Solar O&M Insider

Welcome to the Solar O&M Insider, the first podcast series dedicated to solar PV operations, maintenance, and asset management. This series is brought to you by Alectris, a global solar asset care innovation firm. I'm Glenna Wiseman of Identity3, your host. This session is focused on the economics of solar plant operations. We’ll also get a glimpse into themes to be discussed at this month’s SunSpec member meeting, March 30 in San Francisco, CA. The SunSpec Alliance is a trade alliance of more than 100 solar and storage distributed energy industry participants, pursuing information standards to enable “plug & play” system interoperability. SunSpec standards address operational aspects of solar PV power and energy storage plants on the smart grid—including residential, commercial, and utility-scale systems—thus reducing cost, promoting technology innovation, and accelerating industry growth. To address this topic and the effects of operations on maintenance costs and asset value we welcome Tom Tansy, chairman of the SunSpec Alliance and Laks Sampath, U.S. country manager for Alectris, a SunSpec member and contributor to its standardization efforts evolving in the industry. This episode of the Solar O&M Insider features: •Developing Information Standards for the Solar Industry •Three Themes at this Year’s SunSpec Member Meeting •Defining Solar PV Plant Operations •Solar Investors Want Complete Operational Records •Key Areas to Reduce Solar Plant Maintenance Costs •Operation Risk is Top Risk in Solar Investing •The Contribution of Operations to Solar Asset Value • The SunSpec Alliance O&M Cost Model •Operations and Management Industry Catalysts of Solar Asset Value