At Solar Power Generation USA this week in San Diego, California global solar operation and maintenance service provider, Alectris introduced a new tool for solar asset owners to evaluate their O&M priorities and contractors. Vassilis Papaeconomou, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Alectris, presented the tool for the first time during his event presentation titled, “Evaluating the quality of your O&M contractor.”
“The performance of an O&M contractor is tightly connected to the asset’s performance optimization; however the evaluation of the contractor’s capability to perform and even excel in the contractual obligations is a more complex process,” said Papaeconomou. “We developed this tool for solar asset owners to prioritize their O&M needs and evaluate their contractors. It will assist in the standardization of this process and the industry’s overall best practices development.”
The Alectris Solar PV Owners O&M Evaluation Tool currently includes 85 discrete items related to the basic functions of operations and maintenance for solar PV plants. It assists solar PV plant owners with:
- A holistic, unified approach to evaluating O&M considerations and capabilities
- Self-determined priority setting
- O&M contractor evaluation scores mapped to the owner priorities
- Solar PV O&M key performance indicators mapped to O&M contractor capabilities
- A customizable tool to add more evaluation areas
- Graphic depiction of contractor scores built into the tool
Solar plant developers, owners and investors can find out more about the tool through the company’s white paper.