE PV SYSTEM INSPECTIONS
- The staff of multiple Electrical and Mechanical Engineers engaged in all O&M activities
- Technically skilled personnel inspect, identify, and implement action plans for both preventive and corrective maintenance
- Mechanically inspect all BOS equipment for failures or nonconformance issues
- Mechanically inspect all BOS equipment for failures or nonconformance issues
- Inspect site for vegetation, pest, or erosion issues
- Comprehensive report with photos and prioritized list of nonconformance items
PV SYSTEM MONITORING
- 24/7 monitoring of PV system, inverter, and combiner level performance
- Substantial experience managing portfolios with multiple monitoring solutions
- Real-time inverter graphing from monitoring to identify outages or issues often before monitoring alerts being generated
- Alert recognition, analysis, and action plans to minimize false alarms
- Gatekeeper role to maximize production and system ROI while minimizing O&M expenditures
- Highly qualified engineers to analyze alerts/alarms/faults
- Detailed understanding of both PV and inverter operations
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS & REPORTING
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ёEngineering-grade analytics; identify performance variation via inverter/
combiner/string comparative analytics - issues, and provide actionable plans to investigate and resolve issues
- Variety of reporting frequencies from daily/monthly/annually
- Monthly PPA Invoicing and Meter Audit/Verification Available
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
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Ensure equipment reliability and validity of manufacturer warranty
combiner/string comparative analytics - Perform manufacturer recommended preventative maintenance on all equipment ensuring both equipment reliability and validity of manufacturer warranty
- Central and String Inverters
- Combiners/Recombiners
- Transformers/Switchgear
- DAS/ Monitoring Equipment
MAINTENANCE LOGS & SERVICE TICKETS
- Maintain historical data, performance history, and logs of service/repair tickets
- Identify trends and provide corrective action before catastrophic failures
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Historical analysis of equipment issues and failures provides insight into
future equipment selection and O&M staffing requirements