1. Few facts from the Indian industry
Credits…….
Few facts from the Indian industry

2. Lanco - Conclusion on O&M Services Cost of O&M for Solar Plant
Activity
Professional O&M Service provider
Normal O&M Service provider
Plant Monitoring
Yes
Preventive & Break down Maintenance
Predictive Maintenance
Not Done
Revenue Generation
High with long term sustainability
Low Revenue short term sustainability
Legal Compliances
100%
partial to cut cost
EHS and quality as per ISO Standard
fully compliance
Partial
Frequency of Breakdown
Low
High
Soiling Losses ( Revenue Losses)
low
Housekeeping / Up keep of plant
High level
Medium/ low level
CDM audits / Insurance Assistance
24 x 7
need to arrange on case to case basis
Identifying module degradation at string level & Take actions No
Man Power supply
Skilled Fully trained for Solar plant
Semi Skilled Manpower
Site Over All Management / Reporting
highly skilled in charge
with some exposure to Solar
O&M Cost / MW
Rs Lacs / MW ( Long Terms Revenue Gain)
Rs 8-10 Lacs / MW ( Short Term Revenue Gain )

3. Sun Edison -Getting a sense of cost of poor reliability
Total cost = Lost Energy revenue + cost of servicing
Assumes a 5MW plant,
5 sun-hrs per day
Rs 10/kWh
2 service engineers time

4. Inverter components that fail
Most inverter failures manifest at ctrl s/w, various PCBs, the AC contractor

5. Reliability of Central Inverters – 5 vendors

6. Module Components that Fail

7. International Standards for PV Power Plant Verification
Safety Standards
Published Standards
IEC :Electrical installations of buildings - Part 7-712: Requirements for special installations or locations - Solar photovoltaic (PV) power supply systems.
IEC 62446: Grid Connected Photo Voltaic Systems –Minimum Requirements for System Documentation, Commissioning Tests and Inspection.
Draft Standards with IEC TC 82 WG 3 - Systems
IEC 62548: Installation and Safety Requirements for Photovoltaic (PV) Generators – 4Q 2012.

8. International Standards for PV Power Plant Verification
Performance Standards
Draft Standards with IEC TC 82 WG 3 - Systems
IEC On Site measuring of IV Characteristics of Crystalline Silicon – Ed 2 Draft for vote.
TS PV systems on buildings – 3Q 2012
TS Power Plant Design -3Q 2012.
Hybrid Stand alone System Design – NWIP.
IEC system documentation, commissioning, and inspection -New edition to cover wider range of systems.

9. Sustainable and Economical O&M
What we want to be doing ?
Sustainable and Economical O&M
Legal compliance
EHS
Spares
Maintenance
Operations
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10. Solar Asset Management
6 – 18 months
20-25 years
Engineer / Configure
Erection / Commission
Operate / Maintain
Refurbish
Operations & Maintenance
O&M -
Asset
Governance
O&M –
Asset Care
O&M –
Supply Chain
O&M –
Customer
Relationship
EPC
Stake Holders
O&M
Solar OEM
Regulators
Logistics Provider
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11. Making Sustainable Green Possible
Customers Demand Solutions to Five Key Challenges
Real time visibility of Solar Assets & Performance Metrics
Optimize end-to-end cost of Maintenance & Inventory
Inspection & Quality
Safety/Regulatory/Environmental issues
Managing and tracking Contracts/AMC/Warranties
Making Sustainable Green Possible

12. O&M Solutions for Renewable Energy
Sanjay Jain
General Manager – Manufacturing Engineering
16th May 2012

13. 150 year old Group with 25,000 Employees
Corporate Heritage: C K Birla Group
CK Birla Group
Manufacturing
Orient Fans
Orient Paper
Orient Cement
Hyderabad Inds Ltd
Rivers Vegetable Oil Co
Automotive
Avtec
Hindustan Motors
Indian Smelting
Engineering
Nigeria Engg Works Ltd.
National Engg Inds Ltd.
Services
GMMCO IT
Birlasoft
Healthcare
Calcutta Medical Research Institute
Hospital at Jaipur
BM Birla Heart Research Center
Education
Birla Institute of Technology
Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata
Rukmani Birla Modern High School, Jaipur
Research &
Development
Birla Institute of Scientific Research
150 year old Group with 25,000 Employees
Business interests across diverse industry verticals in 5 continents
(Africa, America, Asia, Australia & Europe)
Sustained & Responsible Contributions to Society

14. Global Presence UK Netherlands New Jersey Switzerland Germany Noida
Wuxi, China
Dubai
Chennai
Bangalore
Singapore
Hyderabad
Malaysia
Sydney
Melbourne
Regional Centers India Development Centers Global Delivery Centers

15. Technology Innovation through Competency Groups

16. Making Sustainable Green Possible
Unique Selling Proposition – Solar Power
Minimize Customer Acquisition & Installation Cost
Secure Low Cost Financing
Develop targeted customer offerings
Address balance-of-system costs
Develop or own differentiated and Scalable technologies
Drive operational Excellence in manufacturing
Cost / kW
Cost of Equipment
Total Cost of Ownership
Operation and Maintenance
Making Sustainable Green Possible

17. Capital, Fuel and O&M costs
Fixed O&M Annual Cost

18. Making Sustainable Green Possible
Shift required ?
62 companies
SunPower
GE Energy
Northwind Solutions
First Solar
SChott
Making Sustainable Green Possible

19. Making Sustainable Green Possible
What Leaders are Doing?
Making Sustainable Green Possible

20. Making Sustainable Green Possible
Major Aspects of O&M
Making Sustainable Green Possible

21. Leveraging IT for Solar O&M
Lower Total Cost
of Ownership
Design /Specifications/Manuals
Shared
Environment
Assets Health and
Utilization
Improved Planning for Man,
Material and Machine
Dashboards & Portals
Work Scheduler
Tracking After Sales
Contracts / AMC’s
Enabling Field Work
Integration
with SCM Solutions
Mobile
Solutions
Making Sustainable Green Possible

22. Making Sustainable Green Possible
Birlasoft IT Solution for Solar O&M
Making Sustainable Green Possible

23. Making Sustainable Green Possible
Performance Indicators to address the Challenges
Asset Availability & Downtime
Asset Performance
Spare Parts Availability
MTBF / MTTR
Alerts & SLA Tracking
Work Order Open/Close Trend (Time/Site)
Estimate Vs Actual Work Cost
Inspection Report/Rejected Items Records
Warranty Claims
Disposal & Part Reselling
Making Sustainable Green Possible

24. Remote Assets Visibility Real Time Notifications for Assets
Are the Solar Assets & Performance Metrics available real time?
Remote Assets Visibility
Real Time Notifications for Assets
Making Sustainable Green Possible

25. Making Sustainable Green Possible
Are the Solar Assets & Performance Metrics available real time?
Data from SCADA
Site Performance Trend
(Real Time Values)
AC Power
Availability
Aggregated Data
Data from SCADA
Metrological Station Trend
(Real Time Values)
Ambient Temperature
Wind Speed
Making Sustainable Green Possible

26. Making Sustainable Green Possible
How can the performance of maintenance be measured based on various parameters ?
Status of various
maintenance activities
Performance of maintenance activities w.r.t. timely completion.
Making Sustainable Green Possible

27. Making Sustainable Green Possible
Is the status of warranties/contracts associated to assets’ visible?
Status of various Solar Assets
Status of warranties for assets.
Making Sustainable Green Possible

28. Making Sustainable Green Possible
How can the dynamic changes in field services be catered ?
Maximo Mobile
for Asset Management
IBM Maximo Asset
Management Scheduler
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29. Sleep ……..while the Sun Shines
Where we reach
Sleep ……..while the Sun Shines
Legal compliance
EHS
Spares
Maintenance
Operations
EPC
Stake Holders
O&M
Solar OEM
Regulators
Logistics Provider
4/22/2019

30. Thank You