Management of renewable energy systems required the following distinct activities:
- Daily Monitoring
- Reporting
- Inspection
- Cleaning
- Maintenance
- Expansion planning
Unless you monitor a system, you will likely miss events that cause generation loss. The quicker generation loss can be detected, the less energy is lost forever.
We have witnessed unmanaged systems running at 60% of the design capacity due to blown fuses having lost generation for more than half a year, just because the owners did not monitor the system. Replacing some fuses restored the performance, but the energy lost can never be recovered.
Reporting keeps all the stakeholders informed.
Inspection confirms safety aspects like system earthing, and performance aspects like soiling levels.
