Solar Operations Center

Our Solar Operations Center (SOC) serves as the command center for managing all O&M operations and maintenance activities. The SOC provides critical information technology and infrastructure, integrates production information to utility systems, and makes solar assets interoperable with the smart grid.

Unparalleled Capabilities

The SOC´s ability to manage continuous and optimal solar energy production is enabled by our unique business and operational model. This blends field-proven methodology, processes, personnel, and technology, including:

• Analytics – Benchmark and compare asset performance across portfolio, IRR metrics, geographies, weather patterns, module and inverter technologies, system design, arrays, strings, etc.
• Predictive Maintenance Capability – Spot gradual or long term degradations, and early signs of potential equipment failure. Address them during routine maintenance schedules to avoid unscheduled repairs.
• Integrated Field Services – Streamline field operations to optimize maintenance schedule, shorten time-to-repair, maintain thorough service records, etc.
• Information Sharing – Disseminate asset status, production and performance information to all parties involved via web portal, reports, communication channels and applications.
• Utility System Integration – Automate collection, validation and submission of production performance data to utilities including PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E in California via EDI. Integrate with smart meters, rates schedules and Smart Grid infrastructure.

O&M Operational Support

• Help desk, monitoring, field dispatch, work order
• Customer Support
• “Enerlyst” Energy Analyst Access

Information Technology

• Web services and applications portal
• Turnkey solutions for metering, sensing, communications and weather data

Infrastructure

• Communication services
• Asset tracking and service record depository
• Energy Portal
• Energy Networks
• Web Applications
• Turnkey Systems

Integration

• State production incentive systems and Renewable Energy Credit registries
• Smart Grid
• Enterprise web and ERP systems

Solution Delivery Services from SOC

• Provisioning & Staging
• Lifecycle Management
• Field Commissioning
• Integration